HR Project Officer

Job description

In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.

The purpose of this role is to support the HR Country Lead and wider UK HR team in the co-ordination of HR UK wide activities acting as project support officer on a variety of key projects.

Key Responsibilities will include:
- Responsibility for arranging UKHRD meetings, monthly and ad-hoc as required, preparing agenda, slides decks and maintaining actions notes
- Support the project leads with the UK transformational projects, acting as project team member and providing general administration tasks and preparing project status updates
- Support the deployment of Group HR initiatives co-ordinating activity across the UK ensuring consistency of approach (where appropriate) and providing feedback to Group on progress
- Preparing a weekly highlight report on UK wide activities and progress against plans
- Lead for Talent Management activities in UK, leading UK Talent Review meetings with HRD and UK MDs and acting as focal point to encourage mobility
- Prepare monthly reports for UK community; recruitment activity and Exit interview analysis
- Maintain the UK sharepoint ensuring it is an accessible and informative source of information for the whole HR community
- Chair the UK HRBP network encouraging collaboration and sharing of best practice
- Support to UK Strategy development agenda, acting as a key support for the UK Country
- Lead undertaking research activities to support in particular Levelling Up and Skills
- Key member of the Women@Safran network
- Act a lead for the introduction of new UK employment legislation supporting UK
businesses to develop new policies and processes
- Provide support as required to the UK Communications Group acting as interface between UK and Communications teams

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract on a part time basis (27 hours per week - preferably to be worked over 5 days)

What We'll Offer
As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:
* 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
* Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%.
* Private medical cover (to include Digital GP and rapid access Physio with no excess) with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members.
* Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work and Octopus EV Scheme
* 4 x Life Assurance
* Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection.
* Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave) and employee assistance programme
* Annual share save schemes.
* Option for hybrid and flexible working arrangements
* Opportunities for career advancement and personal growth. Benefit from support through Safran University and our internal Training and Development Schools
* Get involved in our corporate social responsibility activities from sustainability initiatives, charity and fundraising, volunteering days, or supporting STEM activities at local schools and colleges nurturing the next generation of talent
Please apply and submit your CV today! Once your CV has been reviewed, we will contact you with the next stages.

This role is subject to pre-employment checks, including but not limited to criminal record checks. While having unspent convictions may not necessarily prevent you from being employed, you are required to disclose any unspent convictions during the recruitment process. Only candidates who successfully pass these checks will be considered for employment.

We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Safran Seats an inclusive place to work.

Desired profile

Candidate skills:
Good understanding of UK employment legislation
Operational HR experience at HR Advisor or Business Partner level
Ability to multi task with different projects and multiple objectives
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Excellent organisational skills with an analytical mind-set
Experience of using qualitative and quantitative data to prepare reports for multiple audience

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!

Our employees are at the heart of our success, as we work together for our sustainable future. There are four People Fundamentals that underpin life at Safran:
* We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business
* We develop our colleagues skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
* We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
* We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues

About SAFRAN

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran Seats-manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world.