HR Business Partner - Outside IR35

Contract Term: 6 Months

Contracting Authority: AWE

Location: Gosport

Please note that due to the nature of this role the ideal candidate will have active UK Government SC (Security Check) clearance at time of application

What if you could work on something that you can t test but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge.

That s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day: delivering important work, in support of the most important mission keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission: to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

As a HR Business Partner your main responsibilities would be to:

• With guidance from the HRBO, support the development and implementation of People Strategy and Plans for functional area of the business, working with the Heads of HR and directing the HR partners and COE s as required.
• Supporting a TUPE transfer project
• Identify internal and external trends and commission strategic analysis and recommendations from the wider HR team, including external benchmarking to facilitate key people recommendations and decisions that deliver the people aspects of the business plan.
• Identify, sponsor and direct HR project delivery, managing change for specific projects and initiatives.
• Provide direction support, coaching and training to Executive and Business leaders to deliver the people strategy & plan.
• Manage succession planning to ensure resilience for all key/senior roles. ensuring linkage across all functional areas.
• Ensure a performance management culture is in place and an accurate, robust and credible talent plan is in place and actively utilise to support and inform development activity.
• Act as an interface between the AWE business and HR function to ensure alignment and delivery of strategic initiatives and service delivery to meet demands.
• Implement and contribute to continual improvement and innovation ensuring the business is recognised for developing and delivering excellent people practises.
• Ensure a positive and proactive relationship with trade union partners.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
• Awareness of business commercial, financial and other levers of influence over people strategy.
• Use the HR service delivery model to ensure business and HR objectives are fully achieved within budgets and targets.
• Deliver the application of consistent standards, best practice approaches and great performance into the business.
• Support the key decision maker in senior level appointments.
• Role model behaviours, driving high performance through the functional area.
• Lead People Development Groups (PDGs) and Talent sessions, with support from the HRBO.
• Partner senior leaders to understand culture and engagement goals within relevant business area.
• Use MI & analytics to feedback progress on plans and take corrective actions.
• Deliver and assure organisational development (org structure governance).
• Drive people efficiencies and support a continuous improvement culture.

Essential:

• UK Government SC Clearance and Sole British National status
• Experience of TUPE into an organisation
• Project support experience
• Project Monitoring ensuring milestones are met.
• Devising innovative ways to integrate new employees to the organisation
• Internal engagement experience

Desirable:

• Public Sector background
• Defence or Nuclear background

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with thomas.walker@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, AWE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas