Human Resources Business Partner

General Dynamics Land Systems is looking for a Human Resources Business Partner to join our team. The successful and inclusive candidate will earn a favourable salary of £44,000 to £66,000 based on experience and potential. This is an ideal role for someone who has a proactive and positive mindset and a keen desire to grow professionally. Joining an established team based at our Merthyr facility, you will work across a range of stakeholders, leveraging their extensive HR experience to implement HR strategies and initiatives that align with the overall business objectives.

Championing company values, this role involves providing advanced HR support to all members of staff, role modelling best practice across the full employee lifecycle, leading complex projects and offering counsel to business leaders.

What you would be working on this week:

• Establishes and maintains an understanding of their business areas and the business, in the interest of building effective and productive working relationships with internal stakeholders and clients, at all levels of the organization.
• Organisational development & change management – to partner with the business to support transitional changes to the organisational programs including sensitive cases such as restructures, TUPE related activities and redundancies.
• Coach and challenge business leaders on key organisational, management and HR policies and processes ensuring compliance and supporting employee relations practices.
• Performance & Reward - supporting leaders in managing performance and recognition.
• Employee experience and culture, champion an inclusive, high-performance culture through employee engagement, development programs and proactive issue resolution.
• Collaborates with Talent Acquisition with strong focus on acquiring, capability building and retaining top talent.
• Partner with leaders to review succession planning, identify high potential talent and build succession pipeline.
• Support the leadership team to drive an ‘A Team’ culture encompassing catalytic leadership.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven generalist HR operating experience within a complex organization, support senior leaders and influencing decision making at SLT level.
• CIPD Level 7 or working towards is desirable.
• Ongoing commitment to CPD and maintaining up to date employment Law and best practice.

Our Company Benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight – which means every other Friday off!
• A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family’s needs.
• A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share.
• A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices – giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace.

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace – inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance team. As part of our commitment to inclusion and diversity we welcome in particular applications from women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and ethnic minority groups. We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. At General Dynamics Land Systems, we strive to be champions who drive diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to our values and beliefs to provide a healthy and secure working environment that empowers team members to build careers that reward. We are focused on supporting an inclusive company that recognizes the value in creating a dynamic team that is diverse.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, General Dynamics Land Systems (“GDLS”) provides all persons with equal opportunity and access to all aspects of employment process, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or membership in any group protected by federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. GDLS also is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.