Functional Stakeholder Liaison Manager

On behalf of AWE, we are looking for a Stakeholder Manager Outside IR35 for a 12 months contract based Hybrid 2-3 days a week in Aldermaston

What if you could work on something that you can't test but cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge. That's exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day delivering important work, in support of the most important mission - keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks.

As a Stakeholder Manager, your main responsibilities will be to:

Create and execute a functional stakeholder engagement strategy which focusses on building and strengthening relationships and strategic partnerships both internally and externally.
Develop and implement a stakeholder engagement framework that defines the approach i.e., steps that will be taken to identify stakeholders, document and analyse their requirements and expectations, manage the relationships, sustain successful partnerships, and monitor and track levels of satisfaction.
Create and execute functional engagement plans.
Create targeted messaging and campaigns to address stakeholder requirements, queries, and/or concerns.
Provide briefings, guidance, and support to functional technical teams for meetings with stakeholders.
Follow up on stakeholder engagements to document discussions, decisions, actions, and drive action completion where required.
Create and cascade stakeholder engagement information through functional reporting lines, creating reports and papers for senior leaders and the Executive as appropriate.
Highlight key performance, risks, issues, and opportunities and ensure that decisions and actions are taken, and progress monitored.
Create, implement, and monitor metrics that determine performance and stakeholder satisfaction and communicate back to functional senior leadership and executive as appropriate

Essential:
Experience in building and deploying stakeholder strategies and methodologies.
Experience in stakeholder management and best practice
Experience in coaching and training other members of the team.
Experience in stakeholder mapping
Experience in using MS office and SharePoint.

Desirable:
Report writing /strategy writing.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

AWE's ambition is to create workplaces that recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and where people feel able to be themselves at work. They strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, AWE guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

AWE guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".