People Operations Advisor

Location: This role can be based from the following Leidos offices: Whiteley, Hampshire, Bristol, Farnborough Hampshire; with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands.

The Role: Leidos have a rare opportunity to work as part of the People Operations Team within People and Culture (P&C), supporting 1,300 employees and managers across the UK. Reporting into the People Operations Team Lead this role will be to provide daily support to employees, managers and P&C team with general HR queries as required. The role is to ensure that the P&C team adds value to the business by offering a prompt, accurate and available service.

What will I be doing?

• Be the first point of contact for HR queries and requests from across the business via the shared mailbox.
• Be responsible for the shared HR email Inbox, triage and action queries, referring queries, investigating, escalating or forwarding on a more complex issue or tasks as per agreed standard processes.
• Logging cases and trends to maintain statistics on service type and process times for process improvements and trends analysis.
• Follow best practice to ensure standardisation of query answering is maintained; reviewing and updating the relevant scripts, template letters, process flows, and standard answers to FAQs.
• Work in partnership with P&C Team to present a seamless, one team approach.
• New Starters / Leavers / Changes: Ensuring the specific HR systems (Workday & Deltek) are maintained and updated appropriately according to the specific processes and producing advisory letters / notifications.
• Deliver effective and efficient operational HR support, providing first line advice and guidance (including policy advice and first line case support) to all employees and Managers throughout the business, to mitigate against formal cases arising.
• Responsible for maintenance of accurate and updated employee files. Collating, reviewing and inputting / storage of data to ensure integrity and accuracy of data for audit purposes.
• Work with Team Lead to update policies and procedures in line with recent legislation updates. Ensuring the policy material on both the Vector and Intranet sites are always current.
• Provide HR Business Partner support, particularly with note taking and administration with Employee Relations cases.
• Produce advisory letters and ongoing administration support for all HR processes; e.g. maternity, paternity, absence, performance management, disciplinary, grievance etc.
• HR Metrics: Update spreadsheets with data to feed the reporting dashboards for standardised monthly reporting requirements and metrics for the HR Business Partner team in advance of Monthly Operating Reviews.
• Run ad hoc queries where required.
• Administer all monthly Payroll activities on time, every time.
• Ensure all weekly, monthly and quarterly actions are completed on time to a high standard, considering where improvements can be made.
• Process invoices and other ad-hoc paperwork as required.
• Assist in informing new employees of HR policies and procedures as needed.
• Support HR Projects and Initiatives as per the annual HR cycle and on an ad-hoc basis.
• You will work closely with the HR Business Partners but also across all Centre of Excellence.
• Any other duties as deemed appropriate to the level of the role.

What does Leidos need from me?

• Proven professional customer focused experience. Ability to handle customer queries in a proactive, efficient and friendly way.
• Ensure employee privacy is maintained as appropriate including confidentiality and protection of sensitive data.
• Ensure quality service experience, with empathy to de-escalate difficult situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of working in a similar HR environment desirable. Have a passion for process improvement and personal development.
• Ability to work well in a team across multiple sites and actively seeks the ideas of others, and openly shares information.
• Ability to learn new systems and information and then produce practical guidance documents for standardisation of practice.
• Excel, Word and PowerPoint knowledge. Workday knowledge is preferred.
• General analytical and problem solving interest and skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to handle complex information and prioritisation of workload.
• Ability to understand when issues or queries need to be escalated and take appropriate course of action.
• Proactive and focused on continuous improvement.
• Proven experience in P&C administration or a related field of work or a keen interest in the field of People & Culture.
• Interest in pursuing or currently pursuing CIPD preferred.

Clearance Requirements: BPSS pre-screening required to start.

Leidos UK – Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction.

What we do for you: At Leidos we are passionate about customer success, united as a team and inspired to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains talent. Our reward scheme includes: Contributory Pension Scheme; Private Medical Insurance; 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays); Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme).

Flexi-Time Working.

Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are: Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is a core benefit, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We invest in technical academies, career rotations and career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting those who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.