Senior Communications Specialist

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?

We have an AWEsome opportunity for a Senior Communications Specialist to join us at AWE.

Location: Hybrid and flexible working, with our offices based in Berkshire between Reading, Basingstoke and Newbury with onsite parking and good bus links with Basingstoke.

**Salary**: Starting at £44,240. This is very much open to negotiation if you have the experience and talent we are looking for.

A typical day as a Senior Communications Specialist could look like this:
We’re looking for some really talented Senior Communications Specialists to support the successful delivery of investment in our infrastructure facilities. This is a unique opportunity to join the team as it stands up to shape the future of our business.

In this role, you will provide communications and engagement expertise, through excellent planning to successful delivery to a wide range of audiences to help build an understanding of the need for investment in AWE’s infrastructure. Working closely with the programme and Corporate Affairs, you will execute campaigns to explain complex ideas in a simple but engaging way to a wide variety of audiences.

Some of the key activities you will undertake as a Senior Communications Specialist are, but not limited to:

- Shaping and delivering communications plans to meet business priorities and objectives
- Creating, developing, maintaining and delivering engaging communications using a wide range of channels and techniques
- Drafting messages and content for stakeholders to achieve communications objectives
- Developing measures, evaluating data and bringing insight to recommend improvements to communications campaigns and activities
- Enhancing draft written or visual materials with business objectives and the target audience in mind
- Working across the Corporate Affairs function to make optimal use of channels and techniques to deliver communications objectives

We would like you to demonstrate some of the following skills and attributes:

- Writing and editing copy that aligns to strategic priorities and objective
- Using visual techniques to make communications stand out
- Making effective use of measures to evaluate communications and contribute to continuous improvement
- Experience of developing and implementing change projects
- Influencing, supporting and providing solid communications advice to leaders at all levels
- Proven experience of emergency and business continuity arrangements specifically when applied to communication requirements

AWE has been voted one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK again this year. So, when you work with us, you can take advantage of a great package of benefits and development opportunities on top of your salary including:

- 25 days annual leave
- Every other Friday off (AWE works a 9-day fortnight, so the site is closed every other Friday)
- Generous pension contributions of between 9% and 13% (defined contribution on your pensionable pay depending on your own contrition)
- Flexible working arrangements can be considered so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle
- Excellent personal development opportunities including annual membership to relevant professional bodies, training and mentoring
- Everyday spending discounts - access to savings on a wide range of shops and services exclusive to AWE employees
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family

You can find out more about our benefits

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Some things you need to know:

- The advert will close on: 20 Feb 24
- Interviews will be on TEAMS (90 minutes) in early March with a ten-minute presentation. There will also be a pre-interview skills test.

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain Security Clearance (funded by us) in order to start with us in this role. It can take several months for clearance to come through.

This job role is suitable for hybrid, flexible working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice.

This role does require some attendance for meetings on site as required at RG7 4PR along with occasional travel to our other sites, if required.

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