HR Associate

Job Title: HR Associate

Location: Warton (4 days minimum on site)

Salary: 47,683.00+

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1000

Grade: E

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing

Partnering with Leadership teams within business area

Working with supervision, supporting the development of people and organisation requirements underpinning the IBP, with a view to enabling business outcomes.

Working with Centres of Expertise (CoE) and the wider HR model to integrate solutions and evaluate suitability to business area. Providing advice, guidance and coaching to line managers in the implementation of solutions developed.

Embedding best practice, policies, frameworks, governance, education and supporting tools across business area

Supporting the analysis of line of business or sector people data and feeding into the CoE, to benchmark and to implement short and long term solutions that improve performance, demonstrating value add

Driving engagement with critical HR processes, with the support of business tools e.g. Success Factors, and positing (shares) communications, developed by the CoEs, with the business to enable people activities

Coaching supervisors and line mangers in the implementation of People policies, processes and procedures when dealing with people matters.

Your skills and experiences

Adapt working style to effectively Partner with key stakeholders across various levels of the organisation

Analyse and collate data from a number of sources in order to develop insight or support business decisions

Support Senior Advisors and Managers with queries relating to employment terms and conditions, Company policies

Support the requirements of internal / external quality monitoring and compliance standards

Influence key stakeholder in the development and delivery of HR priorities

Apply a strong focus on continuous improvement for how the process can be made more efficient and effective

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 HR team

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic HR team supporting over 2,500 employees. This primarily includes engineers, alongside project management and design capability.

As the HR Associate, you’ll work closely with leaders across design and development functions, providing strategic coaching and partnering to drive organisational effectiveness. You’ll play a key role in spotting trends, shaping people strategies, and supporting the ongoing evolution of the team as they deliver world-class engineering outcomes. With strong connections across the wider HR community, this role offers fantastic scope for personal and professional development, as well as the chance to make a real impact within a forward-thinking, high-profile part of the business.

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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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 21st October 2025

Job Title: HR Associate

Location: Warton (4 days minimum on site)

Salary: £47,683.00+

Referral Scheme Bonus: £1000

Grade: E

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your Line Manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing

Partnering with Leadership teams within business area

Working with supervision, supporting the development of people and organisation requirements underpinning the IBP, with a view to enabling business outcomes.

Working with Centres of Expertise (CoE) and the wider HR model to integrate solutions and evaluate suitability to business area. Providing advice, guidance and coaching to line managers in the implementation of solutions developed.

Embedding best practice, policies, frameworks, governance, education and supporting tools across business area

Supporting the analysis of line of business or sector people data and feeding into the CoE, to benchmark and to implement short and long term solutions that improve performance, demonstrating value add

Driving engagement with critical HR processes, with the support of business tools e.g. Success Factors, and positing (shares) communications, developed by the CoEs, with the business to enable people activities

Coaching supervisors and line mangers in the implementation of People policies, processes and procedures when dealing with people matters.

Your skills and experiences

Adapt working style to effectively Partner with key stakeholders across various levels of the organisation

Analyse and collate data from a number of sources in order to develop insight or support business decisions

Support Senior Advisors and Managers with queries relating to employment terms and conditions, Company policies

Support the requirements of internal / external quality monitoring and compliance standards

Influence key stakeholder in the development and delivery of HR priorities

Apply a strong focus on continuous improvement for how the process can be made more efficient and effective

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 HR team

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic HR team supporting over 2,500 employees. This primarily includes engineers, alongside project management and design capability.

As the HR Associate, you’ll work closely with leaders across design and development functions, providing strategic coaching and partnering to drive organisational effectiveness. You’ll play a key role in spotting trends, shaping people strategies, and supporting the ongoing evolution of the team as they deliver world-class engineering outcomes. With strong connections across the wider HR community, this role offers fantastic scope for personal and professional development, as well as the chance to make a real impact within a forward-thinking, high-profile part of the business.

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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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 21st October 2025