UK Atomic Energy Authority
Location
Abingdon, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Head of Fusion Skills
Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, gb
Full-time
Salary: £75,415 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Site Location: UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Confirmed Grade: Level 7
Department: People (HR)
Company Description
By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.
Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.
UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative."
As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:
- Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
- Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
- Flexible working options including family friendly policies.
- Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders,
- Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service,
- Wide range of career development opportunities
- A vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive
Job Description
A unique and first of its kind position, we have an exciting opportunity as a Head of Fusion Skills, where you will play a pivotal role in developing and overseeing skills pathways into the fusion industry for apprentices, undergraduates, postgraduates, and experienced hires. You will be critical in the guiding and influencing of the development of a UK wide fusion skills strategy that encompasses the future anticipated demand signal for both the private and public sector.
Working with an extensive range of public and private industry stakeholders, you will plan and deliver initiatives to generate a fusion skills pipeline, based on the four main entry points into the workforce. Negotiating and collaborating with DESNZ, you will seek to obtain additional funding for fusion skills to continue to build the right capabilities within critical areas for UK industry e.g. Robotics, Space, Power Engineering, Nuclear Design and Energy Storage.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Build external relationships with businesses, universities, government departments, international partners, and other sources of funding to attract additional investment / funding to support the generation of fusion skills.
- Ensure business sustainability of these training schemes, procuring and partnering with training providers at apprentice, graduate, post-graduate levels, establishing a business model which provides sustainable funding for these sector-wide schemes.
- Working alongside the UKAEA People team, helping to identify the future requirements of the organisation, via the Strategic Workforce Plan (SWP), and establishing a system to map sponsored individuals through the four main entry points to permanent positions.
- Overseeing and advising the Oxfordshire Advanced Skills (OAS) contract and developing the East Midlands Fusion Skills Centre (EMFSC) contract, considering plans for STEP in West Burton and the considerable opportunities through local skills development in the surrounding areas.
- Develop, with university partners, a much-expanded masters-level training programme to considerably enhance the number of graduates joining the fusion sector.
A more detailed job description can be provided on request. Please note, travel will be required for this role UK wide on a regular basis to meet with key stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential Requirements:
- Deep knowledge of future talent schemes to include funding and developing talent through learning opportunities, such as undergraduate placements.
- Experience of managing a business and P&L account to ensure sustainability of business model with turnover approaching £10M.
- Experience of stakeholder management within the public sector primarily as well as private sector, across industry and academia, preferably in the engineering sector.
- Experience of contributing to the development and delivery of skills and talent development strategy.
- Deep understanding of academic routes available for people to progress into research and innovation organisations, including an understanding of barriers to these for minority groups.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found on our website.
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.
All employees at the UK Atomic Energy Authority must complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and other appropriate security checks, including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.
For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the UK Government website. If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.
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