HR Business Partner

Job Title:              HR Business Partner
Location:              Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:            Full Time / Fixed Term Contract (52 Weeks)
Role ID:                SF59927

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a HR Business Partner at our Ashton House site.

The Role
As a HR Business Partner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be a key partner in Owning and Delivering our ambitious people agenda within the Space leadership team, as well as supporting the roll out of all new change programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Support the development of the people agenda, championing employee engagement initiatives, and acting as an advocate for your business area.
• Develop and implement the associated people plan, initiatives and processes for your business area, to build a healthy, high-performing organisation.
• Build strong and influential relationships with key stakeholders, including trade union and employee representatives and colleagues across the sector, to deliver our strategic objectives.
• Coach managers to improve their impact as leaders, and enabling them to resolve complex employee cases, seeking legal advice where required.
• Support and develop internal communications.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential Experience of the HR Business Partner

• Proven HR Business Partner, with significant generalist experience including resourcing/talent acquisition, reward, talent development, change management, and employee relations.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness with a good understanding of the business environment including customers, competitors, etc. 
• Experience in a fast-paced, people-focused environment.
• Experience of project management and prioritising deliverables to independently manage multiple business change projects and day to day operations simultaneously.
• Experience with a HR Shared Services model and HR Information Systems (i.e. Success Factors).

Qualifications for the HR Business Partner

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
   

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 
• Potential to develop skills

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date:29/10/24