Senior HR Business Partner
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Job ID 45043L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Job Location: Tewkesbury, UK
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.
L3Harris in Tewkesbury is part of our Global Spectrum Superiority (GS2) division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.
L3Harris is seeking a dynamic HR Business Partner (HRBP) who will support and provide guidance, counsel and HR expertise directly to employees and leaders. In this role, the Senior HR Business Partner will translate business priorities into actionable HR initiatives, leading talent management, leadership development programs, and organisational effectiveness efforts. This role collaborates across HR and the business to deliver solutions, using workforce insights to inform decisions, while directly supporting managers and employees on performance and employee relations.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week
- Half day finish on a Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
- Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Partner with HR Director to execute HR strategies aligned to enterprise priorities
- Act as the primary day-to-day HR contact for frontline employees, providing guidance on HR processes, policies, and standard practices
- Directly support site leaders and employees, and partner with other business leaders, HRBPs, and Center of Excellence to implement strategic initiatives to drive business growth and improve organisational capability
- Utilise trends and analytics to provide proactive recommendations and propose solutions to enable sound talent divisions and initiatives
- Identify and diagnose issues to develop, recommend, and implement root cause solutions that enhance employee engagement/experience
- Build and utilise relationships with functional HRBPs to influence business priorities within the functions
- Responsible for leading end-to-end talent management processes for site leadership, including workforce planning, talent development, performance management, and compensation
- Manage projects and special initiatives within and outside the HR function
- Provides change management leadership
What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
- Degree qualified with substantial previous related experience/CIPD qualified/HR qualification.
- Experience working as an HR Business Partner with increasing scope and responsibility, supporting various levels within the organisation, preferably within a matrix and government contracting environment
- Strong communication, interpersonal, influencing, coaching, and consulting skills
- Possesses a high degree of professional integrity and confidentiality with an eye for attention to detail
- Knowledge of HR systems such as PeopleSoft, Oracle, and SuccessFactors
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.