HR Business Partner Projects

PrimeFlight UK LTD; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aviation services company is seeking a Senior HR Manager to provide HR support for contract tenders and mergers across the UK. The role involves guiding restructures, managing TUPE processes, and harmonizing HR initiatives within a unionized environment. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, be CIPD qualified, and possess at least 10 years of relevant management experience. The position is based in London but involves significant travel across the station network.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in a senior HR Management role.
• Demonstrable experience managing HR Projects and transformation.
• Experience with acquisition, integration, and change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR support for contract tenders and M&A activities.
• Introduce performance evaluations and succession planning.
• Develop HR KPIs/metrics for improved analytics and decision-making.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem solving

Excellent communication and influencing skills

Effective stakeholder management and engagement skills

Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CIPD qualified (level 7 or above)

Job description

PrimeFlight provides air carriers and airports with a wide range of aircraft, passenger, and security services to ensure the safe and reliable operation of their aircraft and the comfort of their passengers. Our team is focused on quality, safety, and providing a positive customer experience through all services offered. We strive to be a leading provider of aviation services and a strong business partner for our customers.

The PrimeFlight Group has 18,000 employees in over 235 airports across the globe, PrimeFlight and its network of subsidiaries, including Prime Appearance, Garsite, and Skytanking, continue to build and expand, innovating to better serve our clients.

At PrimeFlight UK we take pride in our part of enabling our customers to make the right connections at the right time. We believe that it’s the small things that matter - details, improvements and investments that make a collective difference for our customers, employees, partners, and the world we live in.

Role Responsibilities

• Play a crucial role in providing HR support for contract tenders and support M&A activities across the UK within the non-fuel business including due diligence, consultation, TUPE transfers and integration delivery.
• Provide expert guidance and actively manage restructures, acquisitions, TUPE and redundancies programs across the business.
• Actively support with post-acquisition business integration and harmonisation initiatives within a unionised environment.
• Introduce a grading system for key operational roles working with the operational business manager, H&S and training team in collaboration with the unions.
• Introduce performance evaluations for all roles, including operational roles, across the business working with the regional HR Managers and operational teams; and implement a succession planning process on a regional and company wide basis.
• Play a key role in supporting annual HR activities including pay reviews, bonus, insurance renewals, benefit reviews providing data analytics and reporting.
• Develop a suite of HR KPIs / metrics to improve HR analytics and decision making and to measure the effectiveness of ER initiatives including absenteeism, employee turnover, overtime rates, and provide reports on ER activity to senior leadership.
• Be the main point of contact for all people data analysis requests, and deliver monthly KPI reports.
• Develop a suite of aligned HR policies and procedures harmonised across a number of different legal entities / businesses that are aligned with the company’s core values and fully compliant with changing legislation. Understand the implicants of any changes and actively participate in consultations with employees and unions regarding proposed changes.
• Produce standard operating procedures (SOPs), process maps, forms and templates.
• Implement and drive process change and automation, identifying technologies and automation to deliver lean / productive solutions within the business including T&A systems.
• Act as the HR Manager for the PrimeFlight Non-Fuel HQ / Functional team delivering end to end HR support services.
• Develop a HR SharePoint in line with model in place in parent company.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with employees, managers, and trade unions to support the delivery of key operational projects into the business.
• Deliver pragmatic HR solutions that are both commercial and operational aligned to the business strategy, and fully compliant with company policy and law.
• Implement PMO governance frameworks, ensuring that HR projects are delivered on time, within scope and on budget.
• Maintain project documentation where appropriate including reports, risk register and tracking mechanisms.
• Adhere to safety policies and practices, ensuring all change activities support a safe and just working culture.

Champion the development of a performance culture

Be our ambassador, representing PrimeFlight in a professional and brand-aligned manner, reflecting our values and business strategy and represent the HR department consistently and with professionalism.

What we’re looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree is minimum
• CIPD qualified (level 7 or above) with evidence of continuous professional development.
• Minimum 10 years in a senior HR Management role
• Experience of working within a similar industry and sector and within a fast paced, unionised environment.
• Demonstrable experience managing HR Projects, HR transformation and acquisition integrations at a manager level.
• Experience with acquisition, integration and change management processes.
• Previously worked in an Agile environment
• Strong generalist HR experience with a solid understanding of employment law and best practices.
• Proven ability to manage a varied workload with changing priorities.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Effective stakeholder management and engagement skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office (pivot tables, V look ups) and HR systems.
• Role is based in London (5 days per week) but will require significant travel across the station network.
• Can obtain security clearance and qualify for an air-side security pass (no legal restrictions).
• Possesses a full clean UK driving licence

PrimeFlight UK is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.