HR Associate

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical? For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions. It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you? AWE are currently recruiting for a HR Associate to work in the HR function on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is an ideal entry level role for someone with a strong administration background with an interest in gaining experience within a HR role. This role will be to provide efficient and effective administrative and transactional HR services and be first point of contact support for the business, working to agreed service levels and delivering excellent customer service. Location – Reading / Basingstoke area AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

• Market leading contributory pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement 270 hours a year (inclusive of Bank Holidays) plus every other Friday off
• Flexible working hours
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Consideration for either full time or part time hours. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time

You will be required to:

• Deliver high quality, timely and accurate transactional services, covering the training services within SLA requirements
• Deliver high quality HR guidance to customers, providing first point of contact services (via telephone, email and walk-ins) and resolution of queries, adopting a culture of customer and service excellence
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player
• Maintain workload and case trackers to enable the reporting of service performance and identification of improvements
• Ensure local work instructions are followed to maintain process compliance (with regard to legal, regulatory and internal requirements) and quality
• Ensure HR related documentation (hard copy and electronic) is appropriately handled, managed and retained in compliance with data privacy regulations, including supporting the archiving process
• Ensure the HR Information System is accurately updated and transactions are processed in a timely fashion

To be successful in this role you should have the following skills:

• Good standard of general education, with proven literacy and numeracy
• CIPD Level 3 would be desirable
• Customer service skills
• Excellent telephone manner
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Working knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint or a large ERP system
• Experience of working in a service orientated team delivering transactional / administrative tasks

All candidates must be able to apply for and maintain the correct security clearance for this role. This role will close for applications on 28/2/23. #LI-SW Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role with us. 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 us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.