Early Careers Lead

NCC

Bristol based with Hybrid working (2 days per week in office, ad hoc requirement for further days)

Salary & benefits: £35,630 to £45,286 plus 12.5% employer pension, private medical insurance and further package available.

Advert closing date: 18th September, we reserve the right to close our adverts early depending on application numbers.

Summary

As the Early Careers Lead, you'll play a crucial role in defining and delivering our future thinking NCC Early Careers programmes and developing activities that support those programmes. This involves working with business stakeholders to identify requirements then creating and delivering high-quality recruitment and assessment programs, onboarding and ongoing support and development for early careers in line with industry best practice.

Your role will also include building and managing partnerships with external stakeholders and organisations to represent NCC interests in the national Early Careers skills development agenda.

Specifically, You'll Focus On

• Development and implementation of a future thinking Early Careers strategy which supports NCC Strategic Delivery Plan.
• Lead on the successful definition and delivery of Early Careers development activities (including Graduates, Engineering Doctorate’s, Apprentices, Interns, year in industry students and STEM)
• Build and manage partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and other organisations.
• To lead successful identification and delivery of professional and personal development solutions.
• Early Careers recruitment: Collaborate with NCC Recruitment team to ensure suitable recruitment campaigns and assessment centres are delivered throughout the year.
• Learning Design: Manage, design and deliver learning and development programmes using a range of materials (classroom, eLearning and workbooks).
• Act as first point of contact and safeguarding officer.
  
  

So, what are we looking for?

• Experience of recruiting, developing, managing, training, and providing welfare support to Early Careers Programmes.
• Knowledge of best practice in Graduate, Apprenticeship, STEM and other early careers.
• Experience in design and delivery of management and behavioural and technical training (e.g., Management, Presentation skills, Communications) using face to face, virtual and eLearning delivery approaches.
• Desirable: Generalist HR experience or an interest to learn would be beneficial.
• Experience of Learning Management Systems would be desirable but not essential. We use Cornerstone.
  
  

In terms of personal qualities, we look for excellent communication, planning and organisation skills with the ability to work with complexity and manage multiple projects independently.

What do we offer in return?

Hybrid and flexible working patterns as standard, annual salary reviews, company paid private medical insurance, up to 12.5% employer pension contribution, great people, honorary staff status at the University of Bristol. With a genuine focus on wellbeing, EDI and learning and development this is a chance to build your career in a thriving R&D facility with a bright future.

Unsure if you should apply? Got a quick question you wanted to check beforehand? Please feel free to reach out to the recruitment team – [email protected]

Notes/Brief For Recruitment Team

About The Company

NCC is a world-leading innovation organisation that turns cutting-edge research and technology into industrial impact. We bridge the gap between academia and industry, helping companies of all sizes to capitalise on cutting-edge innovation to deliver more. We do this at every stage of their journey from the earliest concept to end-of-life.

The future of composites manufacturing relies on NCC, and we rely on the right individuals to make it happen, whether they’re engineers or not!

Why NCC?

We see our success in yours. Not sure you meet all the requirements? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs if they think they may not meet every qualification, when in fact they often do. At NCC we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We ensure that all hiring decisions are made without regard to age, race, national origin, sex, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, or any other protected characteristics, and will treat all applications with the strictest confidence. We’re always open to hearing how we can support flexible working in different ways, including part-time work. Please don’t be afraid to ask about what we can do to support your needs. All requests will be carefully and fairly considered. We wish you every success in your job search.

Diverse challenges – NCC isn’t just about aerospace. We’re working with over 16 sectors and a variety of customers, from private ventures to the global tier 1 companies, providing variety to your experience.

Innovation – a world-leading research and development centre, the work we do brings novel and innovative solutions to industry, with the future firmly in mind. So we need innovating thinking not just in Engineering, but across all support functions.

Development in composites, and you – if the scope of exciting work isn’t enough to sway you, our ethos of continued learning and development and flexible working patterns will.

We look forward to hearing from you. #fulltime