Job title: HR Manager

Location: Maidenhead, Berkshire

Salary Range: £55,000 to £60,000 negotiable

The Malloy Aeronautics Team:

Malloy Aeronautics Limited specializes in the development of heavy lift unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for both civilian and military uses. Located in Berkshire, our operations are notable for their focus on in-house design and manufacturing. This vertical integration means we control the production of most aircraft components on-site, enhancing our ability to innovate and maintain high standards across all stages of development.

About The Role:

This role presents the opportunity for a generalist HR Manager to work as part of the Malloy Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and help shape the organisational strategy for a rapidly developing business. You will play a pivotal part in defining the HR agenda and supporting its delivery to enable the wider business strategy. The role involves operationalising, integrating, and executing HR processes, projects, and change activities.

You can expect to be working in collaboration with BAE Systems (Group) HR and the appropriate Centres of Expertise to maximise HR opportunities, and work in partnership with other BAE Systems acquired entities to ensure consistency and efficiency both in businesses and HR processes.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to develop your career within BAE Systems due to exposure gained across multiple business areas.

Ability to hold Security Clearance - 5 years residence in the UK

What you’ll being doing (but not limited too):

• Management of a small HR Team; a HR Associate and Lead Recruiter
• Supporting People Managers in planning and implementing the People and Organisation Plan for Malloy Aeronautics
• Providing operational advice on a range of employment and performance issues and business change based on business needs
• Enabling people manager capability uplift, facilitating/supporting/coaching the manager in execution of people initiatives where necessary
• Reviewing business related people data to identify potential implications within the business context and environment and initiate local actions to resolve these as appropriate
• Enabling functional strength and resource resilience via support to talent, strategic workforce planning and organisational effectiveness activity
• Supporting post-acquisition activity from an integration or due diligence follow up perspective
• Providing HR expertise, techniques and skills in line with both Malloy and Group policies and procedures, and able to adapt appropriately
• Influencing and coaching line managers and employees in line with people management practices and business priorities
• Working with the business to identify a seamless and effective recruitment operation
• Developing and implementing an effective Reward and Performance approach including the development of the current Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to support attraction and retention of employees
• Operating as Secretary for the Remuneration Committee (REMCO), leading on information provision to enable board approval for reward philosophy and implementation
• Developing and implementation of new and developing HR Policies
• Acting as Data Protection Lead for Malloy Aeronautics

Essential Skills and Experiences:

• Proven experience as HR generalist across a range of people processes including Reward, Performance, Attendance and Organisational Design and Development
• Experience of People Management
• Knowledgeable in UK employment legislation
• Experience of operating in an international organisation would be desirable
• Experience of project management
• Ability to explain difficult and sensitive people subject matter to line managers, providing advice, guidance coaching and direction investigating and resolving complex people issues
• Strong stakeholder management experience coupled with influencing skills

Benefits you may be eligible for:

• We have obtained Bronze Level Armed Forces Covenant
• Company Pension Scheme
• Access to 24 Hour Helpline
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Additional holiday with long service
• Healthcare cash plan
• 20 Days of Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Statutory Sick Pay
• Three-Day Long Weekend Every Fortnight (Fri-Sun)
• Freshly Cooked Lunch on working Fridays
• Casual Dress
• On-Site Parking

Why Malloy Aeronautics?

Our company benefits from a streamlined process where engineering teams are involved in the entire lifecycle of our UAVs — from initial design through to production. This setup not only speeds up the development process but also improves the efficiency and effectiveness of our product launches. We value professionals who have a background in both research and development (R&D) and design for manufacture, as their expertise is crucial to our rapid and precise product development cycle.

Please be aware that many roles working for Malloy Aeronautics will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Malloy Aeronautics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Note:If you have not heard from our recruitment department within 14 days, unfortunately you have not been successful.