Strategy and Insight Senior Advisor

Job Introduction

Job Description for Strategy and Insight Senior Advisor:

There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. 

We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.

The Strategy & Insight Senior Advisor role is to help shape and implement the future strategic direction of NNL through the provision of strategic guidance to the organisation, and through analysis and dissemination of market and policy intelligence and insight.

The location for this role is flexible and can be based at Risley, Preston Stonehouse or Workington.

Main Responsibilities for Strategy and Insight Senior Advisor:

• Strategy:
  • Providing guidance and support to NNL (Focus Areas, Customer Executive, Business units etc) in defining and monitoring implementation of strategy, through for example the application of strategic tools and techniques.
  • Contribute to the development of business cases (NNL and HMG spending review submissions). 
  • Contribute to the production of NNL’s strategic and business planning process as appropriate.
  • To develop and maintain connections across NNL to ensure alignment of strategy with our customer and internally funded activities (S&T, strategic investment).
• Insight:
  • Keeping abreast of the changing nuclear landscape through routinely gathering, analysing and disseminating intelligence and insight from across the political, technical and nuclear market landscape through external research and internal engagement.
  • Leading the production of insight slides widely disseminated within NNL (including the monthly Insight Briefing, Policy Briefings, market intel reports etc).
  • Reviewing and appraisal of key external publications and provision of output in a digestible and succinct format.
• General:
  • To contribute to continuous improvement of the S&I team’s ways of working and impact across and outside of NNL.
  • To work closely with other SCC teams, i.e. external affairs, communications, corporate affairs and international.
  • To support SCC risk management and 2nd line assurance activities.

Essential Criteria for Strategy and Insight Senior Advisor:

• Demonstrable working in the nuclear sector, with good knowledge of the UK and global nuclear energy market / policy landscape.
• Ability to distil and communicate information to a senior and sometimes non-technical audience (eg NNL’s Executive Leadership Team, NNL Board, Government stakeholders, the public) efficiently and effectively. This includes proficiency in written communication, production of high-quality visuals (eg slides), and oral communication.
• Ability to apply strategic and lateral thinking, e.g. to be able to; Identify connections across aspects of NNL’s work and the external landscape; Identify trends in the external landscape; Apply strategic tools and techniques.
• A proven self-starter with the ability to identify activities and ideas which benefit the S&I team and NNL – i.e. is able to work creatively and not reliant on tightly defined and directed tasks.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and sometimes ambiguous environment, with the ability to focus on outcomes driven by tight deadlines.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and produces high-quality output.
• Able to form partnerships across internal and external networks and work collaboratively in virtual multi-discipline teams.
• Educated to degree or PhD level.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Strategy and Insight Senior Advisor:

• Qualifications related to Strategy desirable but not essential.

Why join us?

NNL isn’t just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It’s also a place where you’ll feel appreciated and valued. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to ‘Mydiscounts’ which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance. 
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

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