Head of People Experience

Head of People Experience

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

Package: Competitive leadership salary depending on experience, performance related bonus, flexible benefit scheme.

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

We have an opportunity available for a Head of People Experience, working in AWEs People & Places function.

This role will lead the AWE People Experience agenda including:

• Defining AWE's People Experience Proposition and People Offer (EXP), which is authentic and aligned to a range of People & Places strategies including equity, diversity and inclusion and our Employer Brand Proposition.
• Actively champion the EXP, coaching and influencing leadership behaviours and capability in this field, providing feedback to ensure alignment across organisational policies and procedures and providing tool kits and support to EXP custodians across AWE.
• Ensure robust employee active listening frameworks are in place which inform EXP design, including effective collaboration with AWE's trade unions and other representative bodies.
• Provide 'thought leadership' in this field, connecting with internal and external networks, being up-to-speed on industry best practice and innovation within this field.
• Ensure governance, controls and reporting mechanisms are in place to evidence the effectiveness of Employee Experience strategy and interventions.

This is a highly collaborative and visible role, working with a wide range of employee, manager and stakeholder groups to identify EXP requirements, solutions and frameworks to implement this.

Some of the Key Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership and be a role model of AWE's behaviours, championing our employee's experience
• Establish strong networks to access thought leadership insight and benchmarking
• Provide coaching and guidance to leaders, managers and other key stakeholders in effective delivery or employee experience activity
• Play an active role in AWE's leadership community, supporting and developing EXP communications and engagement practices with them and providing expert advice
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality

The Company may require you to fulfil any other reasonable duties aligned to your position from time to time in line with business needs.

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

• A relevant degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of staying up-to-date on Employee Experience trends and best practices within the industry
• Proven experience in the Employee Experience field of expertise
• Evidence of developing EXP strategy and identifying and implementing appropriate interventions
• Experience of stakeholder engagement at all levels of an organisation
• Coaching and mentoring experience

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has 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'.

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the correct security clearance for this role.

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