HR Advisor Vacancy details General information Entity Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking. Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran Seats-manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world. Reference 2026-172603 Position description Domain Performance and Support Job field / Job profile Human resources - Talent acquisition Job title HR Advisor Employment type Permanent Professional category Professional, Engineer & Manager Part time / Full time Full-time Job description In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England. The purpose of this role is to support all people matters arising throughout the employee life cycle. To advise, guide and coach managers on HR best practice, ensuring consistency in the application of the people policies across the business. To be the first point of contact in all people related issues. Key Responsibilities will include: - Effectively advise, guide and coach managers through all people related issues, promoting best practice and ensuring consistency in managing issues. - Develop effective and strong relationships with managers at all levels to promote good employee relations, coaching where needed to encourage early intervention to prevent escalation where possible. - Advise and support on the management of formal people processes, attending formal meetings and ensuring accurate records are taken and providing advice on process where necessary. - Lead on Absence Management across the business, proactively liaising with managers to ensure absence issues are addressed in a consistent way, through coaching, advising and supporting managers. - Responsible for advising on occupational sick pay entitlements, liaising with payroll to ensure timely communication with employees of changes in pay whilst absent. - To be the main point of contact with the Occupational Health provider. Responsible for making referrals where necessary and ensuring the medical reports are informative to the business. Liaise with the provider for usage information to share with the business. - To promote EAP where appropriate. Liaise with the EAP provider for usage information to share with the business. - Responsible for provision of agreed MI across the business, including data analysis and insight. - To attend departmental management meetings to review and discuss workforce planning, people related issues and MI reports. - To review and assist in improving HR processes to provide a first class HR service. - To work with the HR Business Partner in supporting the PDP for the HR Administrator. - To contribute and lead on HR projects as agreed. - Support and engage in company initiatives, including, Continuous and Process Improvements, etc. - Take personal responsibility on keeping abreast of employment law and HR best practices and feedback to the HR team. - Work closely with the L&D team to develop training material in line with best practice and legal updates. Candidate skills & requirements Candidate skills: - CIPD or equivalent HR qualification - Demonstrable experience of dealing with a broad range and high volume of HR issues as a HR generalist - Working knowledge of HR processes and systems - Experience of working with HR Systems such as ADP / SAP / Success - Factors and ability to extract information. - Demonstrable strong interpersonal skills and able to build strong effective working relationships at all levels - Competent user of MS Office applications (including intermediary level Excel and Word) - Excellent organisational skills; demonstrable ability to multi task whilst still meeting deadlines. - Performing tasks in a process-orientated way in order to fulfil expectations - Take initiative in order to achieve objectives. - Pragmatic and analytical with a solution focus attitude. As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive: - 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) - Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%. - Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members. - Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work and Octopus EV Scheme - 4 x Life Assurance - Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection. - Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme - Annual share save schemes. - Opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools This role is subject to pre-employment checks, including but not limited to criminal record checks. While having unspent convictions may not necessarily prevent you from being employed, you are required to disclose any unspent convictions during the recruitment process. Only candidates who successfully pass these checks will be considered for employment. We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible and inclusive. As part of our commitment with Disability Confident Employers, we may offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. We strive to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment. Let us know if you need support to showcase your talents or require any reasonable adjustments with your application. Position location Job location Europe, UK, Wales City (-ies) Llantarnam Industrial Park NP44 3HQ Cwmbran