HR Coordinator

AWE is currently recruiting for a HR Coordinator to join the team on a Fixed term 12 Month contract (or an internal secondment).

Location: Located between Green Park Reading and Aldermaston.

Package: Starting from 29,600 (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.

Ready to play your part?

The HR Coordinator role is required to support the HR department in delivering efficient and effective HR services and to undertake tasks to coordinate the activities of the team to ensure smooth and successful delivery of our work and projects.

Some of your main tasks may include:

• Participating in and managing meetings, ensuring agendas are followed and outcomes are actioned.
• Facilitating clear and consistent project communication, including accurate notetaking and tracking of meeting actions.
• Maintaining structured and accessible documentation through effective organization and records management, ensuring correct filing.
• Managing schedules and diaries to optimize time and ensure delivery milestones are met efficiently.
• Being the primary point of contact between the executive and internal/external stakeholders.
• Engaging in relevant training and development activities to support career progression within the People and Places function.
• The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

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

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Ability to build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
• Possess good listening skills enabling requests to be assimilated and converted into action plans.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Proficient in basic IT programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Effective multi-task working, identify and manage priorities and work to challenging timescales.
• Able to pick up and manage ad-hock tasks when required.

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:

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.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

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