Resource Partner 9mth FTC

Overview

Posted Monday 22 September 2025 at 00:00

Great ideas come from different minds. That's why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background - and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most. And as the challenges evolve, so do we - working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.

At Roke

Built over a 60-year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe - that's our mission, passion, and motivation.

The Resource and Operations Team works at the centre of the business providing the right people, on the right projects, at the right time. This is an exciting time for the Resource and Operations Team at Roke as we build on the professionalism of our people and work closely with the business to develop and implement Roke business and people strategy. We want to attract a resourcing professional with demonstrable experience in:

• Operational resourcing of people and skills within a technology-focussed organisation (not recruitment)

This is a 9 month FTC.

Job Purpose & Key Responsibilities

Resource Partner for Innovation Business Unit including :

• Partnering with the Innovation Team to capture project demand and identify possible candidates with availability from across the business to deliver
• Collaborate with Resource Managers and BU Line Managers in order to balance personal/professional development needs with innovation and project demands.
• Be a champion for good housekeeping agreed hours in SAP ensuring that all innovation activity is correctly forecast and communicated.
• Identify and escalate instances where process is not being followed and business risk is increasing.
• Engage with stakeholders across the business to understand their resource requirements and deliver resource solutions for their internal project demand which will require coordination with Resource Managers to meet these demands.

Working closely with colleagues in the wider Resource Team and Learning and Development Team to secure internal trainers for our Early Careers programme delivery and afterwards routes to productive tasking.

Expertise

• Experience of internal resourcing (not recruitment) in Professional Services, or similar technical matrix organisation industry (ideal)
• Conflict resolution and problem solving
• High level of prioritisation/organisational skills and excellent time management

Knowledge and Skills

• Relationship Skills, including communicating, influencing and senior stakeholder management
• Developing and sustaining long term relationships with key stakeholders in the business units, and all areas of business and corporate services.
• High degree of resilience and a self-starter
• Proactive with a positive, flexible approach, enjoys problem solving
• Able to work within tight deadlines and a fast changing environment.
• Strong ability to liaise, influence, challenges effectively and build relationships at all levels.
• Effective team player with an ability to develop personal networks through strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good judgement, balancing the needs of the individual, customer and the business
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office in particular Excel
• Previous use of dashboard tools such as Power BI is desirable
• Experience of MS Teams/Microsoft 365 applications

Why You Should Join Us

We have a competitive salary and access to a number of additional flexible benefits, which will cover Health and Wellbeing, Savings and Protection & Life, Leisure and Entertainment.

Roke has a great community of groups with shared interests. These enable people to share ideas and be passionate about tools, technologies & techniques, which interest them.

We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our working environment is friendly, creative and inclusive and support a diverse work-force and those with additional needs.

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve SC clearance.

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.