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Project Support Officer (PSO)

Location(s): Raleigh/UK travel

Summary of Role:

The Training Equipment PSO role is responsible to the Raytheon Selborne Training Equipment Change Manager for assisting in leading and coordinating organizational change initiatives. A PSO acts as the driving force and has a direct impact on the efficiency and overall success of the project. This requires excellent communication, organisational skills, logical thinking, and problem solving. Working as a Project Support Officer brings new tasks and challenges on a daily basis. The role will be based in HMS Raleigh and will require regular travel to naval training sites across the UK.

Main Duties:

To assist the Change Manager in providing support to employees during the transition to new changes within the training equipment organization. It includes helping to plan, implement and monitor changes.

The roles main duties will include but not be limited to:

• Assist in creating change management strategies to achieve the training equipment organizational goals.
• Communicating change management plans to training equipment staff and key stakeholders to ensure their understanding and buy-in.
• Leading, coordinating, and managing change management activities.
• Identify and comment on procedures to identify where improvements can be made and introduce local processes to ensure that the project runs smoothly.
• Set up and manage training equipment Change meetings and TE Change board meetings, ensuring that all relevant paperwork is up-to-date and disseminated in a timely fashion. Providing all resultant minutes are completed within a 48-hour time window and sent out to all relevant committee members.
• To provide additional project admin support for Training Equipment and system replacement projects in liaison with designated Project Managers and Team Leaders.

Essential Requirements:

Detailed knowledge and practical experience of:

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  The successful candidate must be able to achieve the appropriate security clearance level for this role.
• Ability to operate changes on your own and as part of a group.
• Organizing multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
• To be able to drive processes in leading and implementing change management initiatives.
• Good interpersonal and professional communication skills.

Desirable:

Should have some experience in:

• IOSH Managing Safely.
• ECDL or equivalent demonstrable proficiency in using IT (hardware/software) within the workplace (Essential).
• Recent experience of working within Defence/Industry collaborative projects.
• Financial awareness and ability to manage finances.

About Raytheon UK

With facilities in Broughton, Waddington, Glenrothes, Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester and a presence across customer sites together with remote working practices. Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs over 2,000 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances across its core mission areas Weapons & Sensors, and Cyber, Space & Training.

Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon Intelligence & Space business.

Raytheon Career Development:

Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join. Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role.

Standard Benefits:

• 25 days holiday (increasing to 27 days) + statutory public holidays.
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’.
• Flexible Benefits scheme.
• Enhanced family friendly policies.
• 37hr standard working week, with an early finish on Fridays

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:

At Raytheon UK, we’re committed to be building a workforce that represents the true diversity of Britain where all of our colleagues feel enabled to deliver the best work of their lives. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer who selects the very best candidates for the job. We truly value the diversity of our workforce work hard to create an inclusive environment where our colleagues can bring the unique skills, experiences and ideas to the table to help us grow our business, create innovative solutions and develop our people.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) act as the eyes and ears into the community they represent and support us in building a truly inclusive business. Our ERGs are open to all colleagues, regardless of background, and include: Raytheon Women’s Network, RayPride, Young Employees Success Network, Raytheon Veterans Network, Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities and RayBAME.

We’re also delighted to have been recognised as a Gold Award Employer as part of the HM’s Armed Forces Covenant and the Human Rights Campaign’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index as a ‘best place to work for LGBTQ Equality’.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other characteristic.

If you need us to make any adjustments to support you during our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to help.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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