HR Advisor

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defence 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 92,000 employees and sales of 23.2 billion euros in 2023, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes research and development programs to maintain the environmental priorities of its R&T and innovation roadmap.
Safran is in the 1st place in the aerospace and defence industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2023" ranking.

With over one million seats equipping the fleets of the major airlines, Safran Seats is one of the world's leading suppliers of seating for passengers, crews and helicopters thanks to innovative and high added-value solutions.

Are you interested in working at the business end of Aerospace, where airline brand meets innovative passenger experience? Then your next opportunity could be with Safran Seats, an industry award winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality and industrial design.

At Safran Seats, we are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers. One day you could be liaising with one of the world's largest airframers, and the next, some of the biggest airline brands around the world

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 be responsible for supporting all people matters arising throughout the employee life cycle. To advise, guide and coach managers on HR best practice, ensuring consistency in the application of the people policies across the business. To be the first point of contact in all people related
issues.

Key Responsibilities will include:
Effectively advise, guide and coach managers through all people related issues,
promoting best practice and ensuring consistency in managing issues.
Develop effective and strong relationships with managers at all levels to promote
good employee relations, coaching where needed to encourage early intervention to prevent escalation where possible.
Advise and support on the management of formal people processes, attending formal meetings and ensuring accurate records are taken and providing advice on process where necessary.
Lead on Absence Management across the business, proactively liaising with
managers to ensure absence issues are addressed in a consistent way, through
coaching, advising and supporting managers.
Responsible for advising on occupational sick pay entitlements, liaising with payroll to ensure timely communication with employees of changes in pay whilst absent.
To be the main point of contact with the Occupational Health provider. Responsible
for making referrals where necessary and ensuring the medical reports are
informative to the business. Liaise with the provider for usage information to share
with the business.
To promote EAP where appropriate. Liaise with the EAP provider for usage
to share with the business.
Responsible for provision of agreed MI across the business, including data analysis and insight.
To attend departmental management meetings to review and discuss workforce
planning, people related issues and MI reports.
To review and assist in improving HR processes to provide a first class HR service.
To work with the HR Business Partner in supporting the PDP for the HR Administration

Our in-house design studio co-creates the most innovative experiences in the sky with our airline customers and partners. Our dedicated engineering, production and in-service support facilities are integral to delivering a high-end quality product that we keep flying throughout the life of programme. We are fully supported by a wide team of support functions, from HR to Finance, to Business Development and Planning and Logistics, our team is built to give Safran Seats an end-to-end capability in house in the UK.

We focus on:

Our people
These are our four People Fundamentals that underpin everything we do at Safran:
* We believe in and fostering the conditions for diversity and inclusion to thrive
* 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 between you and your colleagues
So you'll be supported every step of the way

Sustainability
Our people are at the heart of our success, as we work together to achieve our mission: contributing to a safer and more sustainable aviation. We are tackling the biggest challenges in aerospace, with a commitment to work to decarbonise the industry by 2050.

Global Mobility
As part of the Safran Group, across our businesses we are market leaders in aerospace, defence and space; there is always potential for future mobility in the UK and internationally.

Candidate skills:
CIPD or equivalent HR qualification
Demonstrable experience of dealing with a broad range and high volume of HR issues as a HR generalist
Working knowledge of HR processes and systems
Experience of working with HR Systems such as ADP / SAP / Success Factors and ability to extract information.
Demonstrable strong interpersonal skills and able to build strong effective working relationships at all levels
Competent user of MS Office applications (including intermediary level Excel and Word)
Excellent organisational skills; demonstrable ability to multi task whilst still meeting deadlines.

As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:
* 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
* Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts and access to private healthcare
* Career Progressions opportunities such as company sponsorship and further training courses
* Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoptive parents, shared parental leave, parental leave and flexible working
* Equality & Diversity initiatives with internal groups for workplace engagement and involvement
* STEM engagement with schools, colleges and universities and Charitable activities for all

Please apply and submit your CV today