HR Coordinator

AWE; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology enterprise is seeking a HR Coordinator to support the HR department for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role involves managing meetings, maintaining documentation, and facilitating communication within the team. Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage senior stakeholders are essential. The company offers a 9-day working fortnight, a contributory pension scheme, and opportunities for professional development, along with hybrid working options.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Market leading pension scheme

Maternity/Paternity leave at full pay

Opportunities for professional development

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy for volunteering

Qualifications

• Ability to build and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
• Possess good listening skills to assimilate requests into action plans.
• Ability to problem solve and manage ad-hoc tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Participating in and managing meetings, ensuring agendas are followed.
• Maintaining structured and accessible documentation.
• Engaging in training and development activities for career progression.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to manage, influence and challenge senior stakeholders

Strong time management and organisational skills

Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Excellent presentation skills

Effective multi-task working

Job description

If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.

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.

Desired Experience

• 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‑hoc 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

• 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.

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

Next Steps

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important Things You Need To Know

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.