HR Business Partner

BAE Systems.; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking an HR Business Partner at their Radway Green location to align HR initiatives with business strategy and provide support in enhancing workforce attendance and engagement. This role requires a degree with CIPD level 7, experience in a unionised environment and a commitment to professional integrity. The successful candidate will work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment focusing on HR projects while promoting a people-first culture.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave allowance

Company contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work scheme

Employee discounts

Potential eligibility for annual incentive

Qualifications

• Experience in HR in a unionised business is essential.
• Proficient in coaching managers to enhance skills.
• Experience supporting large workforces in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior site leadership to align HR initiatives with business strategy.
• Ensure line managers understand processes for addressing administrative and ER issues.
• Contribute to the development and execution of the People Strategy.

Skills

Coaching

Professional ethics

Integrity

Confidentiality

Education

Degree qualified or equivalent including CIPD level 7

Job description

Job title:HR Business Partner

Location:Radway Green

Salary: Circa £ 45,000 (depending on skills and experience)

What you'll be doing:

• Building a strong HR presence, partnering with senior site leadership to align HR initiatives with business strategy and ensuring a people-first approach across Radway Green
• Ensuring line managers understand the routes to take in addressing administrative and ER related issues e.g. Helpdesk and Case Coaching
• Contribute to the development of the business People Strategy and executing the People Plan, ensuring alignment with business requirements and objectives
• Proactively making changes to improve attendance and engagement levels across the site
• Collaborating, coordinating, aligning and leveraging the HR function and resources, within the business, the CoE and HR Shared Services to deliver the business People Plan
• Supporting the delivery of HR projects in alignment with the People Plan
• Providing advice and coaching to line management and senior leaders on people related business matters aligned to policy, process and legal compliance

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree qualified or equivalent including CIPD level 7
• Experience of HR in a unionised business
• Well-practiced in coaching managers day to day to enhance their knowledge, skills and capability
• Experienced of supporting a large workforce in a manufacturing/engineering site (100 - 300c)
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and confidentiality

Desirable:

• Worked within an organisation that has an outsourced transactional HR
• Successfully delivered HR projects

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The team:

Albeit a standalone role you will join a small team of seven who support the Munitions' business and report to a Senior HRBP based on the Glascoed site. The team is close-knit, supportive and high performing focussing on providing HR support to business performance as HR transactional activities are discharged through a shared service organisation. Having won several internal awards in the last couple of years supporting the fast-paced, growing business. Our recent merger with Maritime Services to become Defence Solutions provides further opportunity for collaboration and development.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

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 your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 30th June.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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