Job Description People Partner Full Time Derby What you will be doing: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a People Partner to join our team. In this role you will partner the business leadership team on the development and implementation of business strategy with particular emphasis on the people and organisational elements. In order to drive the business strategy, you will need to understand and mobilise the strategies created in our Head Office teams across a wide range of areas including; experience, talent, leadership, learning, performance, reward and more! Responsibilities: In this role you will work with the leadership team in mobilising the people strategy and driving the business plan, bringing the latest HR insights to the process. In addition, you will: Partner members of the Executive leadership groups. Ensure the development of a Strategic Workforce Planning plan to support the business strategy and plan. Coach the leadership team in handling sensitive or complex HR issues and in their own personal development including meeting Rolls-Royce leadership expectations. Drive the effectiveness of the People Team model through working collaboratively across the business and utilising People Services, provide effective employee relations advice given the context the business area is working in. Manage global and local projects. Bring challenge and perspective to the business agenda, particularly ensuring robust succession plans, talent development and building an environment that allows people to be at their best. Diagnosing business problems from an Organisation Development perspective, using tools to identify the levers which will maximise organisation performance. Why Rolls-Royce? Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference. We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working. Who we’re looking for: Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria: Ability to analyse and challenge business strategy and develop people implications. Experience using Organisation Development to enhance business/organisational performance. Broad knowledge of the HR function and its capability to support business objectives. Well-developed customer and relationship management skills, including credibility and influencing skills and senior levels and across functions. Broad change management skill set, combined with the ability to apply project management principles to deliver and support organisational change. Ability to coach senior leaders and their teams to deliver business strategy and drive performance and capability improvement within their teams. Sensitive to language and cultural differences. Continual commitment to personal learning, demonstrated ability to build on learning and share within the broader People Team. Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business. Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Level C. This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here. Grade: Level C Closing Date: Midnight 10th September 2025 For further information please contact: Alex Quinn Recruiter: Aaron Thoresen-Davidson – Aaron.ThoresenDavidson@Rolls-Royce.com Job Category Human Resources Posting Date 01 Sept 2025; 00:09 Posting End Date 10 Sept 2025