People Change Manager in Reading

AWE is currently recruiting for a People Change Manager to play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of people-focused change initiatives across the organisation.

Location: Located in Reading, with free onsite parking.

Salary: Starting from £46,950 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

As the People Change Manager, you will work closely with the People Change Lead to help design and implement organisational change programmes, manage stakeholder engagement, and ensure that organisational change is delivered in a safe, legal, structured and inclusive way. As part of your role, you will:

• Design HR documentation, materials and processes to deliver the activities within the people change plan for AWE. For example, organisational design programmes or TUPE.
• Deliver change by engaging and supporting the Executive and Senior Leadership Group, internal teams, Trade Unions, and Regulators.

Who are we looking for?

We are ideally seeking an individual with previous experience in delivering organisational change projects aligned to business strategy and conducting impact and stakeholder assessments. You will be familiar in facilitating workshops, training, and creating legal documentation to deliver change activities across HR, projects, and leadership.

We believe this role would suit a previous HR Business Partner or Employment Law Professional who are looking to specialise in transformational change, on their career path to more senior HR roles.

We do need you to have the following:

• CIPD level 5 qualification.
• Experience in delivering HR organisational change programmes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects across multiple locations.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills.
• In-depth understanding and practical experience with employment regulations and best-practice organisational change.
• Knowledge and experience of managing the implementation of change, including an understanding of the change requirements for people systems, internal and external teams.

Preferably, the successful candidate must have a minimum of 5 years experience working within HR in roles such as a HR Business Partner.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with organisational change.
• Project management skills.
• Resilience under pressure.
• Excellent PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills.
• Growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning.
• Be able to provide clarity in uncertainty.
• Pragmatic problem-solving.
• Facilitation, collaboration, leadership, and coaching skills.

You’ll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:

• 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.

Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 2-3 days onsite per week.

Next steps:

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 above, 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.

Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• 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. 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.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.