HR Manager - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
MBDA Systems
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- £55,000-66,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
- Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
- 25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase)
- Our enhanced parental leave offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
- Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking (and gym on site at Stevenage)
- Excellent career progression and development opportunities
- International employee development programmes, international networking and events with a focus on an inclusive culture and environment, gender balance and disability inclusion
- Tools and resources that reflect our common commitment to inclusion and MBDA’s Values and Behaviours, but that are also sensitive to the local needs of our individual nations.
- Creating high quality internal and external Group-wide communications materials.
- Building an international community of ED&I ambassadors and role models who can inspire others and are empowered to drive change.
- Knowledge sharing, playing an active role in building ED&I capability within the ED&I team and the wider business.
- Identifying, engaging and utilising suitable expert providers, speakers and networks to provide expertise and effectively engage an international audience.
- Relevant European/international external benchmarking and research into best practices that can be applied at MBDA
- Supporting ED&I alignment to Group ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) strategy and providing inputs to regular reporting.
- Measuring inclusion and tracking progress
- Development and delivery of employee guidance and learning resources.
- Partnering with UK HR teams to integrate ED&I into people cycle, processes and policy.
- Partnering with UK employee networks.
- Building external partnerships and relationships and playing an active role in external networks.
- Representing ED&I at internal and external events.
- Demonstrable experience of leading and delivering ED&I programmes or initiatives: ideally in both UK and international environments.
- Positive relationship building and influencing skills: especially in an international / European context.
- Project management: able to deliver effective, strategic solutions, often in collaboration with other teams in HR and across the business.
- Strategic decision-making: able to apply expertise, data insights, benchmarking and research to sophisticated situations and challenges, making legally, contextually and commercially good judgements.
- Delivery focus: experience of crafting and delivering initiatives, tools, resources and communications that achieve robust and tangible outcomes.
- Emotional intelligence and integrity: able to manage sensitive situations constructively and professionally.
- A continuous improvement approach: seeking and taking opportunities to improve or simplify what’s in place.