HR Business Partner
Permanent position
Salary depending on experience
8.30am – 5pm Monday to Thursday, 8.30am – 4.30pm Friday
Hybrid working available
Carterton
A world leading aviation service provider and are currently seeking HR Business Partner on a permanent basis. The People Partner leads workforce planning, talent development and engagement while ensuring compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements. The role provides proactive advice and on-call support for urgent people matters, strengthens organisational resilience, contributes to transformation programmes, and promotes an inclusive, high-performing culture across the business.
HR Business Partner
Job Description
Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, providing insight and challenge to support strategic decision-making and business outcomes.
Advise on organisational design, change management and workforce planning, ensuring structures and capabilities meet current and future needs.
Promote an inclusive, high-performing culture that supports wellbeing, engagement and values-led leadership.
Contribute to transformation activity, offering people-focused insight and influencing decisions to improve performance and employee experience.
Lead establishment and resource planning aligned to operational demand and budgets, maintaining appropriate capacity and capability.
Forecast workforce requirements with Finance and leaders, using data to address skill gaps, succession and workforce resilience.
Support fair and collaborative deployment of people resources in line with operational and organisational priorities.
Provide on-call advice for urgent people matters, managing risk while supporting colleagues and continuity.
Ensure people practices comply with legal and ethical standards through consistent application of employment legislation and policy.
Partner with People specialists and coach managers to strengthen leadership capability and team performance.
Use people analytics to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities, informing planning and decision-making.
Lead and support people projects across the employee lifecycle, ensuring alignment, risk management and successful delivery.
Maintain constructive industrial relations through proactive engagement with trade unions and staff groups.
HR Business Partner
Essential Qualifications / Experience / Skills
CIPD Level 5 or above (or equivalent qualification in Human Resources, Business, or Organisational Development).
Extensive experience in a senior HR or People Partnering role
Expertise in resource and establishment planning for aviation functional activity.
Strong understanding of UK employment law in regulated or unionised environments.
Experience managing complex employee relations cases and on-call HR operations.
High resilience and ability to operate in high-pressure, mission-critical environments.
Due to the nature of the work, all candidates MUST be eligible for SC Clearance