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 need a Risk and Assurance Advisor to join our Risk and Assurance team at AWE.

Salary Range: Starts at £34,400 - £40,000 depending on experience

We are located in the countryside at Aldermaston, RG7 4PR. We’ll need you on site up to 2 days per week.

This is an exciting time to join us a Risk and Assurance Advisor as we begin working towards updating the weapons on all the submarines in the UK CasD programme. You will come from an assurance background as you will be supporting co-ordination of assurance activities across the team and play a pivotal role in educating the business on what assurance means. We need you to see the bigger picture to be successful in this role.

A typical day as a Risk and Assurance Advisor could look like this:

• Collaborating with stakeholders to strengthen risk, control and assurance
• Developing an assurance map
• Maintaining reporting for the Corporate Assurance function, applying the standards, processes, and metrics required, to inform appropriate decision making
• Identifying improvements in how we assure risks

We do need you to have the following skills:

• Knowledge of modern corporate governance, assurance mapping and enterprise risk management techniques
• Good communicating and influencing skills
• Demonstrable evidence of performance reporting and analysis
• Knowledge of modern assurance mapping and enterprise risk management techniques
• Background in a Science & Technology/Public sector / Regulated organisation, preferably in a governance, risk or audit role

Why work for us?

AWE has been voted one of the best 25 big companies to work for this year. We offer a great package of benefits and career development as well as:

• Every other Friday off
• Pension contributions between 9% to 13%

Take a look at all of our benefits and apply on our careers site NOW!

Developed Vetting Security Clearance (funded by the AWE) is required in order to start which takes several months to complete. You can find out more on UK.Gov

Important things you need to know:

• Interviews will be scheduled during working hours
• Interviews will be 90 minutes on TEAMS and will include a 5-to-10-minute presentation
• Flexible and hybrid

For more information about the role or the recruitment journey, contact me (Sunflower) at: [email protected]

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Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide us will be used to encourage and support you through the application process and will be held only for this purpose in accordance with GDPR.