Senior HR Advisor

Job Title: Senior HR Advisor

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £45,628 depending on skills and experience                

What you’ll be doing:

• Working across the business and within the sector, collaborating with leaders, management and other partners to deploy co-ordinated, business-oriented solutions reflective of our people strategy
• Identify and lead on all people and organisation requirements for the business area and deliver integrated solutions
• Manage and deliver the full HR life cycle, including talent management, resourcing, strategic workforce planning, employee engagement, reward and HR policy and processes
• Coaching and supporting our line managers, senior leaders and directors on all people related matters for your business area
• Manage the day-to-day HR operations, in addition to functional HR projects that span the wider business
• Collaborate with line of business and leadership teams to implement change and continuous improvement
• Lead on analysis of people data, in order to benchmark and implement short and long term solutions that improvement performance, including the development and retention of critical skills

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience of working in a HR Advisor role in a large department or within a large organisation
• Experience interfacing with a senior leadership team, and helping to develop and influence the organisation’s people strategy
• Be an effective communicator with the ability to manage stakeholders at different levels
• Experience of working on projects to drive improvements in process, policy or practice

Desirable:

• Experience working in a Manufacturing, unionised, project based environment
• Experience managing or developing others in the HR profession
• CIPD level 7 qualified or working towards

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 HR team: 

As a Senior HR Advisor working within the Submarines HR function, you will have the opportunity to work on/ across mega projects and programmes providing specialist support throughout the business, sharing your knowledge and best practice along the way. The role will involve working with different levels of the line of business, across different functions and at varying levels of seniority, including Functional/Business Unit Directors.

You will gain great exposure of, and opportunity to shape and deliver against our people and business strategies, responsible for identifying people and organisation requirements, with a view to driving enhanced customer value. You will work with CoEs and across the wider HR model to integrate solutions and to evaluate suitability to business requirements.

This role will support your ongoing HR professional development, enhancing your functional and business partnering skills and knowledge. 

We are recruiting two Senior HR Advisor roles: one position requires full-time on-site presence, while the other offers hybrid flexibility with a minimum of three days per week on-site. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ individuals. We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. 

Closing Date: 13th August 2024

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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