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Business Operations Specialist – Communications Part Time

Reading, Berkshire
AWE

We are looking for a Business Operations Specialist to work in the newly developed IPD (Infrastructure Project Delivery) Business Operations team. You will be responsible for assisting with the delivery of operational and tactical business capabilities, and for providing the associated governance. Your focus will be on facilitating the effective resilience of either people, process, and/or plant, to enable delivery of the current and future Programme requirements. This role offers a great opportunity to support our large scale project portfolio as we embark on an exciting new generation of work at AWE.

Location: We are located in Berkshire – between Reading, Basingstoke, and Newbury. This role is suitable for hybrid working.

Salary: Starting at 35,810 – 45,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience).

AWE has been voted one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK. As part of our People Promise, we have a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

  • Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (including bank holidays, plus every other Friday off!).
  • Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, and access to mentors & training.
  • Employee assistance programme and occupational health services.
  • Market leading contributory pension scheme.
  • AWE life assurance.
  • Discounts & salary sacrifice scheme – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

  • A proactive, results oriented approach to communications planning and delivery.
  • Good written communication skills for use across a wide selection of communications channels.
  • Passionate about conveying clear messages and calls to action adapted for neuro-diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrable listening and questioning skills – able to get to the source of information and interpret, in plain English, appropriately to chosen audiences.
  • A proficient project/campaign coordinator and effective influencer.
  • Experience in utilising the most appropriate mix of channels to ensure a positive outcome to communication activities including social media – LinkedIn etc.
  • A positive self-starter and able to work well operating as part of a team.
  • Experience in managing and/or coordinating internal and external events.
  • Communication related post graduate qualification and membership of relevant professional body (IABC, CIPR, CIM) would be beneficial, but is not essential.
  • The ability to analyse, and interpret charts, spreadsheets, and schedules.
  • Comfortable working collaboratively with team members, taking account of different abilities and workloads.
  • Committed to translating strategy into operational reality, with excellent skills in making sense of complexity.
  • You can demonstrate tenacity and resilience professionally when working in a pressurised and fast paced changing environment.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Support the effective communication, and engagement approach to support the Business Unit, in accordance with corporate strategies and business objectives.
  • Support to the implementation of change management initiatives and identifying/seeking continuous improvement within the Business Area.
  • Support the enduring delivery, measurement and monitoring of business operations, capabilities, and services to ensure maturity and improvements are achieved.
  • Support the development and implementation of plans to enable the delivery of business operations initiatives.
  • Support the delivery of assigned projects in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost, and quality.
  • Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the management of business operations, capabilities, and services (people, plant, process and cost).
  • Support the planning of tasks/projects and the subsequent delivery to time, cost and quality.
  • Support the management of stakeholder relationships both within the business unit and wider enterprise.
  • Support day to day business operations, improvements, and changes in line with the business operations strategy.
  • Produces reporting outputs and provides analysis to track progress and performance across business operations, capabilities, and services (people, plant, process).
  • Deliver support to the wider programme with a focus on business operations or people capability.
  • Maintain a current level of knowledge of industry best practice and advancements, whilst championing innovation and new ways of working.

This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

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

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.

Please note – all candidate applications will be screened in January 2024.

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