Early Careers Digital Lead

Location: Crawley, United Kingdom In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow’s possible. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. Join Thales in the UK as a Early Careers Digital Lead This role presents an exciting opportunity to work within Talent Learning & Culture with Thales UK, supporting our mission to hire the next generation of early career talent. We are looking for a passionate early career professional with experience across apprenticeships, specifically in the digital space. This role is key to underpinning the success of our new digital apprenticeship pathways and provides a unique opportunity to be involved in a key talent stream within Thales’ digital transformation. In this role, you will: Bring your knowledge and expertise from across the digital apprenticeship field – you will support the Thales UK business to ensure their digital apprenticeship programme remains current and relevant and in line with apprenticeship legislation, staying ahead of Government Skills and Growth strategies. Using your digital and technical expertise, you are expected to work closely with the Early Careers Manager for our corporate function (CHQ) to support end-to-end delivery of the digital apprenticeship programme. In addition, you will be an operational point of contact for the apprenticeship programmes across Thales UK. You will be required to work with our apprentices and support our Early Career Managers to provide information on their further education across the digital skills space. You will have pivotal role in supporting the attraction, selection and on boarding of our early career members – helping to hire the best early minds across the UK business, supporting our mission to hire the next generation of skilled talent. You are expected to work in partnership with colleagues across both the Talent, Learning and Culture practice as well as the wider Thales business to ensure that we are offering a positive career experience to our early career members. This role presents a unique opportunity for you to provide analysis and reporting on apprenticeship progress, career promotion, and EC alumni. Manage talent pools on Workday (our HR system), ensuring accurate and up-to-date records. Key Skills and Experience Strong understanding of apprenticeship programmes, specifically knowledge of digital apprenticeship programmes in disciplines like Data, DevOps, Software, IS and Cyber. Experience with process administration, data driven decision-making and continuous improvement. To excel in this role you will need effective communication skills, strong project coordination skills and the ability and flexibility to collaborate across teams. Knowledge and practical application of digital tools such as Power BI & managing analysis of large data sets would be an advantage. Why Thales? At Thales, we imagine the future, inspire engagement, and deliver user-centric solutions. Our inclusive culture fosters continuous improvement and growth for our business. **Ready to inspire the future of digital skills?** Apply now to be part of Thales UK’s innovative journey! In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency. At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles. Great journeys start here, apply now!