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We are looking for an Operations Support to join the Nuclear Threat Reduction (NTR) team.

This role is the perfect opportunity for individual's early in their career, or those looking to develop their career in an operational environment.

NTR Operations Support

Location: Reading

Salary: £21,460 - £26,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience)

Closing Date: 6th November 2023

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)

Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time

Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training

Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services

A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)

Life Assurance

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 for your family

A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site

What will you be responsible for?

Provide practical and logistical support to specific operational capability management and validation tasks, including:

Coordination and training of NTR operational responders

Procurement, configuration and through life management of operational equipment and other assets.

Planning and delivering exercises and associated validation activities

Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying and reporting lessons learned and capability gaps

Servicing and maintenance of operational response instruments and other activities to ensure the response capability is effective and efficient

Ideally, we are looking for the successful candidate to demonstrate some of the following criteria:

Good, clear communication skills, both written and oral, and able to exchange information in a clear and concise manner

Good IT skills and experience of utilising Microsoft Office tools

Organisational skills; capable of multi-tasking, identifying and managing priorities to meet challenging time scales

Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality

High attention to detail and organisation

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role