Location: Barrow-In-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. 

Salary: £40,748

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you will be responsible for managing Quality Early Careers programs and overseeing Workforce Planning.

Early Careers:

• Managing and evolving our Quality Early Careers programmes 
• Support the engagement, attraction, recruitment and selection of those joining our Early Careers programmes to secure the best diverse talent, this includes supporting social value activities and graduate campaigns
• Act as the central point of contact for, and maintain regular contact with, all those on our Early Careers programmes, particularly our apprentices, to ensure health, well-being and safety
• Act as a safeguarding lead and point of escalation for all safeguarding matters
  

Workforce planning:

• Use data, intelligence and analytics to identify fragility within the organisation in relation to skills loss and key role succession
• Produce demand forecasts for the Quality organisation

Your skills and experiences: 

Essential:

• Self-starter, able to work with limited supervision
• Good collaboration skills – able to build and maintain good relationships at all levels and effectively communicate with others to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes
• Effective organisational and prioritisation skills
• Good coaching skills (teaching experience preferred)

Desirable: 

• Commercially aware
• Delivery focused
• Planned and methodical 

Benefits: 

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Quality, People and Capability team: 

This role is part of the Quality Function that looks after all People Capability and Workforce Planning. You will collaborate closely with Early Careers and all apprentices within the Quality Function, reporting directly to the Senior Quality Manager. Your focus will be on developing forward-thinking strategies to ensure a positive future workforce. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems? 

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation. 

Closing Date 28th August 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.