Group Coordinator

Overview of Responsibilities

The salary for this role is £32,903 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension Onsite working is expected for 5 days a week during the probationary period.

This role is based in 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 and possibly a search of open-source data. 

The Role

We’re looking for a highly organised and proactive Group Coordinator to join our Electrical Engineering Unit, providing vital operational and coordination support within a fast-paced, highly technical environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting senior leaders and engineering teams across a broad range of activities, including but not limited to workforce planning, resource allocation, recruitment activity, and key operational processes. If you thrive on bringing structure to complexity, improving ways of working, and keeping teams running efficiently, this could be the perfect next step.

Key Responsibilities:

As Group Coordinator, you’ll be at the centre of day-to-day operations, supporting Group Leaders and ensuring teams have the information, resources and coordination they need to succeed.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Coordinate workforce planning activities, including processing resource requests, monitoring resource allocation and supporting capacity planning across the Group.
  • Maintain oversight of staff allocation, ensuring commitments align with project priorities, forecasted budgets and operational requirements.
  • Provide high-quality business support to Group Leaders, including diary management, meeting coordination, action tracking, communications and the production of key management information.
  • Deliver comprehensive secretariat support for technical meetings, including agenda preparation, document collation, minute taking and monitoring actions through to completion.
  • Produce, maintain and analyse a range of technical documentation, reports, dashboards and performance metrics to support operational decision-making.
  • Maintain and develop Group SharePoint sites, document libraries and information management systems, ensuring documentation is accurate, accessible and compliant with UKAEA processes.
  • Identify opportunities to improve business processes, workforce planning and document management, helping to drive consistency and continuous improvement across the Group.
  • Build effective relationships with Group Leaders, Team Leaders and stakeholders, representing the Group at meetings where appropriate and providing guidance and support to colleagues.
  • Promote UKAEA’s values and contribute to an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing working environment while ensuring compliance with organisational policies and procedures.
Salary
£32,903 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
Programme
Department
Electrical Engineering
Discipline
Type of Employment
Full-time
Reference Number
REF4263T

Additional Information

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

UKAEA’s mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, while ensuring all appointments are made on merit.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.  

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

Benefits 

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

  • Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
  • Corporate bonus scheme up to 7and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
  • Flexible working options including family friendly policies.
  • Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, 
  • Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
  • Wide range of career development opportunities
  • A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive
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What can I expect from the application process at UKAEA?

Once you have submitted a formal application via our website, all CVs will be reviewed shortly after the closing date of the advert.

  • Submit online application

  • Phone interview

  • Face-to-face or virtual interview

  • Other assessments

Company Description

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovation, Commitment, Trust, and Collaboration.

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