HR Team Lead

HR Team Leader

📌 Contract: Fixed‑term (Maternity Cover, 9–12 months)

📌 Location: Broughton (Hybrid – 3 onsite / 2 remote)

📌 Hours: Mon–Thu 8am–5pm | Fri 8am–12pm (flexibility required)

📌 Start Date: ASAP

Guidant Global is looking for a confident, proactive HR Team Leader to support Airbus — a world‑leading, blue‑chip engineering and manufacturing organisation. This is a key role providing HR and ER support across Airbus sites, maintaining seamless HR operations during maternity cover.

This is a 9–12 month FTC, with an ASAP start, based primarily in Broughton with occasional travel to Filton and Brize Norton.

 What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to operational teams while ensuring HR processes are delivered consistently, compliantly, and effectively.

You will lead on HR advisory activity, ER casework, and operational support, ensuring a smooth experience for both workers and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

✔ Day‑to‑day HR & ER support for the Airbus account

✔ Managing senior stakeholder relationships across the business

✔ Oversight and management of the HR inbox and case queries

✔ Managing sickness absence and attending weekly people/sickness reviews

✔ Conducting return‑to‑work interviews (onsite in Broughton; remote for other sites)

✔ Leading and advising on disciplinary, grievance & investigation processes

✔ Partnering with Trade Union representatives

✔ Supporting HR change programmes, including redeployment, TUPE & workforce planning

✔ Managing medical capability processes

✔ Ensuring HR policy adherence and communicating updates to the account team

✔ Advising on contract extensions based on worker type

✔ Conducting and collating exit interviews

✔ Managing redundancy and end‑of‑assignment processes, ensuring compliance

✔ Maintaining AWR and GDPR compliance

✔ Supporting consistent HR process delivery across worker groups

This is a hands‑on, visible role that blends advisory work, operational HR delivery, and business partnering.

What we’re looking for

We’re keen to speak with HR professionals who bring:

🔹 Degree‑level education or equivalent experience (HR/Business preferred)

🔹 1–2 years’ experience within a large, fast-paced HR function

🔹 Strong generalist HR knowledge & working ER experience

🔹 Understanding of HR processes, IT systems & UK employment legislation

🔹 Awareness of contingent labour legal compliance

🔹 Excellent communication, conflict management & stakeholder engagement

skills

🔹 A proactive, solutions‑focused mindset

🔹 Ability to work onsite in Broughton 3 days per week

🔹 CIPD Level 5 or working towards (desirable)

Why join us?

You’ll play a central role in supporting a globally recognised engineering business, ensuring HR operations remain seamless during maternity cover. You’ll work with supportive HR leaders, gain exposure to complex HR environments, and contribute to high‑impact people outcomes.

Interested?

If you’re ready for a high‑impact HR role supporting a world‑class client, we’d love to hear from you.