Babcock International Group

Head of People

Babcock International Group

full-time

Posted on:

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Salisbury • United Kingdom

Visit company website

Explore more

✨ AI Apply
Apply

Salary

💰 £85,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Shape and deliver HR strategy aligned with business goals, influencing senior leaders and key stakeholders.
  • Lead HR services across the employee lifecycle, driving consistency, compliance, and continuous improvement.
  • Coach and develop HR teams, building capability and fostering a high-performance culture.
  • Champion diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, and engagement as integral parts of the people agenda.
  • Partner with leaders to anticipate workforce needs, plan succession, and support transformation initiatives.
  • Represent HR in cross-functional forums, contributing to organisational success.

Requirements

  • Extensive HR expertise with experience in large, complex, global organisations.
  • Proven HR leadership track record, operating as a key member of a strategic leadership team.
  • Strong commercial acumen, able to understand stakeholder needs and deliver effective, pragmatic solutions.
  • Collaborative and influential, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders through integrity and transparency.
  • Innovative and resilient, bringing diverse groups together and leading through complexity to achieve successful outcomes.
  • The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Soft Skills
coachingdevelopmentinfluencingcollaborationrelationship buildinginnovationresiliencestrategic thinkingcommercial acumentransparency
Certifications
Security Check (SC) security clearance