Job title: Head of Early Careers
Company: Atomic Weapons Establishment
Job description: What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
Fantastic opportunity to join AWE as our new Head of Early Careers.
Reporting to the Head of Organisational Effectiveness & Development, this strategic leadership role will be responsible for driving the growth and development of our early career’s programmes, ensuring the successful development, training, and progression of entry-level talent within our organisation.
The successful candidate will be working in partnership with the business, and interfacing with the strategic workforce planning activity, to deliver the early career talent pipeline aligned to the requirements and creating a market leading proposition. Early careers encompass Graduates, Undergraduates, student placements, industry student partnerships and Apprentices.
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible for the delivery and execution of the Early Careers strategy for AWE, leveraging best practice in development of early careers to enable AWE to attract and retain the best future talent.
- Responsible for the external partnerships with schools, colleges and universities, working with the enterprise customer, strategic outreach team and recruitment team to ensure AWE has the strategic relationships to deliver the Early Careers pipelines.
- Partner with the Talent Acquisition team and brand, to ensure the delivery of the acquisition strategy for the programmes aligns to the Early Careers Acquisition, including external presence and branding activities.
- Ensure the Early Careers Programmes deliver business requirements aligned to critical skill requirements and strategic workforce planning.
- Ensure programmes are reviewed to external benchmarks and market data on innovative approaches in both attraction and development.
- Ensure AWE is contributing to wider industry initiatives and defence programmes and wider enterprise organisations.
- Benchmark and ensure best practice with enterprise originations and Tier 1 suppliers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders on Early Career strategies and establish Early Careers programme as value propositions.
- Provide metrics on programmes and out turn, tracking return on investment and career progression.
- Ensure programmes are source of diverse talent for AWE.
- Ensure that the business meet the requirements of the enterprise and the programme, ensuring quality of experience both for all early career programmes.
- Manage budgets, FTE, and resource planning.
- Establish effective working relationships with AWE Head of Skills, Strategic Workforce planning, outreach, and functional leaders.
Skills and experience required:
- Future Talent/ Early Careers experience (development and recruitment)
- Management of complex people projects and generating outputs
- Experience of launching large scale change / programmes to an organisation
- Creative ability to translate requirements into meaningful materials and outputs.
- Strong executive level stakeholder management skills
- A clear stand out skill in keeping abreast of current trends in early career development, including delivery methods, such as distance learning alternatives, mobile technology and using web conferencing software.
- Ability to define and produce performance and status reports.
Location – Reading and surrounding areas.
Package – Competitive leadership salary depending on experience, performance related bonus, flexible benefit scheme.
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
- Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle.
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
- A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
- Life Assurance
- Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
- A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing – more information available on our careers site.
Closing date – 4th November 2023.
All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.
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Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.
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Location: Aldermaston, Berkshire
Job date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 22:08:31 GMT
