Future Talent Manager

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?We are looking for a Future Talent Manager to lead, manage and develop our graduate and undergraduate programme offering at AWE (with potential to work on further future talent programmes as they are built in the future). Provide high quality programme and relationship management. Be a cultural and change architect for future talent. Location – Reading / Basingstoke areaPackage – £43,310 - £55,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)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. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part timeOpportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and trainingEmployee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health ServicesA generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)Life AssuranceDiscounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spendingSpecial Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your familyA host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing – more information available on our careers siteKey Accountabilities:Lead a steering committee of decision makers to ensure high quality and employee experience is met, influence the strategic direction of the organisation wide programme and ensure the resultant continuous improvement activity is ongoingReview the programme, its content and employee satisfaction on a regular basis to ensure it's fit for purpose and meeting company requirements (as BAU)Produce regular data/dashboards detailing the performance of the graduate programme and ROICreate talent pools of graduates and undergraduates with a view to succession and future talent pipelines of developmentTo provide strong leadership and relationship management within their nominated area and career pathwayCollaborating with and stakeholder managing key client groups in their nominated area from senior/executive levels, Groups Leaders through to graduate managersCollaborating with HR colleagues in Reward, Recruitment and HR Business Partnering amongst othersCarry out high quality research and external benchmarking to evaluate our programme against the wider market and use to bring in ideas and improvements when neededUse continuous improvement methodology to problem solve and get to the root cause of issues and implement changes when neededAct as a coach/mentor to graduates in their nominated areaAct as a first point of contact with all graduate managers and graduates on the Evolve programme (as BAU)Keeping up-to-date with trends, changes and thought leadership in HR future talentEnsure all spend is accounted for and adheres to the public procurement regulations as well as driving cost efficiencies and reducing spend where possibleManaging the day-to-day running of their designated career pathway (the entire employee lifecycle of a graduate)Providing relationship management to the key stakeholders in their area from executive level downwardsChairing a regular SteerCo in their designated area with responsibility for driving improvements and changeWorking with the Future Talent Consultant to ensure all key messaging and communications are sent or dealt with in a timely manner and are joined up across the businessOffering pastoral care to graduate line managers and graduates within their career pathwayCoaching, motivating and supporting all future talent employees on the Evolve programmeIdentifying opportunities to grow and continuously improve the programme year-on-yearCarrying out regular external
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and attending industry forums and events to gain key insightsEnsuring the core development programme meets its objectives and the needs of the programme; making improvements when and where requiredSupporting the Senior Graduate Manager and Head of Early Careers in wider future career projects as requiredKeeping up-to-date with trends and changes in the future careers and wider HR world and using this to inform improvements and ideasManaging budgets and costs within Public Procurement Regulations to drive cost efficiencies and lower spendWorking with the Future Talent Consultant to provide high quality MI and data to track, evaluate and prove the success of the programmeWhilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:High collaboration skillsTeam-playerExperience:Extensive experience of working in HR future talent and leading graduate programmes is essential. Experience of managing and leading change or transformation projects, carrying out high quality internal and external research and benchmarking and using continuous improvement methodology are highly desirable. Experience of L&D and associated methodology.This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.All candidates must be willing and able to apply for and maintain the correct security clearance for this role.#LI-SW#LI-HybridPlease note that you must be a British Citizen 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.
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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.If you’re looking for a role with excitement, intrigue and something that really makes a difference then now is the time to join AWE. We are at the start of a once in a generation – possibly two generations – programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent. We will do this while continuing to deliver the Trident programme as well as managing ambitious state-of-the-art capital and construction projects – some of which have never been done before.We are recruiting right across the business: from technical roles in engineering, science, manufacturing and industrial work to business roles in areas such as IT, project management/ controls, commercial, human resources and facilities management. We also have our Evolve graduate programme, or you may be interested in an apprenticeship with our award-winning Skills Academy.What we do is vital to national nuclear security. Keeping our nation, everyone, our environment and everything around us safe and secure is a top priority for us. So, as you would expect, that brings with it a high level of safety and security that you will see across our sites and in how everyone who works here operates.We are always looking for high calibre people to join our team, so why not explore the opportunities we currently have on offer. Whatever stage of your career, AWE is an exciting and challenging environment to develop your skills and achieve your potential.
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