People/Early Careers Advisor - Graduate Support

This role is based at Culham, Oxfordshire 

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

The Role

As the UKAEA moves from its current state through to the future, it is a priority to expand our activities into areas - both technical and commercial – where we can supply expertise and skills, whilst maintaining our world-class status as a science, engineering and technology R&D organisation and centre of excellence for fusion and the wider research community. This requires the organisation to retain its present skill base as well as build up skills in key growth areas including exploiting the synergies between fusion and fission.

The role of Early Careers in achieving these goals is instrumental as its main responsibilities include managing the talent pipeline for futureproofing of the UKAEA including engaging, attracting, recruiting and retaining the next generation of talent. In addition, Early Careers advisors help bridge the cultural gap between student and professional life.

Who are we looking for?

Early Careers Advisor is responsible for supporting the graduate programme and the schemes that are part of the talent pipeline into the graduate programme. The role offers a lot of variety in many aspects of talent management. There will be opportunities for somebody to develop coaching skills and also offer well-being support to graduates.

The key behaviours and competencies required for this role are strong organisation and time management skills, patience and good listening skills. The ability to raise concerns with managers and other stakeholders. A flexible approach is crucial in being successful in this role. 

What will you be responsible for?

• Work with departments and programmes to identify their early careers needs, focusing on business and delivery plans and identifying the right mix of apprentices and graduates from the right subject areas to meet those needs. 
• Supporting the graduate leadership, to play a key role in the development of the graduate programme, increasing numbers and diversity. 
• Support the delivery of the programmes, ensuring graduates access the right learning, development and training opportunities, and supporting placements ensuring they are organised including the provision of the right level of supervision and support. 
• Support the training of early careers line manager and supervisors, including but not limited to the right level of knowledge around safeguarding, graduate programmes and the skills required in supporting individuals on early careers programmes. 
• Contribute to the operation of the Early Career’s programmes, including working with identified programmes and departments in identifying their early careers needs and outreach activities. Leading on specific projects within the graduate programme as directed by the scheme lead. 
• To provide mentoring and personal support to individuals on the graduate programmes to support them in completing the programmes they are a part of. 

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline Or equivalent experience.
• Good knowledge of the Early Careers sector and vocational qualifications.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of graduate standards and procedures. 
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• IT literate (Microsoft Office, etc) 

Desirable skills, experience and competence

• CIPD L5 qualifications or a willingness to work towards it.

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

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.