Resource Planning Specialist

AWE; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK defense organization in Reading is seeking a Resource Planning Specialist to support the delivery of services by ensuring optimal resource allocation. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience dealing with senior management. This position offers a market-competitive salary and a 9-day working fortnight, allowing for a good work-life balance. The organization provides numerous benefits, including a contributory pension scheme and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Market leading pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Professional career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in dealing with senior management.
• Ability to identify improvements and deliver results.
• Experience in a highly analytical role.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of services by ensuring skilled resources are available.
• Monitor performance of resources by analysing data.
• Create resolutions for escalated resourcing issues.

Skills

Interpret and articulate data sets

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Resource Planning Specialist

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: £38000- £45000 (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.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for a Resource Planning Specialist.

Working within the Business Operations team (Estates & Liabilities), the successful candidate will be required to support the delivery of services by ensuring skilled resources are available and appropriately deployed across the function.

You will work closely with the Senior Resourcing Specialist to create resolutions at all levels and deal with escalated resourcing issues as well as monitoring the performance of resources by analysing data and providing analysis and management information.

You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of a complete resource plan, ensuring that the plan reflects any changes to available resources or the demand and deliver analysis of business forecasting and headcount against budget.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:

• Ability to quickly interpret and articulate data sets to support management decision making.
• Experience in dealing with senior management.
• Ability to work proactively, identify improvements and find ways to deliver them.

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 below, 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.

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

• Proficient in MS office, in particular Excel and PowerPoint
• Prior experience in a highly analytical role
• Strong stakeholder management, able to hold your own, to build relationships and to manage conflicts.
• Relevant experience in a similar role

You will 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 a 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'.

Important things you need to know:

• 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.

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

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