HR Generalist - Coulport

If you’d like to be considered for this opportunity we encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment as if applications are high the role will close before the closing date given.

AWE is currently recruiting for a HR Generalist to play a key role in delivering efficient, people-focused HR support to a designated business area. Acting as the first point of contact for day-to-day HR queries, this role provides both administrative and advisory support across the employee lifecycle, ensuring a responsive and customer-centric service that meets agreed service levels.

• Do you have experience in successfully applying HR practices in operational/industrial businesses?
• Does helping to foster a high-performance culture get you excited?
• Are you within commuting distance of RNAD Coulport, Helensburgh, G84 0PD?
• Are you passionate about making a real difference, through your work, that contributes to keeping the nation safe?
• If so, we’d love to hear from you…

Location: This role will be based in Coulport, Helensburgh, G84 0PD and will be an onsite role with frequent travel to Aldermaston/Green Park that will be expensed by AWE.

Package: Starting from £37,300 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

As a HR Generalist, you will be working in close partnership with the Senior HR Business Partner for Assembly and Coulport, the People Services Partnering team and HR Teams the HR Generalist ensures that the People Programme is effectively tailored and embedded within the local working environment.

The role also acts as a conduit between the business and central HR teams, ensuring functional needs are communicated clearly and HR initiatives are implemented in a way that supports both operational effectiveness and a positive employee experience. As part of your role, you will:

• Deliver high-quality HR services and advice, ensuring a consistent, customer-focused experience aligned with SLAs.
• Act as primary HR contact for Coulport, building strong stakeholder relationships and providing tailored support.
• Manage site resourcing, maintain accurate workforce data, and resolve escalated issues with business leaders.
• Localise and embed central HR initiatives to ensure relevance and adoption.
• Share people data and insights to inform strategic workforce decisions.
• Support change initiatives and contribute to continuous HR service improvement.
• Promote compliance with health, safety, environment, security, and quality standards.

Who are we looking for?

We are ideally seeking an individual with previous experience working in a customer services environment delivering transactional tasks and providing first point of contact services. Experience within an HR function, delivering HR processes and using HR systems, working to SLAs and KPIs.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Stakeholder engagement, influencing and management.
• Proactive and agile in thinking with good organisational skills.
• Solid knowledge of employment law and ER case management processes.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage own workload and priorities to agreed timescales.
• Working knowledge of HR information systems.
• Working knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

You’ll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 8-day working fortnight – meaning you get every Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

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Next steps:

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. 
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

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 will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

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