Job Title: HR Position Management Lead
Location: Devonport or Rosyth + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Lead the Future of Workforce Planning
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 Position Management Lead.
The Role
As a HR Position Management Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take the lead in shaping and optimising how Babcock manages its organisational structure. This is a newly created role where you’ll head up a dedicated team, driving improvements in position management processes using SAP SuccessFactors. Your work will directly support strategic workforce planning and ensure data integrity across the business.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
1. Leading and developing the newly embedded Position Management Team to deliver high-quality service
2. Managing the approval process for position changes and new roles across the organisation
3. Ensuring the accuracy and integrity of position data to support strategic workforce planning
4. Driving robust reporting and data governance within the team
5. Engaging with stakeholders to ensure service delivery meets business needs
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home.
Essential experience of the HR Position Management Lead:
6. Background in HR or organisational development
7. Hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors Position Management
8. Strong analytical skills and financial awareness in managing approvals and data structures
9. Collaborative and customer-focused approach to working with internal teams and stakeholders
10. Proven leadership and motivational skills
Qualifications for the HR Position Management Lead:
11. CIPD Level 3
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 .
What we offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. 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.
20. ‘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
21. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.