Business Coordinator - Reading

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: £49,830 - £58,000 per annum + pension

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

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.

Due to continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a Business Coordinator to work closely with the Director Science Labs Business Unit and their leadership team. You will gain a unique insight into the leadership and governance of the business unit, working with both the leadership team and key stakeholders, with visibility across the full Science function.

This role will include:

• Coordination and management of the business rhythm and governance activities for the leadership team to enable effective management, decision-making and communications.
• Manage inputs to governance meetings, ensuring that management information, performance reporting and proposals for decision or escalation are delivered to the right quality and timelines.
• Provide insightful analysis and highlight key issues, risks and opportunities to the business unit leadership team.
• Provide key support to the Science Labs Business Unit leadership team in the management of day-to-day tasks and cross Science projects.

We are looking for someone with strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to forge positive relationships in a fast paced and service-oriented environment. As well as excellent verbal and written skills, you will need to have an eye for detail, the ability to analyse data and be able to challenge and problem solve.

If you would like to be part of a dynamic team where you will be encouraged to develop and grow, we welcome your application. 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 tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Working with a variety of stakeholders across all levels of a business.
• A high level of organisation with experience of setting up large meetings, ensuring all relevant documentation required, including proposals, escalations and performance reporting are delivered to the required quality.
• Knowledge of developing suitable performance measures, setting escalation triggers and governance tolerances.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a variety of business operations teams ensuring successful delivery of business plans and objectives.
• A keen eye for detail providing insightful analysis, highlighting issues, risks and opportunities while identifying improvements and efficiencies.
• Experience of supporting review, learn and improve (RLI) activities.

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:

• AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you.
• 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.
• Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 3 days onsite per week.