Director Of Hr

Director of HR

What if you could work withremarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was somethinga little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has beenat the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have acritical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent –Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government withcounter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of personto work at AWE. What if that person was you?

Fantastic opportunity to join ourAWE Leadership team as the new Director of HR. 

In this role you will act as astrategic partner leading the HR business partner team, playing a crucial rolein aligning the organisation’s people strategy with business objectives.Fostering a strong corporate culture, implementing strategic workforceplanning, performance focus and innovation, this role is instrumental inpromoting employee development, satisfaction and engagement. The role willidentify opportunities for overall efficiency, workforce transformation andensure the business operates in accordance with organisational behaviours andpurpose.

Key Accountabilities: 

• Lead the development of thePeople Strategy and plans for functional area of the business, working withExecutive Directors, HR business partners and HR Centres of Excellence’s asrequired.
• Provide direction, support,coaching and training to Executive and Business leaders to deliver the peoplestrategy and plan.
• Own the strategic workforce planinitiatives plan, driving delivery to plan and facilitating risk optioneering discussions.
• Identify internal and externaltrends and commission strategic analysis and recommendations from the wider HRteam, including external benchmarking to facilitate key people recommendationsand decisions that deliver the people aspects of the business plan.
• As part of the HR SeniorLeadership team drive cultural change both within the function and acrossAWE.
• Initiate, sponsor and directstrategic HR project delivery, managing change for specific projects andinitiatives that deliver business value.
• Drive succession planning forDirectors & senior leaders, ensuring linkage across all functional areas.
• Act as an interface between theAWE business and HR function to ensure alignment and delivery of strategicinitiatives and service delivery to meet demands and commercialobjectives.
• Provide leadership and managementto the HRBP team, developing and maintaining the right culture to retain anddevelop staff, serve the needs of the business and promote customer serviceexcellence.

Required skills: 

• Strong leadership skills and decisionmaking abilities
• Strong business acumen
• Exceptional communicationskills
• Proven strategicthinking
• High degree of emotionalintelligence
• Strong interpersonal andrelationship building skills
• Proven literacy andnumeracy
• Credibility to partner Boardlevel executives, and the ability to build rapport and influence keystakeholders across the business
• An ability to develop deepunderstanding of organisational requirements and to develop strategies andsolutions to drive business performance
• Knowledge of employment law,compensation, organisation planning, organisation development, leadership andtalent development.

Qualifications and/orprofessional memberships - CIPD or equivalent HR qualification.

Location –Reading and surrounding areas.

Package –Competitive leadership salary depending on experience, performance relatedbonus, 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 ofbenefits to suit you. These include: 

• Time to recharge your batterieswith 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Consideration for flexibleworking arrangements so that your work may fit in with yourlifestyle.
• Opportunities for Professional CareerDevelopment that include funding for the annual membership of a relevantprofessional body, access to mentors and training
• Employee Assistance Programme andOccupational Health Services
• A generous defined contributionGroup Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable paydepending on your own contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Discounts – access to savings ona wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy includingpaid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) andcaring for your family
• A host of voluntary & corebenefits to suit your health and wellbeing – more information available on ourcareers site.

All candidates must be willing andable to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.

Please apply via the button below. 

Closing date –29th February 2024. 

Please note that you must be aBritish National to apply for a role with us. 

Our ambition is to createworkplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diversecontributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We striveto create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverseapplicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourageand support you through the application process and will be held only for thispurpose in accordance with GDPR.