Resourcing Advisor in Manchester

Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 3 days in office)

We have an exciting opportunity to grow our Resourcing team within Digital Intelligence's largest account. Our Account is a split location but with a single customer, everyone strives towards the same mission, to keep the UK safe. Many of our 500 person strong account utilise our office space creating an excellent culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration across our 3 main locations (Gloucester, Manchester and Leeds).

What you’ll be doing:

• Resource Management - work with Project Managers and Team Leads to understand how many people we need to hit our P&L. This can be broken up into:
• Supply Planning
• Demand Planning
• Business Unit Utilisation - focus on the right roles for our staff through strategic rotations and ensure the right level of utilisation is maintained, managing our available for work population and other key metrics.
• Reporting - understanding our utilisation and be able to communicate a forecast on our business performance to senior members of staff.
• Support recruitment activities - ensure requirements are clear and the right people are involved in the process from interviewers, candidates and providing support through running campaigns and events.
• On-boarding of new staff - being the day 1 point of contact along with a friendly face for people to speak to before new candidates join.
• Building a sense of community - help bring the account and Manchester office together through open communication and other inclusivity events.

Your skills and experiences:

• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills - You are at the hub of activity and will need to cope with many conflicting demands on your time from senior stakeholders.
• Good problem solving and facilitation skills, you will be required to run meetings and workshops as part of your role.
• Business acumen - you will be expected to understand business priorities and support business decision-making.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of Resource Management and planning would be beneficial to help you hit the ground running.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office packages, in particular Excel.

This role would suit anyone looking to gain a better understanding of Business Operations Management and would be ideal for someone who is just starting out in their career having recently graduated from University or alternatively is able to demonstrate suitable relevant experience and enthusiasm.

As part of your development, not only will you learn how we run a multi-million pound business area and have access to senior leaders across the business, you will also have a People Manager and buddy assigned to help you build a network across BAE Systems and define your own career in the company.

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.