Strategy %26 Engagement Manager (Early Careers) - Hybrid

Jacobs; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Strategy & Engagement Manager to enhance their Early Careers program. The role involves building relationships with business stakeholders, developing strategic initiatives, and ensuring successful integration of Early Careers members into meaningful roles. Candidates should have prior experience in Early Careers programs and strong communication abilities. This role offers hybrid working options and a focus on employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Free single medical cover

Enhanced parental leave pay

Membership of employee assistance programs

Qualifications

• Previous experience of running an Early Careers programme.
• Be a clear, confident communicator (both verbally and written).
• Experience of resource management practices.

Responsibilities

• Produce, maintain and improve the overarching Early Careers strategy.
• Partner with business and HR stakeholders to identify future needs.
• Own and maintain the Early Careers budget.

Skills

Building relationships

Communication

Negotiation

Organizational skills

Resource management

Job description

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.

Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us.

About the Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Strategy & Engagement Manager in our Early Careers team. Our young people are the future of our business and we’re looking to enhance and build our offering to make Amentum an attractive place to join and explore a varied career journey.

This role is an opportunity to be a part of growing this offering through building excellent relationships and evolving our overall Early Careers strategy. We have a bold growth strategy for 2030 and how we capture and nurture our young people will be key to making us successful. The position will support hybrid working and will be full-time, based anywhere in the UK with travel ad-hoc as appropriate to any of our Amentum offices or sites - more regularly to Warrington as it’s our hub/central office.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Produce, maintain and improve the overarching Early Careers strategy.
• Be the conduit for all Early Careers communications with business stakeholders.
• Create and govern a stakeholder working group to facilitate structured and incremental improvements to the programmes developed for Early Careers.
• Work in partnership with central resourcing partners and Divisional resourcing partners to ensure Early Careers members have meaningful, appropriate and billable work.
• Work with business and HR stakeholders (Head of Profession, Divisional Leads, Strategic Capability and Capability Growth Leads) to identify future needs for Early Careers members, validating work pipeline and roles for transition.
• Project and facilitate annual compensation changes in alignment with planned timelines (liaising with HR colleagues in Compensation and Payroll).
• Partner with the Culture & Benefits team to lever any free benefits for Early Careers members and their managers from our established partnerships and update content for attraction and branding (social media and website).
• Gather intelligence and data to support initiatives needed around attraction, retention and employee experience for Early Careers.
• Attend and support the organisation and facilitation of Early Careers events and award ceremonies as appropriate, maintaining a calendar of all events for improved planning and management.
• Work through other Business Line contractual commitments made to support the achievement of designated targets for Early Careers.
• Own and maintain the Early Careers budget, working with other leads to ensure equitable experience and distribution of funds.
• Oversee safeguarding compliance for Early Careers colleagues.
• Ensure equitable access to all Early Careers programmes.

Here's What You'll Need

• Passion to build the Amentum workforce of the future.
• Previous experience of running an Early Careers programme.
• Be a clear, confident communicator (both verbally and written).
• Able to negotiate, influence and build trust with stakeholders.
• Be engaging and a good listener (hear what’s also not being said).
• An ability to build gravitas and credibility with senior stakeholders.
• Be organised, methodical and work to plan and budget.
• Be a great team player, collaborating and solving problems together.
• Experience of resource management practices.
• Contribute beyond role boundaries to deliver collectively as a HR team.

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.

We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.

When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

We partner with VERCIDA, for greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.