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Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

HR Business Partner 3

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMukilteo, WA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or a combination of education and appropriate work experience is required.
  • Nine years of progressive human resources experience as an HR business partner is required.
  • Four years of experience working in a multifunctional international environment is required.
  • Professional in Human Resources (PHR), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification is required.

Responsibilities

  • Develop advisory partnerships with key leaders to strategically influence organizational decisions and contribute to critical business priorities.
  • Identify people-related needs and align human capital strategies with business outcomes while balancing support and advocacy for the business and employees.
  • Identify potential risks and future issues, de-escalate conflict, and improve initiatives that promote a positive corporate culture.
  • Explain human resources policies and processes, promote standard solutions, and account for specific business needs.
  • Drive complex organizational initiatives and provide strategic guidance across human resources functions, including talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, employee relations, and organizational development.
  • Prepare special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends about business human resources needs; examine existing processes and recommend improvements using data analytics for foresight and strategic planning.
  • Engage with employees, listen to their concerns, and respond appropriately and in a timely manner.
  • Use employee listening strategies, including facilitating focus groups, analyzing exit interview data, and administering engagement surveys; identify engagement and productivity drivers and develop and implement actions.
  • Identify employee-relations risks related to organizational culture, conduct root-cause analyses, and develop preventative strategies.
  • Support the development and implementation of employee-relations policies and programs that promote a productive workplace and consistency and compliance across business units.
  • Provide guidance and strategic direction on sensitive, high-profile employee-relations cases, and conduct investigations when appropriate.
  • Lead complex human resources investigations, prepare findings reports, and propose strategic outcomes or next steps.
  • Coach leaders on complex employee-relations matters and difficult conversations.
  • Analyze sensitive employee-relations data to identify patterns and inform strategic decisions and anticipation of future challenges.
  • Collaborate on cross-functional audits and investigations concerning employee relations.
  • Navigate ambiguous and sensitive situations with sound judgment and act as a trusted advisor to employees.
  • Lead strategic workforce planning with leadership to forecast future talent demands and skills, and develop plans to build, buy, or borrow talent.
  • Provide career coaching and follow through on professional development goals.
  • Build internal talent pipelines through succession planning across business areas and levels.
  • Follow up with management on recruiting-plan effectiveness and implementation, and develop strategies for difficult-to-fill positions.
  • Support the centralized recruiting team in delivering staffing solutions that support recruiting goals.
  • Meet with management to help fill open positions, screen applicants, and conduct prescreening interviews against position requirements.
  • Facilitate new-employee integration and contribute to onboarding.
  • Guide managers in performance-management practices and identify employee-development opportunities.
  • Contribute to professional-development plans and training programs that support organizational goals.
  • Coach managers on performance management, identify development and training needs, craft career-development plans, and align learning initiatives with strategic business goals.
  • Drive talent-management initiatives, including leadership development, succession planning, and high-potential programs.
  • Translate business challenges into clear briefs for Center of Excellence partners and facilitate knowledge transfer between the business and those partners.
  • Influence, lead, and advise on major organizational transformation, connecting business leaders and employees and incorporating people strategy into change.
  • Assess change readiness and organizational capacity, identify risks, and use data and metrics to support recommendations.
  • Create and deliver change-communication strategies so employees understand changes and feel supported.
  • Coach managers to lead teams and address employee concerns during change.
  • Monitor feedback and employee-engagement impact to reinforce organizational change.
  • Identify and manage stakeholders affected by change, understand their needs and concerns, and help individuals and teams prepare for and embrace change.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Four years of experience in aerospace is preferred.

About the Company

Airbus

Manufacturer of commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense

Airbus designs and manufactures a wide range of aerospace products, including commercial airplanes, helicopters, defense systems, and space technologies. Its aircraft and rotorcraft are built with integrated airframes, propulsion, avionics, and digital systems to carry passengers, cargo, or conduct military missions, while its space division covers satellites, orbital infrastructure, launch services, and secure communications. Airbus differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across commercial, defense, and space, a global manufacturing and services network, and a focus on sustainability and digital transformation. Its goal is to enable global mobility and connectivity while reducing aviation’s environmental impact through sustainable aviation and collaborative innovation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Blagnac, France
Founded
1970

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