Airbus UpNext - HR Advisor (m/f)

Airbus; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus UpNext SAS is seeking an HR Advisor for a 6-month fixed-term contract in Toulouse (Saint-Martin du Touch). The role blends operational HR support with opportunities to influence strategy across France, Spain, and Germany in a startup-like incubator environment.

You will work with the HR Director, use Workday and Google Workspace, and contribute to a health & safety culture while ensuring compliant HR processes and a constructive dialogue with staff representatives.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of labor relations/HR processes and compliance.
• Digital native with Google Workspace.
• Fluent in English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support HR projects aligned with 2027 priorities.
• Roll out professional elections for the four French entities.
• Deliver HR operations with Reward Ops, Legal, Finance, Security, IT support.
• Contribute to health & safety culture and staff dialogue.

Skills

Labor relations

HR processes

Digital fluency

HR data analytics

Tools

Workday

Google Workspace

Job description

Job Description:

Airbus UpNext is looking for a HR Advisor, offering a 360-degree view of the employee lifecycle in a fast-paced “startup” incubator.

At Airbus UpNext, we don’t just follow the roadmap, we build it! Our objective is to explore new technologies and to support the strategic ambitions of Airbus. As part of the HR team, you’ll help to shape the ecosystem that enables our teams to grow, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing environment.

You’ll be working in a multicultural company, with employees based in France, Spain, and Germany, while being fully embedded in the Toulouse-based HR and Transversal teams. Your day-to-day will mix operational support and learning opportunities, and you’ll be part of a small and agile HR team involved in a wide range of topics.

This is a 6-months limited mission (CDD), based in Toulouse (Saint-Martin du Touch), starting ASAP.

Your Flight Plan (Key Responsibilities)

Working in close collaboration with the HR Director and the HR team, you will:

• Support key HR projects in line with 2027 priorities such as supporting the development of Airbus UpNext employees (through a specific UpNext development cohort, and other means), manage the roll out of professional elections for the 4 legal entities in France;
• Participate in delivering HR operations:
  • Administration of activities in collaboration with Airbus support functions (Reward Ops, Legal, Finance, Security, IT, etc.)
  • Use of Workday, Google suite, and in-house Apps
  • Consolidate and structure HR information and guidelines
• Contribute to enhance the UpNext health & safety culture (well being, occupational risks…)
• Contribute to a good social climate and constructive dialogue with the staff representatives.

Your Boarding Pass (Requirements)

• Knowledge of labor relations/HR processes, fast learner on compliance rules, and Operational Project Support
• Digital Native: You are “digitally fluent” with G-Suite/Google Workspace and have a genuine curiosity for HR data analytics
• Professional fluency in English is non-negotiable (it is our daily working language). Proficiency in French is a plus.
• The “UpNext” Mindset:
  • Audacious & Humble: You are impatient to achieve results but empathetic in your approach.
  • Autonomous: You take ownership of your tasks and can be trusted to run with a project.
  • Detail-Obsessed: You understand that great strategy is built on clean, accurate data.

What’s in it for You?

• A Global Launchpad: Work in a truly international environment with daily collaboration across Europe.
• A Real Learning Curve: We don’t just assign tasks; we provide the strategic context behind them.You will be mentored by experienced HR professionals and involved in high-level business discussions.
• Hybrid & Modern: A flexible work policy with a focus on results rather than “clock-in” times, based in a modern, collaborative office space.
• Innovation at Scale: Get a front-row seat to radical technological breakthroughs in aerospace.

About us

Founded in 2017, Airbus UpNext is actively shaping the future of aerospace by using demonstrators to evaluate, mature and validate new products and services. Our purpose is to pioneer game-changing technologies with Airbus.

In this role, you will embody the core Airbus UpNext values:

• Care for Each Other : Ensuring a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Be Simple : Finding the most efficient path to success.
• Be Audacious : Challenging the status quo to make the unthinkable real.
• Be Open: Collaborative solution-finding across diverse teams.
• Speed of Execution : Moving at the speed of a startup.

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Company

Airbus UpNext SAS

Employment Type

Permanent

Experience Level

Professional

Job Family

HR Expertise