People Projects - London, England - Heathrow

Description

Introduction
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.

Job Description
We are looking for three experienced People Change and Project professionals to manage the delivery of transformation and projects across our People Team and wider business. In this key role, you will shape and implement change initiatives aligned with our strategic People Plan and wider Heathrow objectives.

Collaboration will be at the heart of your work, as you build strong relationships within the People function, across various business areas, and with external partners. Working within a matrix structure, you will deliver impactful People projects and programmes that span all areas of Heathrow.

Partnering with the Extended People Leadership Team (EPLT), Areas of Expertise, Strategic Business Partners and other stakeholders, you will play a pivotal role in delivering critical change interventions that maximise business benefits and ensure investment is optimised. Your focus will be on driving engagement and supporting our vision to make Heathrow an extraordinary place to work.

Your role will involve

• The delivery of people transformation projects by applying established change and project management frameworks, ensuring alignment with strategic plans.
• Creating and executing strategies that boost colleague engagement, minimise resistance to change, and integrate communications and stakeholder management into all project phases.
• Conducting impact assessments and readiness analyses to inform planning, as well as delivering tailored change interventions such as communications, training, and engagement activities across relevant business areas.
• Ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget, providing progress updates, evaluating project outcomes, and continually seeking opportunities for improvement.
• Offering guidance in project, change, and communications management, monitoring effectiveness, adjusting plans based on feedback, and embedding lessons learned for ongoing improvement.

These Skills Are Essential

• Previous experience of managing and delivering impactful change projects within a complex organisation.
• Working knowledge of change management principles and tools, with the ability to apply these in a structured and pragmatic way.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build relationships across the business.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience of presenting to and influencing senior management.
• Comfortable working in dynamic environments with ambiguity, tight deadlines, and evolving priorities, with strong resilience and determination to succeed through challenges.

Ideally you'll also have:

• Experience of working in and knowledge of the operation of People / HR functions.
• A formal project management qualification, such as APM.
• A formal change management qualification, such as Prosci.

About Us
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.