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 ground-breaking 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: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

Job Description

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 7% and 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.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions.

Role:

This Head of Programme for Fusion Futures Industry Capability will be accountable for a 4 year £180M programme which will build fusion competencies and capacity within UK industry through commissioning engineering projects and procurements.The programme will play an important role in developing a UK fusion supply chain and in developing the capacity to support the realisation of future fusion powerplants. The role will involve significant commercial interaction with UK companies in addition to working with technology experts across a broad range of fusion related disciplines.The role will be responsible for maximising the impact of the programme against agreed objectives, for driving industrial engagement and for identifying opportunities to build UK leadership in fusion technologies. The role will report to the Programme SRO.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the day to day running and ongoing management of the programme on behalf of the SRO to ensure that desired programme objectives are delivered and that the expected benefits are realised.
• Provide clear leadership to the Project Managers; resolve obstacles to strategy delivery within the programme and lead the identification and employment of solutions to overcome them. Manage the programme budget, including risk allowance and management reserves.
• Lead on developing the programme strategy and implementing programme delivery to all relevant stakeholders (business change managers, BEIS, Exco etc). Act as the government liaison, industry networking and public facing roles as required by the CFO and CEO.
• Lead on preparation for OCG reviews and action their recommendations.
• Ensure the program adheres to UKAEA's Quality Assurance standards, lead prioritisation, and value engineering efforts as needed to maintain budget and align with strategic goals.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

• Excellent leadership, communication, influencing, and collaboration skills MSP® Foundation, Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner (or an equivalent programme management certification).
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to make sound economic decisions that maximise programme value.
• Extensive experience managing commercial contracts and procurements.  
• Proven ability to handle ambiguity, uncertainty and high levels of complexity in project delivery.
• Substantial experience in working with a diverse range of senior stakeholders and external partners, ideally with an element of public funding.

Additional Information

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

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

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

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.