Project Description:

Working alongside our Human Resources (HR) team, the internship will provide the opportunity to scope and implement a skills matrix and development framework across the Astroscale UK business, helping to provide clear career pathways for all of our teams.

The intern will, as part of the wider HR team, have the opportunity to;

• Define skill areas for technical and non-technical teams

• Work with managers, team leaders and individuals to plot staff on the skills matrix

• Support in the definition of qualities, skills, and experiences, required to succeed in each level of the organisation across all teams

• Support in the definition, and publication, of career pathways for each specialisation

• Working with wider Space industry contacts to share best practice and promote the development of shared language around space skills and careers.

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Applicant Specification:

Candidates should be on track to achieve the equivalent to Bachelors or Masters Degree in Psychology or Social Sciences, HR, Management, Engineering or other relevant field.

Minimum requirements:

• Passion and enthusiasm

• Keen interest in organisational structure, careers, and development pathways

• Strong interpersonal, and communication skills

• Ability to work as part of a team

• Strong Microsoft Office skills

• Good skills in research – primarily qualitative methods

• Time management and organisational skills

  Desirable requirements:

• ·       Understanding of skills and competencies

  Process details:

• There will be a 1 hour competency and skills based interview, which can be held in person or online.

• 8 weeks minimum fixed term contract to be agreed with successful candidate

• In-person Induction Event to be held on 24th June 2024, and an in-person/hybrid Showcase Event to be held in the Autumn of 2024.

• 5 days holiday to be taken during the placement

Who we are:

We aim to deliver cutting edge technologies that will become part of routine commercial space operations by 2030.

Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company dedicated to in-orbit servicing across all orbits. Founded in 2013, we are developing innovative and scalable solutions across the spectrum of in-orbit servicing missions, including End of Life services, Active Debris Removal, In-situ Space Situational Awareness and Life Extension Services, to create sustainable space systems and mitigate against the hazardous build-up of debris in space. We now have entities across Japan, UK, US, Israel and France, solving a global problem with a global team.

Across Astroscale we share a number of key values; mission and people focused, transparent, innovative and pioneering, diverse and customer focused.

This job description set outs the skills and experience we believe are needed to be able to do this job but, research also tells us women are much more likely than men to take this list of requirements as absolute and self-select out of the process. If you think you can deliver this role then we want to hear from you, regardless of the boxes you didn’t tick.