Ethics & Induction Lead

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Ethics & Induction Lead – 12-month secondment

Would you like to play a key role in leading and improving the organisation’s induction programme and ethics activities? We currently have a vacancy for an Ethics & Induction Lead. This role can be based from Preston, Frimley, or Glascoed, with regular travel to lead inductions.

As Ethics & Induction Lead, you will be responsible for both delivering an induction programme for new joiners to Shared Services, and leading the Ethics Officers network to resolve cases and champion ethical principles within the organisation.

This is an exciting, dual-hatted role enabling you to have a real impact on driving culture and behaviour within the company.

This is a maternity cover secondment with a planned duration of 12 months. Please notify your line manager of your intent to apply.

Your main responsibilities as Ethics & Induction Lead will include\:

Induction\:

· Lead an improvement agenda to create a truly exceptional induction programme that leaves a lasting first impression

· Design captivating content, presentations and digital resources that bring our story, culture and values to life

· Work alongside subject matter experts to keep content fresh, relevant, and impactful

· Reinforce our culture, values, strategic objectives and compliance requirements from the outset of employment

· Deliver dynamic induction sessions using face-to-face, virtual and blended approaches to connect with a wide range of new starters

· Track success through surveys, data and feedback to continually evolve our induction offering

· Act as the process owner for induction, ensuring it’s informative and compliant

· Maintain supporting documents such as new starter packs, line manager checklists etc.

Ethics\:

· Have oversight of business Ethics Officers, training and leading the line of business Ethics Officer Network, including refreshing the network where required

· Undertake the resolution of line of business ethics cases – varying in level of complexity

· Manage the roll out of the annual Business Conduct Training to all employees in Shared Services

· Analyse and identify emerging ethical issues, trends and reputational risks to inform the Chief Counsel and Senior Management Team, supporting the Ethics Officers to provide mitigation and producing meaningful reporting to illustrate key trends

· Act as an ambassador for the Code of Conduct to champion ethical principles and values within the organisation, supporting employees to deliver the ethical standards expected of them

· Support in building trust and confidence amongst employees about the processes to address ethical concerns

· Collaborate with Ethics leads across the Group to understand trends and learn from best practice

Your skills and qualifications\:

· Previous experience / involvement with Ethics community (eg. experience as Ethics Officer) and/or Experience of running workplace investigations

· A strong delivery focus with the drive to make things happen

· A flair for creativity and innovative thinking

· Strong communication skills, able to inspire and influence at all levels

· Approachable and sensitive to employees’ concerns

· Excellent presentation and facilitation skills, able to engage diverse audiences

· Highly organised, with proven project management skills and attention to detail

· Proven experience in managing stakeholders effectively

· Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships across a variety of different teams and seniority

· Ability to understand and maintain independent judgement

· Ability to understand trends and able to translate these into actions and objectives for internal initiatives

· Cross-business awareness and ability to adapt approach to match business operations

· Analytical and reporting skills, ability to interpret data and draw conclusions and provide narrative

Location\: Preston ideally – Frimley and Glascoed will be considered. Regular travel will be required (including monthly travel between sites to deliver employee inductions)

Grade\: GG11

Please note this is a maternity cover secondment with a planned duration of 12 months

Shared Services

If you’d like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent – at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of the Shared Services team, you’ll be at the heart of this endeavour – working closely with our air, maritime, land and cyber and intelligence businesses to support our customers around the world.

Join us and you’ll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

We are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

We want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

For more information on our Inclusion work, please click here.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and who have been in their current role for 12 months or longer

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.