HR Advisor Woking 2023

At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. And we’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology, too.

Purpose of the Role

As our team grows, you’ll be helping us on our journey to becoming a World Championship contending race team - by making sure we also become a world leading employer.

As People Advisor, you’ll join our F1 People Team to provide exceptional HR service across the F1 function of McLaren Racing Limited (‘MRL’) to deliver a progressive people agenda and help support the delivery of long-term business planning, developing as well as providing HR solutions to ensure a great employee experience.

You will be the first point of call for team members and managers. You will be confident in providing tailored, operational advice and support, and rolling out agreed initiatives. As a confident HR practitioner, you will be able to act as a sounding board, provide key solutions as well as build and foster strong working relationships – being an integral part of the teams you support.

Your Team

You’ll be collaborating widely across the People & Culture team. You’ll quickly discover it’s a pro-active team that thrives on working at pace, with agility and delivering meaningful change for McLaren Racing. Most of all we support each other and roll our sleeves up when it matters and whatever we do ensure it contributes to the performance of our team.

This role will be reporting to the Senior Manager, People Partner and will have no direct reports. Your main stakeholders will include our team members, team leaders, and managers in the functional areas you support, collaborating closely with the relevant Finance Business Partners too. You will also work closely with our Senior Advisors and People Partners within the People Team

Flexibility to working hours will be required to meet the operational demands of the teams you support, which will involve working from two site locations in close proximity of each other and changes in working times to ensure you regularly engage with our shift workers.

Principal Accountabilities

Operational HR Support

• First point of contact for employee relations matters. Case management, including sickness absence and OH referrals.
• Escalation point for the People Administration team for employee/manager query resolution.
• Working with the Senior Advisors and Talent Attraction team to advise and support on recruitment policy, process and interviews/selection.
• Ensure strong employee relations across the function through the pragmatic engagement of managers and team leaders to fulfil their legal obligations effectively.
• Work closely with Managers and the Senior Advisors and People Partners to implement any organisational design requirements, supporting them through the organisational design processes, including proactive management and administration of terms and conditions changes and contractors.
• Working with your People Partner and Senior Advisors on supporting the formal and informal talent and succession management processes within your areas.
• Support the annual reward process - salary review, bonus and benefits.
• Manage relevant HRIS data and reporting to support people strategy, spot trends and assist People Partners with decision making.
• Work collaboratively across the team to update and further enhance our people policies, ensuring fit for purpose across all functions.
• Proactively gauge employee engagement in functional areas and regularly feedback to the People Partners so we provide solutions that link to the MRL 5-year plan and People and Culture strategy.
• Actively engage with managers to support development of an inclusive working environment that is conducive to safe practices and colleague welfare.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Promote a service mentality and partnership approach to build and maintain excellent working relationships with key internal stakeholders to ensure their appropriate engagement and involvement.
• Confidently influence key stakeholders to gain buy-in and support to new ways of working, alternative solutions and key projects.
• Understand customer needs and adapting an agile approach to deliver advice, initiatives and projects as appropriate to your area.
• Seamlessly act as the conduit between employees, Senior Advisors and People Partners to successfully implement initiatives which are fit for purpose and land well.
• Strong and professional communication across multiple stakeholder groups and channels with the ability to present and deliver compelling messages.
• Work with the People Experience team to support the development and delivery of key projects.

People and Culture Strategy

• Contribute to the ongoing development of the People strategy by working closely with the wider People Team; highlight any key people priorities.
• Be an ambassador of the strategy when speaking with teams and Managers, ensuring that any key initiatives link to the People and Culture strategy.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

To join our race for performance, you’ll need:

• Previous demonstrable HR Advisory generalist experience, including strong employee relation knowledge and case management skills.
• Previous experience of working with manufacturing and engineering disciplines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management.
• A focus on the generation and use of accurate data to inform decision making.
• Ability to prioritise a demanding workload.
• Experience of managing change and delivery of projects.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• A track record of getting things done.
• MS Office - proficient to at least intermediate level Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Previous experience working with an HRIS and related employee platforms desirable.
• CIPD qualified, or equivalent experience.

What can McLaren offer?

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, swimming pool, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

Hybrid working patterns give you options to balance your home life and outside interests with your work. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.