L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title – HR Advisor

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

We can offer hybrid working pattern, with time in our offices and your home, to enable a good work-life balance. We do require you to be on-site 3 days per week.

Job ID – 15003

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury is part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects.

The HR Team are seeking a confident self-starter who is capable of leaning into all areas of HR, learning how to deliver great service to our stakeholders and providing an exceptional service to our employees.

The role would support all administration and coordination needs of a busy HR team in the first instance, taking the tasks and putting their own spin on things where efficiencies and better delivery can be found. However, we would be looking for this role to grow and develop to become a confident HR Advisor, and in time HRBP. This would require someone who can maintain status quo with transactional work, support client groups, lead training, execute large scale programmes and deliver on projects.

We are looking for someone who wants to build a truly generalist career in HR, ticking all boxes from advising and guiding to supporting the growth of our talent. This role would be matrixed, reporting into the Head of HR but delivering for global stakeholders both internal to HR and within the Business Units.

As well as a competitive salary, the business would look to support the individual with their CIPD qualifications demonstrating the commitment to grow the next HR leader for L3 Harris UK.

A few of our employee benefits

Hybrid working where possible – 3 days onsite as a minimumFlexible start/finish times12pm finish on a Friday25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days Private medical insurance with optional family coverPension scheme of up to 7% employer contributionLife Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x) Group income protectionFlexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work schemeEmployee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

Basic understanding of UK employment law and being comfortable interpreting policiesComfortable with working with process and automationIT savvy – confidence in moving between different systems and guiding employees to use different systemsConfidence in responding to email queries, also checking in with the policies and department leaders when uncertainBeing a self-starter – the department is busy, at times with individual will be left to deliver a brief independently and will need to make sure they have the check ins with the relevant leader to review progress and outputsPride in accuracy of data in our HR Information SystemsTraining and supporting individuals with new and existing HR systemsAbility to interpret data would be an advantageConfidence in talking to people face to faceBe an advocate for expert customer service as this role will be front facing for the HR departmentEnthusiastic approach to go above and beyond for our business, putting the employee experience first

What you’ll bring

The role of HR Advisor requires the following experience and skills:

Experience or qualification/degree in relevant subjectsPrior experience in an entry level HR role would be desirable Ability to effectively present information to employees at all levels of the organisationGood MS Office skillsAble to competently capture meeting minutesAbility to handle sensitive information with confidentiality in line with policy and GDPRA self-starter committed to delivery and personal development of self and teamEmotionally resilient, highly flexible and a naturally inquisitive individualAbility to work independently and as part of a fast-paced teamStrong attention to detail and organisational skillsExcellent communication skills both written and verbal 

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.