Job Description

Global People Lead – GBS Strategy Programme

Full-Time - 12-month fixed term

Derby, Bristol or London based (3 days a week on-site)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced HR Leader to join the Rolls Royce Group Business Services (GBS) People Team playing a key role on the Strategy project team. This will be on a 12-month fixed term basis.

A new GBS Strategy to drive strategic value is being developed. The People plan is critical for successful activation and mobilisation. You will be accountable for driving, overseeing and delivering all aspects of the GBS Strategy people agenda. You will also provide subject matter expertise on organisation design and lead the organisation design workstream. Therefore, it is essential you have experience of successfully managing change initiatives and an understanding of global ER requirements in a change and transformation environment.

Whilst we are flexible on your location, there is a requirement to predominately work on-site at Derby.

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:

With this attractive opportunity you will be responsible for the global people and ER activities across all phases of the GBS transformation:

Lead the People Workstream on the project, involving its scoping, planning and delivery.Responsible for the global people and ER activities across all phases of the GBS transformation.Actively participate in all programme-wide planning and governance, a core member of the inner project team.Lead all activities to ensure global employee relations and Information and Consultation compliance, working with ER Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).Responsible for having an agreed communication plan, working jointly with the Project Change Lead, which aligns to the overall programme activities, and includes all identified stakeholder groupsIn collaboration with the relevant SMEs, responsibility for defining the employee value proposition and the reward, talent and capability strategies.Provide subject matter expertise on GBS transitions, employee relations, reward structures, organisational design, Employee Value proposition and recruitment. Identifying and mitigating risks, including retention strategy for the global programme.

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.

Experience in GBS transition projects involving multiple geographies and functionsExperience in delivering complex people transformation projectsPrevious delivery of change and transformation with global ER requirements with experience of leading change with employee representatives globallyAnalytical mindset that can support decision making with data and align with overall programme management of the changesExperience of working with global teams of stakeholders and being a credible & trusted partner to the key stakeholdersExperience of organisation effectiveness and designExperience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and toolsBeing driven to make things happen with an ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goalFlexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, 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

Job Category

Human Resources

Posting Date

13 Feb 2025; 00:02

Posting End Date

02 Mar 2025