People Partner

People Partner - Commercial Aviation Value Streams

Full Time

Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a People Partner to join the team in Commercial Aviation Value Streams.

Our People Partners hold a unique role here, partnering the business leadership team on development and implementation of business strategy, focusing on the people and organisational agenda - unlocking our full potential.  

To drive the business strategy and enable true business partnering you will support your business in a wide range of areas including; employee experience, talent management, inclusion, leadership, learning, performance, reward and more Our Head Office teams of Subject Matter Experts provide the strategies and you will drive this through our Manufacturing Operations business unit.  

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

The Commercial Aviation Value Streams in Civil Aerospace has full Profit and Loss Accountability delivering the financial outcomes for the Trent XWB and Trent Fleet and Mature Engines portfolio. We are in an exciting phase of growth, delivering significant operating profit for Civil Aerospace whilst taking a leading role in propelling the organisation to world class levels of financial and operational performance.  The opportunities that lie ahead of us are significant and the Value Streams are laying the foundations for the future.

Working in the Civil Aerospace People Team you'll be leading the people agenda, developing and implementing plans to ensure the right level of talent, organisation, capabilities and culture. If you interested in broadening your business knowledge,  being part of a dynamic fast paced leadership team, then this is the role for you.

As a key member of the team you can expect:

• Partnering the leadership team in mobilising the people strategy and driving the business plan, bringing the latest HR insights.

• Coaching the leadership team in handling sensitive or complex people issues. 

• Supporting leaders with their personal development and alignment to our leadership expectations.

• Providing employee relations advice aligned with the context of the business area.

• Managing people change programs in your business area and beyond. 

• Implementing site level organisational change aligned to People / Business agenda.

• Bring challenge and perspective to the business agenda, diagnosing business problems and using tools to identify the levers which will maximise organisational performance.

• Develop effective talent and capability development plans to deliver strategic workforce plans and build an environment that supports our people to be at their best.

• Deliver resourcing plans to meet business commitments.

• Working collaboratively with our broad people team network including our Global People Services team.  

Who we're looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Ability to analyse and challenge business strategy and develop people implications.

• Experience using Organisation Development to enhance business/organisational performance.

• Well-developed customer and relationship management skills, including credibility and influencing skills and senior levels and across functions.

• Broad change management skill set, combined with the ability to apply project management principles to deliver and support organisational change.

• Ability to coach senior leaders and their teams to deliver business strategy and drive performance and capability improvement within their teams.

• Sensitive to language and cultural differences.

• Experience of working effectively with employee representatives.

• Continual commitment to personal learning, demonstrated ability to build on learning and share within the broader People Team.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce