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SalaryWhat 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 need an AWEsome Senior Strategic Development Manager to lead a team to facilitate the development, endorsement and coordination of AWE’s strategies, strategic planning, and strategic change.
Location: Hybrid and flexible working, with our offices based in Berkshire RG7 4PR between Reading, Basingstoke and Newbury with onsite parking and public transport services.
Salary Range: Starting at £57,510 to £90,00 depending on skills and experience.
A typical day for a Senior ManagerStrategic Development could look like this:
Key Accountabilities:
- Creation of compelling business cases and papers
- Leadership accountabilities - as fed by blueprint for Mid-Level leader
- Definition and delivery of elements of company process ‘Manage Business Strategy’
- Analysis of external environment to identify strategic trends, risks, issues and opportunities
- Strategic issues analysis and decision support, including strategic studies, strategic risks and uncertainty
- Development of long-term capability management strategy
- Stakeholder analysis and mapping - e.g., System of Interest, Nuclear Environment Timeline
- Achieving internal stakeholder support on key strategic issues
- Developing materials and providing support to strategy roll-out, implementation, review and monitoring
- Maintaining AWE’s Corporate Strategy assets and supporting underpinning strategies
- Managing relationships with any contractors supporting strategy sub-function and provide budgetary forecasts
We would like you to demonstrate or have experience of:
- Excellent analysis and communications skills
- Managing ambiguity and complexity
- Project management
- Highly focused, strategic operator, able to prioritise activities with most impact and consciously deprioritise those with least, and manage the impact of doing so
- Outstanding writing, analysis and presentation skill set
- Curiosity about AWE’s purpose and programme
- A will to learn and evolve
- Great communication and interpersonal skills, rapport building,
- generation and sustaining trust
- Diplomatic, tactful and discrete
- Ambassador for AWE
- Agile with MS Office applications
Why work for us?
AWE has been voted one of the best 25 big companies to work for this year. We offer a great package of benefits and career development as well as:
- Every other Friday off
- Pension contributions between 9% to 13%
Take a look at our benefits on our careers site.
Applications via: AWE Careers
Security Clearance (funded by the AWE) is required in order to start which takes several months to complete.
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Important things you need to know:
- Interviews will be scheduled during working hours
- Interviews will be 90 minutes on TEAMS and will include a 5-to-10-minute presentation
- Flexible and hybrid
If we receive a high level of applications, this vacancy may close early. Refresh your CV and apply now!
For more information about the role or the recruitment process, get in touch with me (Sunflower) at: [email protected]
(Sorry agencies - recruitment is managed by our inhouse TAPs)
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Please 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. 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.
