Capability Specialist

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?
Why AWE?

• Salary £36,000-£40,000 depending on skills and experience
• Generous holiday entitlement equating to 270 hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays) and every other Friday off!
• Market leading contributory pension scheme
• Flexible working with the opportunity to work remotely. Part time hours considered along with hybrid working
• The chance to be part of a growing business with lots of exciting development opportunities
• Onsite restaurant facilities & coffee shops with Wifi availability
• Plentiful free parking and an onsite bus
• Employee benefit scheme
• Gymnasium and leisure facilities including squash, tennis and sports clubs by subscription

AWE have a new and exciting role for a Capability Specialist to join our growing team.
Location - Reading/Basingstoke
What’s A Day like in the life of a Capability Specialist?
You will be supporting Capability Management within AWE’s Operations function and Workforce Managers in our manufacturing areas to deliver people capability information and governance activities.
As part of the centralised workforce capability team, you will be integral to delivering activities such as:

• Developing and producing people capability metrics and data sets at function and sub-function level
• Supporting the capabiliy team with process improvement and governance activities
• Identifying opportunities to continually improve upon the formatting and delivery of available workforce capability dashboards and management information through the utilisation of desktop and online applications
• Work with service providers and customers to maintain service catalogues
• Proactively work with stakeholders to support Service Level Agreements and customer relationship metrics - seeking opportunities for continuous improvement.

Most importantly you will be working with a remarkable team supporting the delivery of extraordinary things.
You will be set for success in this role If you can demonstrate and evidence the following skills and experience:

• You have a good standard of secondary education
• You will be proficient in the use of MS Excel - some experience with Power BI would be an advantage
• You have a keen attention for detail and you are able to analyse and interpret large data sets, summarise, and present back as management information
• You are a self-starter with a desire for personal development to benefit delivery in the role
• You can identify opportunities for innovation and improvement where possible
• You are organised and able to manage and prioritise workload
• You are able to develop and manage key business relationships
• You have a passion to succeed and support your team to be the best it can possibly be

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for this 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.