Willow HR Hiring for Head of HR at Cranfield Full Time

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited (CAeS) is an aerospace market leader in rapid prototyping of new aerospace concepts, and modifications to existing aerospace platforms, to meet the most challenging issues facing the industry today.

Role

As our Head of Human Resources, you will lead the People agenda for Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) to deliver a positive and engaging employee experience, lead the development of the culture of the Company and ensure that the necessary behaviours are embraced throughout the team.

Being an aerospace market leader, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions is committed to ensuring our great people deliver great work. This role sits at the heart of that by ensuring the company attracts, develops and retains high calibre individuals that will fit with the culture and behaviours that sit at the Company’s core. Therefore, culture fit will be vital in making

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This is a fabulous opportunity for someone energised, motivated and driven who is now looking to utilise their HR and leadership skills to continue to develop a brilliant HR function for this very special business.

Contribute to the development of overall business vision, strategy, goals and objectives, as part of the management team.

Develop the culture, define the expected behaviours and embed within teams across the business, ensuring the agility and energy typical of a small business is not diluted with rapid growth.

Trusted advisor to CEO and Leadership team on people and organisational issues.

Partner with Heads of Departments to advise and support the delivery of strategic objectives for their area of responsibility.

Continuously improve and deliver the performance management framework, ensuring all levels are having development discussions with their teams and driving overall business performance.

Develop and deliver the people and resourcing plan, alongside the Recruitment Manager, adapting to the ever-changing needs of the business.

Develop and deliver an organisational learning and development plan, to ensure we have the skills and capabilities we need to achieve our goals.

Overall responsibility for compensation, benefits and payroll, ensuring the Company remains competitive and in step with trends and market developments.

Ensure the effective facilitation and delivery of HR calendar events, e.g. Resource planning, Pay review and annual appraisal.

Provide effective case management, grievance, absence and performance management, bringing a problem solving approach to complex HR issues.

Contribute to long-term goals around business and people development, including succession planning and talent acquisition.

Review the responsibilities of the HR department and make bold decisions when necessary.

Any other duties as needed or required by the business. Such other relevant duties may be assigned by your Line Manager in agreement with you. Such agreement should not be unreasonably withheld.

Requirements

• CIPD Qualified – E
• Significant HR Generalist experience within an SME. – E
• Experience working within an aerospace and/or engineering environment. – D
• An innovative approach and an ability to respond to the changing needs of the business. – E
• Able to work in a fast-paced, agile, entrepreneurial environment, with a pragmatic approach. – E
• Experienced problem solver and confident decision-maker who can be adaptable to the resources available in developing solutions. – E
• A self starter who is able to work autonomously and on their own intitiative. – E
• Able to balance focused delivery with a broader business-wide perspective. – E
• High level organisational and administrative skills, including strong IT, data management and report writing skills. – E
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to work collaboratively with members of the management team. – E
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels. – E
• Experience of managing a team. – D
• Able to maintain a high level of integrity under challenge. – E
• Knowledge of UK employment laws, obligations and statutory procedures. – E
• Budget creation and management experience. – D