Head of HR

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Head of HR – Functions & Projects

Maritime Naval Ships are in a position to announce a 6-12 month secondment opportunity for a Head of HR to be based in Govan/Scotstoun.

As Head of HR you will contribute to the development of and understand the IBP of the relevant business area, identify people and organisation requirements underpinning the IBP, with a view to driving enhanced customer value and work with CoEs and the wider HR model to integrate solutions and to evaluate suitability to sector requirements.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in driving a range of complex projects, requiring you to plan, deliver and deploy appropriate HR interventions in support of business aims Leading a team of HR Managers and HR Advisors to drive the Naval Ships People Plan.

Your main responsibilities as Head of HR\:

· Leads HR projects through to successful completion, ensuring strong and effective stakeholder engagement throughout.

· Partners closely with HR leadership and senior stakeholders, operating as an integrated member of the team to deliver high‑quality, accurate, and efficient end‑to‑end project support.

· Embeds competitive practice, policies, frameworks, governance, education and supporting tools across HR domains

· Applies a developed understanding of line of business or sector engaging relevant stakeholders to implement change

· Supports the analysis of line of business or sector people data and feeds into the CoE, to benchmark and to implement short and long term solutions that improve performance, demonstrating value add

· Contributes to opportunities for increased effectiveness and cohesion across BAE Systems through enterprise-wide knowledge sharing, as part of CoE driven enterprise-wide steering groups and programmes of work

· Drives engagement with critical HR processes, with the support of tools e.g. Success Factors, and positions (shares) communications, developed by the CoEs, with the business to enable people activities

· Helps broker high quality, precise and robust end to end support to internal customers

· Works across line of business or sector strategic leadership, management and other partners to deploy co-ordinated, business-oriented solutions

Your skills and qualifications\:

· HR-related degree and/or postgraduate degree-level qualification / equivalent level of experience, knowledge, and skills demonstrable

· Business Partnering experience highly desirable

· Generalist HR experience

· Ability to Deliver operational outcomes and reacting to business needs with some complexity involved

Location\: Scotstoun/Govan (circa 3 days on site)

Grade\: GG15

Our Naval Ships business

We design and manufacture a range of naval ships and state of the art combat systems and equipment, giving customers the capability to fulfil extensive naval operations. From offshore patrol vessels through to the latest City Class Type 26 frigates that we are building for the UK Royal Navy, and the Australian Hunter Class and Canadian Surface Combatant, we are a business that operates on a truly global platform and can offer a wide range of opportunities where you can play your part in these challenging and exciting projects.

Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK naval engineering business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent and we welcome applications from a diverse range of people, from all backgrounds, with many different skills, experience and perspectives. We offer the flexibility you need to do what’s important to you, whether that’s job sharing, home working, or simply the ability to flex your start and stop times. Where practical, we’ll support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your full potential.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

We want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

For more information on our Diversity & Inclusion work, please click here.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and who have been in their current role for 12 months or longer

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.

Interviews likely W/C 20th July and W/C 27th July.