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Location: Walsall, West Midlands + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £46,000 - £53,000 + Car Allowance + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / 52 Week Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF69637
Lead the People Strategy That Powers National Defence
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an HR Business Partner at our Walsall site.
Responsibilities
* Leading all HR operations and project delivery at our West Midlands Production Facility
* Providing expert guidance to senior stakeholders and line managers on complex employee relations and organisational challenges
* Supporting and mentoring the on‑site HR Advisor to ensure consistent HR service delivery
* Building and maintaining constructive relationships with trade union representatives
* Balancing strategic initiatives with hands‑on problem solving in a fast‑paced environment
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential Experience
* Leading HR conversations across diverse, complex organisations and delivering full‑spectrum Business Partnering
* Driving change and challenging the status quo within a business context
* Demonstrating success in Employee and Industrial Relations
* Applying technical HR expertise in areas such as reorganisation, redundancy, TUPE, bid support and mobilisation
* Navigating employment law and managing change in unionised environments
Qualifications
* There are no essential qualifications required for this role. However, relevant HR certifications or CIPD membership would be advantageous.
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 allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
* ‘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 organization or registered charity
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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
17/11/2025
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Human Resources
Industries
* Defense and Space Manufacturing
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