HR Manager

Job Description

Job Title: HR Manager – Strategic

Location: Sheffield, Hybrid – Minimum 3 days per week on site

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £55,000+ (DOE)

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll partner with senior leaders and line management to align people strategy with business priorities, shaping and delivering integrated HR solutions across the full employee lifecycle, including organisational design and restructuring activity
• You’ll use workforce data, insights and key metrics to inform business direction and provide meaningful reporting to senior stakeholders, contributing to the implementation and ongoing optimisation of HR systems such as SuccessFactors or SAP
• You’ll provide day-to-day coaching and guidance to People Managers on multi-faceted case management matters, supporting effective approaches across performance, absence, conduct and organisational change
• You’ll oversee multi-faceted employee relations activity, including TUPE, formal processes and employment tribunal matters, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes
• You’ll build and maintain constructive relationships with Trade Unions and key stakeholders, supporting positive industrial relations while identifying HR priorities and continuously strengthening people practices in line with organisational goals

Your skills and experiences:

Essentials:

• Experience using people data and insights to inform business direction, along with implementation or enhancement of HR Information Systems such as SuccessFactors or SAP
• Associate CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards Level 7 (Level 7 preferred)
• Experience providing day-to-day support and coaching to People Managers, particularly on multi-faceted case management matters
• Broad employee relations experience, including multi-faceted case management, TUPE and organisational design activity
• Experience building constructive Industrial Relations and Trade Union relationships, with considerable stakeholder engagement capability
• Experience of collaborating with line of business strategic leadership, management and other partners to deploy integrated Business-focussed solutions

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Weapon Systems UK Team:

As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to be our customer’s trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced effects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for innovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems capabilities.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 12th March 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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