Resourcing Advisor – National Security

What you’ll be doing

• Resource Management – work with Project Managers and Team Leads to understand how many people we need, with what skill, in what location
  • Supply Planning
  • Demand Planning
• Business Unit Utilisation – focus on the right roles for our staff through strategic rotations and ensure the right level of utilisation is maintained and manage our available for work population
• Support recruitment – ensure requirements are clear and the right people are involved in the process from interviewers, candidates and providing support through running campaigns and events
• On-boarding of new staff – being the day 1 point of contact along with a friendly face for people to speak to before new candidates join
• Reporting – understand our people utilisation and be able to communicate and forecast our business performance
• Building a sense of community – help bring the account together through open communication and other inclusivity events

Your skills and experiences

• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills – You are at the hub of activity and will need to cope with many conflicting demands on your time from senior stakeholders
• Good problem solving and facilitation skills, you will be required to run meetings and workshops as part of your role
• Good business awareness – you will be expected to understand business priorities and support business decision-making
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Knowledge of resource management and planning would be beneficial to help you hit the ground running
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft office packages, in particular Excel.

Our Account is split location but with a single customer (the largest at Digital Intelligence) everyone strives towards the same goal, to keep the UK safe. Many of our 500 person strong account utilise the office space creating an excellent culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration across our 3 main locations (Gloucester, Manchester).

Due to the secure nature of this position we can only consider UK nationals who are eligible for UK Security Clearance.

The role would suit anyone looking to gain a better understanding of business management, and would be ideal for someone who is just starting out in their career having recently graduated from university or alternatively is able to demonstrate suitable relevant experience and enthusiasm. As part of your development not only will you learn how we run a business area and have access to leaders across the business, you will also have a career manager and buddy assigned to help you build a network across BAE Systems and define your own career in the company.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.