At UKAEA, our focus is on shaping the future. This translates to the work we do, as well as career development opportunities to help shape the future of your career as you contribute to our mission.
We value our people and believe in nurturing talent by providing opportunities for our people to develop to their fullest potential.
We are committed to developing people by offering a wide range of programmes to support careers.
Our appraisal system gives people the opportunity to highlight learning and development needs with their managers throughout the year.
We have a wide variety of training and development opportunities available for our staff.
This development programme can be used by any staff member who wants to further their career development in a structured and supported way, to become professionally accredited within their chosen career.
Our professional development scheme aims to provide a flexible plan for the development of our employees and to help meet our organisational needs.
You will become professionally accredited, as our scheme is currently accredited with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Engineering & Technology and Institute of Physics.
We believe in our employees and want to give them the opportunities to develop through their professional journey. We are committed to developing all of our members of staff and offer support to suit their individual career aspirations.
The purpose of our mentoring programme is to develop all our employees both personally and professionally while meeting the needs of our business.
The mentoring programme is a formal process which is regularly reviewed and monitored. It involves a relationship between a mentor and a mentee where they encourage and help one another to discover more about themselves, their potential and capabilities. The scheme can help to assist people to seek support, guidance, help and feedback.
We recognise that individuals have different goals and aspirations, so we work to help you meet these personal goals as well as those of the business. We want our staff members to feel valued and motivated in both their personal and professional lives, and we strive to help them achieve this.
We’ve received great feedback from our mentoring programme! Take a read of just some of the reviews from our staff members.
As an employee you are able to apply for funding to further enhance your qualifications through distance learning courses, such as degrees and apprenticeships.
All employees at UKAEA are eligible to request funding as we are keen to provide opportunities for them to develop to their full potential. Each request would need to be reviewed and can be discussed with your line managers throughout the year.
To make sure people have access to the resources needed to support their development, UKAEA will reimburse the cost of one annual professional institute membership.
Time off for attendance at learning events and to study must be approved by your Line Manager. Where possible a mentor may be allocated to provide guidance and support.
You will gain a qualification to support your experience, which can be achieved through degrees or via a recognised apprenticeship scheme / training provider.
