Job Description

People are at the heart of Heathrow. Not just the millions of passengers who travel, trade, shop, eat, connect and explore with us every year, but also the thousands of colleagues who go the extra mile to give every one of them the best airport service in the world. In the People team, we partner with people across our business to help to make Heathrow a place where everyone is accepted for who they are and can achieve their best.


We're a community of human resources and health and safety professionals, encompassing all aspects of HR and wellbeing. Whether your passion is in business partnering, reward, learning and development, or any other specialist area, you'll be part of a team creating and delivering Heathrow's innovative People Strategy. We are committed to being a truly inclusive organisation that represents the diversity of the local community at every level.





There's no place like Heathrow - for the buzz, for the variety, for the sense of belonging and for the chance to go on a really fulfilling career journey. We're passionate about our colleagues' experience, making Heathrow a great place to work and creating careers, not just jobs.



We are looking to recruit two new HR Business Partner's into our People team. These newly created positions come at an exciting time for our business, and the role holders will have the opportunity to make a real and lasting impact on the people agenda at a time of growth and transformation.


To ensure Heathrow is an extraordinary place to work the People team drive a winning team culture that and our HR Business Partners play a strategic role in identifying, planning, and meeting the people needs of the business. Trusted experts that drive performance through great relationships and provide constructive challenge. The Business Partner team act as the strategic enablers for the people agenda by partnering with leadership teams across all functions.



Partnering with Directors and their Leadership Teams to create strategic people plans, that ensure returns on people investment activities are maximised in the short to medium term and the development and improvement of colleague, team, and function performance Coaching, challenging, and influencing business leaders to raise the bar on performance across the function and drive highly engaged teams Interpreting data and insight, and business plans to diagnose and recommend people led solutions that drive performance Providing trusted expert advice and supporting on a range of People activity by engaging and working collaboratively with our Areas of Excellence (reward, employee relations, talent and development, people services Developing the strategic workforce plans for the business unit through analysis of current resource and talent levels, including the future skill demands, in collaboration with resourcing and talent team

Demonstrable business partnering experience with senior leadership teams with a proven track record of coaching and developing individuals, teams, functions to higher performance. For the Tech, Data & Digital business partnering role prior experience working with Tech leaders is also essential. Experience and knowledge of all aspects of HR including Employee Relations, Organisational Design, Resourcing, Talent Management and Reward preferably in a unionised environment Experience of delivering of robust, commercial HR solutions across a complex environment In depth experience in managing and embedding Change from an HR perspective Relevant HR qualification or equivalent work experience
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There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.


Every day, you'll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.


It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.


Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow . Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow's Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger - not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.