HR Advisor

BAE Systems; Coningsby; Hybrid; GBP 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company in Coningsby is looking for an HR support professional to aid HR Managers in implementing the People Plan. You'll leverage HR insights to guide operational changes and enhance People Manager capabilities. The ideal candidate will have experience in manufacturing or project-based environments, coupled with a strong understanding of employment legislation. This role comes with hybrid working options and competitive benefits, offering opportunities for personal and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Pension scheme

Employee share plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or project-based organization.
• Experience in a unionized business.
• Strong business knowledge to resolve complex queries.

Responsibilities

• Support HR Managers in implementing the People Plan.
• Provide operational advice on employment issues.
• Manage and contribute to HR projects.

Skills

Influencing and relationship management

Operational advice

Autonomous working

Understanding of employment legislation

Education

CIPD qualification or working towards it

Job description

Overview

The role supports HR Managers and People Managers in planning and implementing the People Plan within a business or business unit. It draws on extensive HR and business knowledge to investigate, analyse and challenge, offering clear recommendations and solutions that drive the effective deployment and integration of HR initiatives across the organisation. This is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and evolve, creating opportunities for both personal and professional development. You’ll gain valuable exposure to how the wider business operates, working closely with key stakeholders and contributing to impactful projects. With access to a broad range of experiences and the chance to shape meaningful change, this role offers the platform to develop your career while making a real difference. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you can make a real difference in an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you will be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to ensure our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Responsibilities

• Supporting HR Managers and People Managers in planning and implementing the People Plan within a business or business unit
• Having a good understanding of business and relationship management skills to influence, facilitate and implement change
• Providing operational advice on a range of employment and performance issues and business changes based on business needs, working in collaboration with the appropriate CoE
• Enabling People Manager capability uplift, facilitating/supporting/coaching Managers in execution of people initiatives where necessary
• Investigating and resolving complex 3rd tier generalist type queries requiring business knowledge and face to face handling
• Reviewing business related people data to identify potential implications within the business context and environment and initiating local actions to resolve these as appropriate
• Managing, leading or contributing to HR projects, including management of LCM for small projects or providing resource and support for larger projects as required
• Channelling information to and from the Employee Service Centre and giving guidance to the business on how and where to access appropriate support, working within the TyTAN HR team; this role provides broad HR support to the business, HRBPs and Line Managers, requiring strong expertise in operationalising, integrating and delivering HR processes, projects and change initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience of operating successfully in a fast-paced manufacturing or project-based organisation
• Experience of operating within a unionised business
• Have a good understanding of employment legislation
• Confident in working autonomously while delivering results
• Desirable: Manufacturing or Military background
• Desirable: CIPD qualified or working towards it

Note: Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as nationality, prior nationalities, and place of birth can restrict eligibility. All applicants must at a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, which may require 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency for vetting checks. There is no limit to where your career at BAE Systems in the UK could take you.

Benefits

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about options for this particular role. Salary: £50,569. As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans and a wide range of flexible health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

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