Senior HR Business Partner

Job Title:              Senior HR Business Partner
Location:              Faslane, Helensburgh, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    Attractive + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                SF60773

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 Senior HR Business Partner at our Clyde site.

The role
Are you ready to drive meaningful change and shape the future of HR within a global organization? Babcock is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to join our dynamic team. This pivotal role offers a unique opportunity to lead transformational projects, influence key stakeholders, and make a tangible impact on our people agenda.  
Day-to-day, you’ll collaborate with the wider HR Operations Teams, the SME HR Teams and wider Operations team looking at the Long Term Partnering opportunities to deliver strategic initiatives. Your responsibilities will include:  

• Long-Term Partnering & Transformation: Drive transformation and people planning initiatives, Lead stakeholder engagement, employee relations, and Trade Union interactions;  Support consultation processes and change management.  
• Workforce Planning & Bid Support
• HR Leadership for Future Contracts: Partner with senior HR leaders to develop employee value propositions and modernize offerings.  
• Lead discussions with Trade Unions and provide HR oversight for future commercial developments.  
• Operational Excellence

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements. This role will require occasional travels to Bristol. 

Essential experience of the Senior HR Business Partner:

• Expertise in planning, project management, and change management.  
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and manage employee relations in unionized environments.  
• Strong knowledge of employment law and commercial awareness.  
• Experience in bid planning, culture change, and workforce transformation is advantageous.  
• A strategic thinker who can also be hands-on when required.  
• An authentic leader with excellent problem-solving skills.  

Qualifications for the Senior HR Business Partner: 

• The post holder would be degree qualified or have equivalent experience
• Recent CPD and a Member or Fellow of the CIPD.

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
• 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: 02/01/2025

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