HR Business Partner

Draken International; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense service provider is looking for an HR Business Partner in Bournemouth. Responsible for operational HR elements and stakeholder management, the ideal candidate will deliver comprehensive HR support, ensuring compliance with policies and employment laws. They'll manage employee relations and lead change management initiatives while collaborating across multiple UK bases. This role involves travel and requires a confident approach to influence organizational stakeholders. Competitive benefits and salaries are offered, including pension contributions and wellness programs.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Up to 12% matching pension contributions

Bonus incentives

Discounted PMI

Electric car scheme

Tech vouchers

Wellbeing programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar HR role with managing employee relations.
• Ability to deliver HR operational elements with limited supervision.
• Confident in influencing and challenging stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the operational elements of the HR strategy.
• Provide advice on HR policies and coach managers.
• Ensure compliance with employment law and company policies.
• Prepare and deliver monthly people metrics and key data.
• Lead change management processes to support organizational goals.

Skills

Employee relations

Change management

Stakeholder management

Performance management

Coaching

Job description

Draken Europe offers exciting careers that matter.

We believe that mission success does not start with the mission itself. It begins with our people.

Draken also believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. As such, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes and much more.

The Role

We are currently recruiting for a HR Business Partner. As the HR Business Partner, you are responsible for delivering the operational elements of the HR Strategy (which is directly aligned to achieving our business goals). You will be a key partner to the Senior HRBP and Group HR VP, inputting your thoughts into the HR Strategy. You will need to deliver across the full range of HR activities; from managing employee relations cases, promoting EDI and talent management, to presenting L&D workshops and conducting regular site visits. You will work as a partner with a variety of stakeholders ranging from employees, functional managers, the Senior Leadership Team and the Senior HRBP and Group HR VP. You will need to be confident within influencing and challenging these stakeholders and be comfortable standing firm on difficult or unpopular decisions. Whilst there will be guidance from the Senior HR Leadership, you must be able to work independently and be comfortable owning and delivering your workload with limited management. A resilient and approachable style is essential in order to promote our HR culture of providing a top-level professional coaching service to our stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Safety first

Operate in accordance with the SHE standards. Identify where the SHE Standards are applicable to HR operations/tasks and apply safe systems of work as identified.

Operational HR

• Support the company objectives by delivering the operational elements of the HR strategy.
• Responsible for proactively providing advice and guidance on the full scope of HR processes and policies and coaching managers and employees in how to apply these.
• Accountable for ensuring that all employment practices such as hiring, promotions, demotions and disciplinary and grievances are conducted in compliance with employment law, company policy and best practice.
• Responsible for the preparation and delivery of monthly people metrics and key data, by actively engaging with key stakeholders across the company.
• Support the development of the people resource plans by working alongside the Recruitment team to ensure the functional areas are supported and fully equipped with the required SQEP (suitably qualified and equipped personnel).
• Provide subject matter expertise, advice and guidance on HR and policy interpretation and liaising with the HR Advisors on current cases within the business.
• To support the delivery of performance management processes and associated activities to ensure consistency, fairness and compliance with HR best practice (including ACAS Codes UK).
• Lead on change management processes, such as redundancy, reorganisation, ER consultation processes as the change agent to support and facilitate the desired change.
• Ensure that all HR processes and activities are deployed in line with company and in-country employment legislation, practices, policies and procedures.
• Support the company wellbeing initiatives in line with the HR Strategy
• Support and deliver quarterly training workshops across the business on HR topics such as performance management, investigation training etc.
• Support the Senior HRBP in various HR projects and activities such as compensation decisions, talent reviews and succession planning and development activities.
• As directed by the Senior HRBP, provide HR support and advice into commercial bid work as and when required.
• Travel to our UK bases is essential in this role. Our key bases are located in Bournemouth, Teesside and Culdrose. We also have three other bases in the UK which require security clearance. Travel to all UK bases is within your control to manage and plan in accordance with the wider HR team.

Stakeholder Management

• Provide stakeholder support to employees, line managers and senior leaders, deploying a high standard of HR professional advice and drawing on best practice to apply a first-class HR service.
• Support the wider HR team in managing the relationships with our recognised unions,