Location: Crawley, United KingdomIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Social Impact Outreach Manager

Based in Crawley - Hybrid working with 3 days in the office

Are you passionate about educating the next generation? Do you possess a passion for igniting inspiration in others? If so, we may just have the role for you.

What the role has to offer

Bring innovation into how we attract and inspire young people into the world of science and technology
Opportunity to look at “doing things differently”
Opportunity to help increase diversity

Building your network both within and outside of the organisation
Become a part of a team committed to giving back to the community, business and our employees

What can we offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

Performance Related Bonus
Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
Pension Scheme
28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
Life Cover
24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
Gym membership discounts

Our Opportunity

At Thales, we dedicate ourselves to promoting STEAM subjects and careers, actively shaping the future talent pool and sparking the career aspirations of young individuals throughout the UK.

This opportunity will help our business to mature our approach to maximising our societal impact and employee engagement in volunteering to support our local and UK communities. All of our partnerships, activities and initiatives need provide multiple benefits to our employees and our local communities - ‘the impact escalator’.

You will be responsible for the project management and delivery of Social Impact initiatives, projects and activities with a key focus on STEAM education and the development and execution of strategies to create positive social change and business value. You will support our local communities to develop the skills required for sustained and meaningful employment and to develop a pipeline of talent to fill Early Careers roles within Thales and the wider engineering and tech sector, specifically in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

You will bring in new ideas, concepts and partners to diversify the early careers talent pipeline focusing on underrepresented groups in our workforce such as: females, people of the global majority and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. After piloting new projects, the post holder will support teams to operationalise initiatives in the most efficient way to create value to the business.

The role supports the UK ambition for the Thales Early Careers employees to be a true reflection of the communities in which it operates and the Thales Group Targets for 2030: Societal commitment for Thales employees to share their knowledge around the world; and the ‘Tech Vocation Maker’ to reach 1M pupils.

You will lead on: STEAM education in both formal and informal education settings, such as the Army, Air and Sea Cadets; forming and shaping the purpose and objectives of the Thales Early Careers Committee.

You will work with our internal and external communications teams to promote good news stories across all social media platforms.

This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held; if not currently held it is expected that the post holder will undergo SC Clearance, please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

About You:-

You will have significant experience within careers or education preferably within a corporate environment and can demonstrate the ability to be creative and bring new innovative ideas and changes to make a difference. Able to bring a unique approach to solving business problems, drawing on multiple perspectives, questioning and listening to others to formulate a solution together with the following:-

Able to anticipate future business needs and design new, different and simplified solutions to maximise business impact
Able to share a compelling vision both internally and externally around social impact and engage with multiple stakeholders
Comfortable working in the ‘unknown’ as new projects are introduced, able to ‘test and learn’ through exploration and experimentation
Able to develop systems, processes and workflow to help others to deliver results and take accountability for project success, by monitoring metrics and milestones to show progress and impact
Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organisation, promoting policies and practices that foster a culture of belonging and respect for all employees

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment,if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

Social Impact Outreach Manager (STEAM)

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