Human Resources Advisor

Job Title:                     Human Resources Advisor

Location:                     Cheltenham, Gloucestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Fixed Term Contract

Role ID:                       SF75020

Help shape a positive employee experience that makes a real difference

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Human Resources Advisor at Staverton, near Gloucester.

The role

As a Human Resources Advisor, you'll play a key role in supporting managers and employees across the business, providing expert advice on people matters and employee relations. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a collaborative and supportive environment while helping to create a positive workplace culture where people can thrive.

Day-to-day, you will be:

• Providing Human Resources advice and guidance to managers and employees on a wide range of people matters.


• Supporting employee relations cases, including absence management, performance management, disciplinary matters and investigations.


• Interpreting and applying company policies and procedures consistently across the business.


• Collaborating with Human Resources Business Partners to support business priorities, change initiatives and people projects.


• Building strong relationships with managers and employees across multiple sites to promote a positive employee experience.

This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Staverton. Hybrid working patterns are available.

Essential experience of the Human Resources Advisor:

• Experience providing employee relations advice and employment law guidance.


• Experience interpreting and implementing corporate policies and procedures.


• Experience working within a fast-paced, multi-site environment.


• Proven knowledge of Human Resources practices, including supporting change management activities.


• Awareness of the challenges and opportunities of working within a unionised environment.

Qualifications for the Human Resources Advisor:

Level 5 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualification would be preferable. However, we value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can demonstrate the required level of experience and impact.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.


• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 20/07/2026