HR Advisor

Job Title:                     HR Advisor

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           £34,900.00 - £41,100.00 Depending on experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF68143

Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering

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 Advisor at our Devonport site, near Plymouth, Devon.

The role

As a Hr Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our mission to build a resilient, high-performing workforce. This is a dynamic and rewarding opportunity to make a real impact, supporting line managers, advising on employment law and driving HR initiatives that shape the future of defence and engineering. You’ll be a trusted partner, helping to create a workplace where people thrive and performance excels.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Advising line managers and employees on employee relations matters such as absence, performance and investigations
• Supporting HR projects including workforce consultation and engagement initiatives
• Delivering training and coaching sessions to enhance people management capability
• Interpreting and implementing corporate policies in a unionised environment
• Collaborating with the HR Business Partnering team on ad hoc initiatives

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three to four days onsite at Devonport.

Essential experience of the HR Advisor:

• Providing employee relations advice and employment law guidance
• Interpreting and implementing corporate policies
• Working in a fast-paced, multi-site environment
• Supporting local change management initiatives
• Navigating the complexities of a unionised workforce

Qualifications for the HR Advisor:

• 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit.
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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: 10/10/2025