AMS PSR

On behalf of AWE, we are looking for a Change & Transformation Manager (Outside IR35) for a 12-month contract. This is a remote based contract (flexibility required for travel to Reading on an as and when basis).

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.

Job Purpose:

The overall job purpose is to ensure change activities for the Finance Transformation Programme are successfully delivered into business areas, by mitigating the business risks associated with planned changes.

SC Clearance  is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance. 

As a Change & Transformation Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Collaborating to design change management activities in the programme and managing delivery, using a structured methodology.
• Applying the company change process and tools to the allocated projects and initiatives.
• Establishing and implementing the mechanisms by which benefits can be delivered and measured.
• Build effective stakeholder relationships and manage their expectations to meet underlying business needs.
• Working with the business to optimise the timing, scale and method of releasing programme and change deliverables into business operations.
• Actively seeking feedback from affected areas of the business and using this to inform future approaches to change management.
• Ensuring that the affected business areas are supported through transition phases and that activities and measures are in place to reinforce new ways of working.
• Assisting in maintaining a change network for the Finance Transformation programme
• Supporting, drafting and releasing change related comms and providing feedback from across the business.

Essential:

• Change Management experience
• Experience using Change Management methodologies
• MS Office including PowerPoint
• SharePoint experience
• Extensive stakeholder engagement experience

Desirable:

• Experience working on Finance Transformation Projects

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 candidateswho 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. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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 exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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".