Navantia UK is a UK incorporated company, subsidiary of Spanish Navantia, created to work with UK industrial partners in shipbuilding, defence and in offshore wind energy. With a history that goes back more than 300 hundred years, Navantia is a world reference in the design, building, integration and life cycle support of state-of-the-art war ships for the Spanish Navy and international customers and has extensive experience in ToT programmes.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Strategic Partnership

• Collaborate with senior leaders to understand business goals and develop HR strategies that enable success.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and workforce analytics.

Talent Management & Workforce Planning

• Lead local succession planning, talent reviews, and workforce development initiatives.
• Support recruitment strategy emphasising critical roles and underrepresented groups.

Employee Relations & Engagement

• Provide expert advice on complex employee relations issues, ensuring compliance with employment law and company policies.
• Drive initiatives to improve employee engagement, diversity, and inclusion.

Performance & Change Management

• Partner with leaders on performance management processes and capability building.
• Support organizational change projects, including restructures and cultural transformation.
• Work with business to reduce absenteeism and in work sickness issues

Policy & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to HR policies, employment legislation, and best practice standards.
• Mitigate risk through proactive management of employee relations and compliance issues.

Data & Insights

• Utilise HR metrics and analytics to inform strategic decisions and measure impact.
• Prepare reports and recommendations for local leadership team.

Education and Experience

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Project Manager in a complex organisation.
• CIPD qualification at lvl5/7 or equivalent is desirable.

• Competitive base salary
• Company pension
• 31 days holiday

If you experience difficulties or are unable to apply for a role on-line please contact us at [email protected] and one of the team will be in contact to help you.