People Partner - Maritime & Land in Farnborough

To partner with the Maritime & Land business Leadership Teams to provide commercially-savvy People consultancy aligned to the sector strategy, attract and retain talent, enable consistent business performance, and create an environment where all our people can thrive.

Support the People Director to drive the optimal and innovative use of human resources within the agreed people strategy to meet key business objectives. Work with the appropriate People stakeholder groups to successfully deliver recurring, annual, people-led activities, stand-alone projects and programmes, collaborating with each function to fully understand the key functional performance issues, objectives, drivers and associated people requirements for both the current and future business challenges.

This is a leadership position focused on driving change and transformation, including driving improved productivity, improved employee experience and engagement, and improved business performance all of which will help contribute to delivering the Group ambition.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop a People plan for the business area to deliver the People strategy linked to business outcomes and KPIs on workforce planning, resourcing, talent and capability development, performance management, employee relations and organisation design.
• Lead on the development of cross-functional People solutions to drive business outcomes.
• Lead on the People contribution and assurance across bids and programmes within the business to drive business outcomes.
• Support the development of the People Strategy, which aligns with the overall people strategy, maximises operational performance and embeds a high-performance culture, aligning to the Group People strategy.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to pro-actively identify areas where the people function can add value, drive alignment and integration across the sectors.
• Deputise for People Director, UK Defence as required.

Key Capabilities/Knowledge

• A behavioural role model, supporting the development of an environment where all our people can thrive, driving improved employee engagement to enable business performance.
• Strong business acumen with experience of multi-discipline, multi-location matrix operations.
• Data literate with a strong track record in interpretation and communication of data to support business decisions.
• Strong partner and customer orientation focused on delivery.
• Change Leadership: Experienced in change management/facilitating change through influencing and with a strong commercial acumen.
• Communication skills: Open, engaging and comfortable with the management of and interface with a range of stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker: ability to think long-term and beyond immediate area of responsibility, requiring business awareness, critical analysis and integration of information, ability to bridge “old and new” ways of working and to develop action-oriented plans.

Experience & Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, project management, problem-solving, and influencing skills.
• Excellent UK employment law knowledge and hands on case management/TUPE experience.
• Able to prioritise and maintain high performance when working to multiple, and often conflicting, deadlines.
• An eye for detail with the ability to manage up and down the organisation, and with excellent stakeholder management skills.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential.

Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Competitive holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance.
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community.

Our Recruitment Process

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which mean factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.