Job Description

People Advisor - Submarines

Derby/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a People Advisor to join the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business in Derby.

We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

Support People Partners in the delivery of the Talent processes and People Meetings for business areas.
Support local deployment of Company HR processes such as Absence Management, Performance Management, Reward Review, Role grading, Salary policy and Career Development Framework activities.
Responsible for providing support to People Partners and Case Managers to enable HR processes to be executed efficiently and effectively supporting the HR operating model. Provide guidance to line managers to obtain support from the right areas; maintain a strong partnership with other HR activities to ensure overall service delivery.
Raise employee concerns and engagement issues and recommending action to create a positive and productive working environment, liaising with the relevant ER team where necessary.
Support change management projects and communications for HR initiatives.
Provide support to a range of business processes as required for example: HR Risk Management, Sustainability, Security controller for HR, HSE lead for HR

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Degree qualified in a Business or HR Discipline or equivalent experience
Articulate, numerate and ability to manipulate and present data as required
Comfortable around key tools including: Excel, PowerPoint, Word
Good working knowledge of HR processes and the relevant IT systems to support those processes, Workday would be an advantage
Broad change management skill set along with the ability to apply project management principles to deliver and support organizational change.
Well-developed customer and relationship management skill set.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a Dual National from a non ITAR country.

Please be aware that if this role is outside of your current business sector then T&C’s might differ from your existing agreements – for further information please contact your HR PP directly.

Grades 7-9

Job Category

Human Resources

Posting Date

08 Aug 2025; 00:08

Posting End Date

23 Aug 2025