Workplace Assessor

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

AWE is looking for a Workplace Assessor in the Mechanical Trades to join a team responsible for inspiring and leading our apprentices to a successful career.
- It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
- In this role you will provide instruction, advice, guidance, supervision and line management of AWE apprentices as required and ensure that apprentices have the opportunities to acquire and demonstrate the required skills, knowledge and behaviours to satisfy the standards required of the business, the apprenticeship programme and each apprentice’s chosen trade or profession. You will help to plan and deliver the training syllabus and assess apprenticeship requirements on time and to plan, working in partnership with all staff associated with the delivery of the programme.
- Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area
- Salary - Dependent on experience
- AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include:
- Market leading contributory pension scheme-
- Generous holiday entitlement (270 hours a year plus every other Friday off)-
- Flexible working hours-
- Salary sacrifice scheme- Within this role you will:
- Design, deliver and evaluate training in practical skills, knowledge and behaviours for mechanical trade apprentices-
- Optimise, organise, develop and deliver skills and underpinning knowledge training for allocated apprentices including the review and maintenance of course files, syllabi and schemes of work-
- Have or be willing to obtain teacher and assessor status and maintain it via continued professional development activity-
- Work as part of the Skills Academy team to ensure that defined company and national contracted requirements for development are met-
- Assure, assess and / or instruct apprentices skills, knowledge and behaviours, including during work-based learning-
- Line manage apprentices including company performance management process and identify and address development needs and assessment using recognised company and academy processes-
- Lead a team of approx. 12 direct reports-
- Proven presentation skills-
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal to be understood by a range of audiences, from new apprentices to senior management within AWE-
- Good influencing skills to ensure the appropriate learning opportunities and development of individuals- As part of this role you must:
- Undertake and pass a CRB check-
- Have the ability and affinity for working with a diverse range of people and grades across the business particularly young people-
- Have the ability to attend off-site events (e.g. meetings, conferences, residential courses, etc.) which may include short periods away from home including overnight stays- #LI-SW