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. We’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology.
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 us to support the team on our high-performance journey, providing exceptional HR service across our F1 team in McLaren Racing Limited (‘MRL’): delivering a progressive people agenda, helping to support the delivery of long-term business planning, and 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 in the Operations function but may also support other areas of the F1 team when required. 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.
Role Dimensions:
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 the F1 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, managers and senior managers in the functional areas you support, collaborating closely with the relevant Finance Business Partners too.
We have adopted hybrid working across the team, but flexibility to work hours to also support our shifts will be required to meet the operational demands of the teams you support.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Acting as the first point of contact for employee relations matters, including case management, sickness absence, and Occupational Health referrals.
2. Working with the Talent Attraction team to advise managers and proactively support recruitment policy, process, and interviews/selection.
3. Ensuring strong employee relations across the function through the pragmatic engagement of managers and team leaders.
4. Collaborating with Managers and People Partner to implement any organisational design requirements.
5. Supporting the growth of early careers programmes in your functional area.
6. Supporting the roll out of learning and development needs.
7. Proactively managing parental leave policies and requests.
8. Managing relevant HRIS data and reporting to support people strategy.
9. Working collaboratively across the team to update and enhance our people policies.
10. Actively engaging with managers to support the development of an inclusive working environment.
Stakeholder Management & Communication:
1. Promoting a service mentality and partnership approach with internal stakeholders.
2. Confidently influencing key stakeholders for buy-in and support.
3. Understanding customer needs and adapting an agile approach.
4. Strong and professional communication across multiple stakeholder groups.
People and Culture Strategy:
1. Contributing to the ongoing development of the People strategy.
2. Being an ambassador of the strategy when speaking with teams and Managers.
Job Requirements:
1. Previous demonstrable HR Advisory experience.
2. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
3. Strong relationship building and stakeholder management.
4. A focus on the generation and use of accurate data for decision making.
5. Ability to prioritise a demanding workload.
6. Experience of managing change and delivery of projects.
7. Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
8. MS Office - proficient to at least intermediate level.
9. Previous experience working with an HRIS is desirable.
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. We encourage and support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. We offer hybrid working with 3 days a week based in the MTC. Our sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant, and direct access to park and common land.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance, and generous pension contributions.
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