Project Coordinator

Hybrid in Rotherham·Full-time·Added 6 days ago (last checked 7 Oct)

UK Atomic Energy Authority

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Overview

Job details

£32,903 a year
Gross, as stated in the ad.
About £2,270 a month after tax.
Full-time
Per the ad.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

Be near Rotherham for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.

Benefits

25 days holiday
Per the ad, which doesn’t say whether bank holidays are on top.
21.5% employer pension
Paid in by the employer, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.

Skills

The role

Job Description

About us

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 realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid by developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

About the job

As a Project Coordinator, you'll provide essential support across multiple UKAEA projects, helping projects, enabling project teams to focus on technical delivery while maintaining robust project and programme governance and controls. Your work will contribute to projects that support UKAEA's mission to deliver sustainable fusion energy while creating scientific and economic benefit. This is an opportunity to develop your project delivery experience while working across a varied portfolio of complex and high-value projects.

What You'll Be Doing

Maintain project registers, filing systems, databases and records in line with UKAEA requirements.
Prepare draft project reports, presentations and documentation, including templates where required.
Coordinate project meetings, gate reviews and boards, including preparing papers, recording minutes and tracking actions.
Track project actions through to timely completion and provide coordination support to the Project Manager.
Analyse project and financial data to produce accurate project reports.
Maintain project risk and change registers, ensuring risks, changes and deviations are recorded and tracked.
Raise requisitions and work orders, process invoices and track purchase orders and expenditure.
Monitor purchase order expenditure and highlight variances or emerging issues to the Project Manager or relevant Responsible Officer.
Coordinate administrative activities across the project teams and with enabling and interdependent teams to support delivery.
Participate in PfMO knowledge-sharing and training initiatives and support compliance with UKAEA policies, including Health & Safety, EDI and security requirements.

What You'll Bring

HNC, apprenticeship or equivalent qualification in Business, Project Management, Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience producing clear project reports and meeting minutes.
Experience supporting projects, including coordinating activities, maintaining records and tracking actions.
Experience using purchasing or financial administration systems, or equivalent experience managing project procurement activities.
Experience supporting complex projects or coordinating interfaces across larger programmes or operational functions
An APM PFQ or equivalent project management qualification is desirable.

UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role.

Benefits

We have a generous range of benefits (see the full list here) and highlights include:

A salary of £32,903
Up to 7% corporate performance bonus
Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution
25 days annual leave plus 2.5 'privilege' days; 8 Bank Holidays
Additional 3 days of site closure over Christmas break
Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions

Our commitment to ED&I

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce.

Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require adjustments to help you participate fairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates.

We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made on merit and further information can be found here.

Hiring process

2 steps2 interviews

Your application · Online test
MS Teams pre-qualifying interview
With Talent Acquisition team · Video call · 10–20 min
A virtual interview with a member of the Talent Acquisition team about your experience and motivations for joining, which may include technical questions.
Face-to-face or virtual panel interview
With a panel · 60 min
A second-stage panel interview with a mixture of behavioural and technical competency questions; may include a short prepared presentation on a topic given at least a week ahead, and role-relevant assessments.
Pre-employment checks

Initial CV review usually completes within about a week of applying (the How to apply page says within 3 working days).
Feedback after the panel interview is usually given within two weeks, depending on the size of the recruitment campaign.
Travel expenses for interviews are reimbursed only for Graduate Scheme Assessment days; all roles require Baseline Personnel Security Standard clearance and some also need UK Security Vetting, which requires five years' UK residency.