Sarah McKenna HR Recruitment is very pleased to be exclusively partnering with Newcastle International Airport in their search for a People Business Partner to join their successful HR team.
Newcastle International Airport is the largest airport in the North East of England and served over 5 million passengers in 2023.
Newcastle International Airport delivers best in class service, as an award-winning airport, named 'best UK airport' for customer service three years running, they pride themselves on delivering high levels of customer loyalty and retention.
This success has been achieved through the great people across the business who helped them accomplish all of this and this new opportunity for a People Business Partner will play a key role to help build on this success.
The People Business Partner will be working closely with the Head of HR and HR Advisor to contribute to the delivery of an effective, efficient and pro-active HR service. As People Business Partner, you will help to shape and drive improved business performance through the implementation and development of people related policies and strategies. You will also work closely with the management team of each Business Unit and will be a trusted advisor supporting them on key initiatives such as:
- Strategic Planning & Talent Management
- Continuous Improvement & Innovation
- Commercial and Operational Awareness
- Employee Engagement & Culture
You will work closely with the Head of Human Resources to deliver the People Strategy across the business and play a full active role in delivering a proactive, flexible, value adding HR service. This will be achieved by providing effective advice, support and guidance to senior leaders, line managers and colleagues, whilst delivering strategic and operational people projects and initiatives.
Responsible for 4 key Business Units, you will be the main point of contact and subject matter expert on complex employment cases and projects and provide HR related advice across the generalist range of the role. The area of the business you will work closely with do recognise Trade Unions so experience of working within a unionised environment is preferred.
This will be a true generalist role supporting the business, which offers you a varied, broad and interesting opportunity where you will provide advice and support to employees and managers in all aspects of the employee life cycle including recruitment and selection, on boarding, induction, performance management, and employee relations, engagement, and well-being.
A key area of focus will be looking at succession planning sessions, talent reviews and retention initiatives to support the business in identifying, engaging and retaining top talent. This also links into considering the delivery of an appropriate reward, recognition and benefit strategy that facilitates staff retention, succession planning and employee development.
You will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that build diversity and opportunity through ensuring that the culture is welcoming, providing the right level of challenge and support, to enable strong wellbeing and inclusion in line with Newcastle Airport's values.
Their vision is to be the best Airport and to achieve this, live and breathe by their values:
- Be Safe - Do the right thing. Put safety and security first.
- Be Positive - Innovate and improve. Demonstrate energy, enthusiasm and adaptability.
- Be Part of The Team - One team working together. Show integrity and respect.
- Be Customer Focused - Ensure we deliver and aim to delight.
If you would like to be part of this recognised and successful business and feel you have the required experience working with senior stakeholders in a Senior Advisor/Business Partner level role, have proven success working within an operational environment and have achieved Level 5 or & CIPQ qualification then please get in touch for more details.
This is a full-time, permanent contract.
Salary range £40,000 - £44,000
Predominantly office based.
This role comes with a host of benefits such as a competitive contributory pension scheme, subsidised healthcare, company and performance related bonus scheme and access to a green travel plan which includes a salary sacrifice EV scheme.