Job Description

HR Project Manager – Outside IR35

Contract Term: 12 months

Contracting Authority: AWE

Location: Hybrid Working (up to three days per week office based – Aldermaston)

What if you could work on something that you can’t test… but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge.

That’s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day: delivering important work, in support of the most important mission – keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission: to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

As a HR Project Manager, your main responsibilities would be to:

• Lead and deliver HR projects on time and within budget.
• Work collaboratively with the wider HR function to ensure understanding of any changes resulting in a smooth roll out across the business.
• Provide research and make recommendations on HR solutions to business requirements aligned to the people plan.
• Ensure HR initiatives are in line with best practice, legal and regulatory requirements etc. to deliver improvements and build momentum for change, and challenge existing ways of working if they inhibit improvement.
• Ensure interdependencies and risks to delivery are identified and managed to ensure smooth running of the projects Build relationships with a variety of stakeholders across the business to ensure HR are working collaboratively with the business to understand the implication of any changes to the business and build this into the project ensuring line managers have the tools, information and knowledge of any changes.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
• Lead HR projects as a dedicated specialist ensuring provision of creative expert advice and guidance.
• Driving culture of high performance, to ensure that AWE is efficient and effective in management of their employees
• Drive implementation of any changes to supporting technologies required to deliver results
• Be the expert and escalation point for your area of specialism for HR teams.
• Be the expert and key point of the contact for the business ensuring a consistency in messaging around any specific projects
• Participate in and manage discussions and negotiations with the Trade Unions (TUs) as required and build the necessary relationships with local TU representatives.
• Provide expert support to the Heads of HR and wider HR teams.
• Anticipate legal updates, ensure they are interpreted for our business and take action to maintain the service.
• Represent the organisation, where appropriate, on external forums and working groups.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs

Essential:

• Experience in HR or Recruitment Tech Projects
• Experience in full Project Management and Delivery of Projects
• Experience in ATS Systems
• Public/Private Sector background
• Active SC Clearance
• Available for travel to London (on an as and when basis)

If this HR Project Manager role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

AWE’s ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different”.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 12 months

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: On the road

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