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Form of work
SalaryKnowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Experience in developing and successfully implementing stakeholder communication and engagement plans.
- Experience of working in an externally focused delivery-based environment.
- Confident and experienced in building relationships with multiple external stakeholders.
- Communications background with strong interpersonal and networking skills, and a team player.
- Proven ability to work and multi-task under pressure, respond quickly to changing situations in complex project environments, prepare responses quickly and clearly and use personal initiative.
- Ability to thrive on and deal with change, uncertainty and changing requirements at short notice.
- Experience of working in a matrix environment with multiple departments and within cross-disciplinary teams.
- Broad communications experience across channels and the marketing mix.
- Fluency in MS Office suite.
The role holder will support a particular stakeholder sector (Public Affairs, Business, Industry or Communities) and will have experience with one or more of the stakeholders in a sector referred to in Table below above.
Stakeholder Sector
Public AffairsIndustry
Business
Communities
Stakeholder Group
- UK Government and advisors
- Devolved administrations
- Local Government
- Parliamentarians
- NGOs
- NDA Group
- Waste Customers
- Regulators
- Statutory Consultees & Planning Authorities
- Trade Unions
- Academia
- Research
- Supply Chain
- International peers/orgs in the field of radioactive waste management
- Communities
- Third Sector Organisations
Who are we?
Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK's nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.
Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world
If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you'll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms - scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory - to name a few.
We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
We are action orientated - We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.
We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.
We are ambitious - We are problem solvers who embrace and act upon new challenges.
We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is a joint trading name of LLW Repository Limited and Radioactive Waste Management Limited.
This role will be employed by LLW Repository Limited unless the successful candidate is currently on Radioactive Waste Management Limited terms and conditions. In this situation the employee will continue on their current terms and conditions.
NDA group appointments: the NDA Group Mobility Principles will apply.What's in it for you?
- On appointment to an RWM, full-time staff are entitled to a generous annual holiday allowance of 38 days' annual leave. LLWR up to 43 days in addition to a buy/sell scheme
- Rewarding performance (bonus scheme)
- We offer a generous above average pension scheme
- learning and development support
- payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial advice assistance
- Flexible working
- Extended family-friendly policies
- Cycle to work scheme
- We welcome flexible and agile working practices
- Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment
Equal Opportunities
We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.
In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy.
Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email
