AWE is looking for a Programme Planning and Governance Lead to join the team.

Location: Located in Reading, with free onsite parking.

Package: Starting from £61,040 (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?

At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

The Programme Planning and Governance Lead is a pivotal role within the Organisational Effectiveness team. They are accountable for orchestrating enterprise-wide planning, prioritisation and governance of organisational design and OE delivery demand/activity. Acting as the strategic integrator across the team, the role ensures that OE initiatives align with organisational priorities and balances the forward-looking roadmap of strategic, planned OE programmes with agility to respond to unanticipated demand arising from unplanned demand driven by programme demand, market shifts, regulatory change or enhanced technology.

In the role you will:

Own and maintain a single, integrated demand pipeline for organisational design and OE delivery.
Work with the senior business stakeholders and across the People function to identify and schedule future organisational design programmes.
Translate strategic priorities into a multi-quarter OE portfolio plan.
Create and manage a capacity model balancing planned programmes, BAU changes and contingency.
Lead OE input to annual/quarterly business planning cycles.
Produce high-quality reporting on portfolio status, demand trends, benefits and risks.
Coordinate and assure reporting to regulators, UKGI and auditors
Represent the OE programme and engage with relevant external bodies e.g. Regulators, Trade Unions, UKGI etc
The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

Responsibilities in the role may include:

Enterprise Organisational Effectiveness Portfolio Plan with prioritisation rationale.
Delivery performance: milestones achieved; dependencies actively managed; risks identified early and mitigated.
OE capacity plan including contingency approach and scenario options.
External reporting packs and evidence library for regulators/UKGI/auditors, with traceability to internal decisions.
Document library management.

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

Experience of delivering complex Enterprise-level programmes.
Executive-level communication: concise decision papers, clear narrative, and compelling insight.
Demonstrated experience in managing project budgets and resources effectively.
Building successful and trusting stakeholder relationships and maintain effective stakeholder management plan.
Strong programme/portfolio planning and governance experience in complex, matrixed environments.
Experience supporting or coordinating regulatory / shareholder / government stakeholder reporting requirements.
Analytical capability: scenario planning, capacity modelling, risk and dependency management.
High attention to detail and comfort with sensitive workforce data and assurance needs.

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.

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