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On behalf of AWE, we are looking for a HR Associate (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract working on a hybrid basis with 2/3 days per week at Aldermaston Office site

What if you could work on something that you can’t test… but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge. That’s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day delivering important work, in support of the most important mission – keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

To work within one of the HR sub function teams to provide efficient and effective HR services and first point of contact support for the business, working to agreed service levels and delivering a customer centric service.

Key Accountabilities:

• Deliver high quality, timely and accurate transactional HR services within SLA requirements.
• Deliver efficient and effective HR support to customers, providing first point of contact services through HRIS, telephone, email and walk-ins.
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player

As an HR Associate (Inside IR35), your main responsibilities will be:

• Maintain workload and case trackers to enable the reporting of service performance and identification of improvements.
• Ensure the HR Information System is accurately updated, and transactions are processed in a timely fashion.
• Ensure all correspondence and documentation produced is accurate and in accordance with approved templates.
• Deliver routine scheduled activities.
• Support line managers, employees and candidates in the effective use of self-service HR technologies.
• Escalate issues in accordance with the relevant escalation process in a timely fashion.
• Maintain positive and professional working relationships with internal and external colleagues and customers, ensuring process hand-offs are properly executed.
• Support ad hoc project work, Company and HR initiatives, providing administrative services and, on occasion, face to face support.
• Assist in the testing and maintenance of the HRIS.
• Provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence and peak workload demands.
• Identify opportunities for improvement and suggest changes to enhance services, systems or address issues and actively participate in process improvement activity.
• Ensure HR related documentation (hard copy and electronic) is appropriately handled, managed and retained in compliance with data privacy regulations, including the archiving process; and ensure all correspondence and documentation produced is accurate, using approved templates.
• Ensure local work instructions are followed to maintain process compliance and quality.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times and that the appropriate Company classifications are applied.
• Maintain understanding of up-to-date employment regulations, applicable laws and Company policy.

Essential:

• SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role; as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks
• TUPE experience
• Experience of supporting Senior HRBP
• Generalist HR Administration experience
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of working at pace
• Microsoft Office – Excel / Word / Outlook – Excel to intermediate level

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

AWE’s ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, AWE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

AWE guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".