Enterprise Excellence Principal

Enterprise Excellence Business Partner - Enterprise Excellence Team

We are looking for an Enterprise Excellence Business Partner to join our team at AWE Nuclear Security Technologies.
Package: £55,440 - £80,000 per annum dependent on experience
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke.

Occasional travel might be required for this role.

Closing date for applications: 14th February

Interviews: W/C 3rd March

Let us introduce the role
As an Enterprise Excellence Business Partner your focus will be partnering with Senior Leaders in your allocated business area to identify, lead and communicate progress against a roadmap of continuous improvement activities and then using your experience to coach individuals and teams to deliver success.

Your role will entail:

• Partnering with Senior Leaders to produce a roadmap of improvement activities, including local business area improvements, and transformation initiatives as part of the Operations Transformation Program
• Managing the effective delivery of the roadmap, identifying, and mitigating risk factors and communicating with key stakeholders.
• Working closely with the Principal Deployer, to ensure improvement activities are resourced and delivered against agreed timescales.

• Creating presentations and reports to senior Leaders and key stakeholders on progress and results of projects and initiatives.

• Ensuring a change in culture, behaviours, and performance through overseeing the embedding of continuous improvement technical tools and methodologies in business area
• Occasional Delivery of group or 1-2-1 training and workshop facilitation
• Coaching and mentoring Senior Leaders

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Whilst not to be considered a checklist, the successful candidate should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Degree level qualification in a relevant subject and/or a suitable vocational qualification (HND or equivalent)
• Experience of partnering with Senior Leaders to deliver/manage business improvement initiatives.

• Ability to build strong relationships and a collaborative approach with key stakeholders across the business.
• Prior experience of using continuous improvement tools and methodologies.
• Coaching and mentoring at all levels from senior leaders through to front line teams.
• Experience in delivering strategic and tactical change.

• Demonstrable Influencing, facilitation, presentation, and communication skills.
• Self-starter, with drive to deliver change.

Some reasons we think you'll love it here

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.

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