Job title: Employee Experience Design Lead

Location: All BAE UK Sites

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £56,000 + dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

· In this role you will drive change and be an advocate for our employee experience. You will influence the organisation to enhance our employee experience, thereby increasing levels of engagement and performance

· As a subject matter expert on Employee Experience Design, coach, develop and inspire leaders of projects and change, to ensure the company’s employee experience proposition and our employee’s expectations are understood, prioritised and delivered

· Support the development, and drive the implementation of, a best practice and comprehensive employee experience design methodology, to build a benchmark internal employee experience capability

· Proactively and effectively work with colleagues in HR and stakeholders across the wider BAE Systems enterprise, to ensure solutions (e.g. policies, processes, system changes) are developed in line with our employee experience proposition and our employee’s expectations

· Use employee voice and insights data to identify and prioritise gaps in our employee experience. Share the data and collaborate with stakeholders to inspire improvement projects that will deliver our employee experience proposition, in line with business needs

· Work collaboratively with HR and Communications to enhance and promote existing solutions to support maximum usage & buy-in

Your skills and experiences:

· Proven track record of delivery and problem solving abilities, particularly in an ambiguous or complex situation

· Knowledge of employee experience, user experience and/or employee engagement

· Experience of driving business change

· Strong experience of managing and influencing multiple stakeholders with a range of different needs

· Ability to manage and prioritise conflicting deadlines

· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

· Great collaboration skills and experience of working across different teams and/or networks

· Ability to build relationships and communicate with people at all levels of the business

· Behaviours of adaptability and courage will be essential

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Employee Experience team:

The Employee Experience Design Lead role sits within the BAE Systems Head Office Group HR function. The role reports into the Head of Employee Experience and will often be integrated with and/or working alongside a project delivery team. For example, BAE Systems is embarking on an exciting journey to transform our HR services – putting the employee experience at the heart of everything we do. This modernisation includes the redesign of our policies, processes and the implementation of a modern, dynamic people information system across all our markets (excluding Inc). Each element of this change will need close employee experience support. Hence, the successful candidate will be working with a number of key stakeholders at all levels across the business. This is a newly created role which would suit an individual passionate about delivering change and improvement, particularly in a complex and sometimes ambiguous environment.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. 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.”

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems 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.

Closing Date: 25^th September 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.