Babcock International is looking for an HR Business Partner to play a central role in enabling cultural transformation and organisational development within one of the UK's most important defence engineering environments. This 12-month fixed-term opportunity places you at the forefront of a complex, high-profile setting where your HR insight will directly support leaders, shape workforce capability, and influence decision-making.
What You'll Do
- Manage, develop and deliver people-focused change projects aligned with sector people plans, collaborating with leaders and HR colleagues.
- Analyse and problem-solve complex business challenges, considering wider organisational implications and impact.
- Use data and analytics to support decision-making and identify priority areas for action.
- Develop and monitor KPIs to measure the effectiveness and impact of HR initiatives.
- Apply subject-matter expertise to policies, processes and best-practice frameworks that add value and support Babcock’s Purpose and Principles.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience operating as an HR Business Partner with strong expertise in culture, organisational change and HR best practice.
- Experience working within unionised environments and managing complex stakeholder landscapes.
- Demonstrated success delivering projects in complex, multi-site and multi-disciplinary settings.
- Strong project, stakeholder and relationship-management capability, with excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Strategic and analytical mindset, able to interpret HR data, assess long-term impacts and provide evidence-based recommendations.
- Level 7 HR qualification or equivalent experience, with Chartered CIPD membership and commitment to continued professional development.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Team & Environment
You will work closely with senior leaders, local HR teams and subject matter experts.
Benefits & Compensation
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- 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.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role based in Plymouth, Devon.
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