Military & Elite Athlete Talent Placement – Workplace Lead

Military & Elite Athlete Talent Placement – Workplace Lead

September 2026 Intake

UK wide. Hybrid with regular travel to office sites required. For example:
Leicester, Stockport, London, Windsor, Reading.

12-month Fixed Term Contract with significant potential to roll off into a Permanent role.

We are delighted to open applications for our Military & Elite Athlete Talent Placement Programme – September 2026 Intake. This programme is designed to support you as you transition into a new career. This role is one of five placement roles available.

As a Workplace Lead, you’ll enable the performance and growth of Centrica by combining workplace transformation delivery with strong operational leadership across a portfolio of sites.

Responsibilities include:

• Transformation Delivery:
  Deliver workplace change programmes (moves, refurbishments, new concepts, employee experience improvements), embed new ways of working and support colleagues through change journeys.
• Operational Delivery:
  Own the day‑to‑day performance of the workplace environment, resolve issues, optimise services and drive consistency.
• Work with FM partners and suppliers to ensure delivery against agreed standards and SLAs, monitor performance and challenge where required.
• Build relationships with business leaders, People teams and enabling functions; act as a credible interface between Workplace and the business.
• Support the adoption of workplace technology, tools and digital solutions; reinforce behaviours that maximise the value of workplace investment.
• Use data, feedback and observation to identify improvement opportunities; drive continuous improvement in workplace processes, experience and service delivery.

• Deliver workplace change activity across assigned locations, ensuring safe, smooth and high‑quality implementation.
• Translate workplace strategy into practical delivery, embedding standards, concepts and colleague journeys.
• Support change readiness, communication and adoption of new ways of working.
• Take accountability for workplace outcomes across a defined portfolio (experience, utilisation, service performance).
• Establish a strong operational rhythm (issues, escalation, communications, stakeholder engagement) to ensure consistency and pace.
• Identify risks, resolve issues quickly and ensure workplace readiness at all times.
• Support the move from reactive issue management to proactive optimisation.

• Experience delivering change projects or operational improvements in a complex organisation.
• Strong operational capability – run and prioritise across multiple activities and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into practical delivery.
• Proven track record of delivering outcomes that improve experience, quality or efficiency.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and fast‑paced change environments.
• Experience in workplace, estates, facilities, operations or service environments.
• Experience working with suppliers or external partners.
• Experience in matrix environments.
• High levels of ownership and accountability.
• A collaborative and inclusive mindset.
• An ability to balance strategic intent with operational delivery.
• Results‑oriented, pragmatic and resilient.

• Real project & transformation experience in a FTSE
  100 organisation.
• £50,000 salary for the 12‑month placement.
• A dedicated mentor to help you build commercial skills.
• Flexible working and travel to office locations only when collaboration is needed.
• Access to Employee Networks.
• A Buddy from the Ex‑Military or Athlete communities.
• For Service Leavers: the chance to begin placement during your final four resettlement weeks.

• Military Service Leavers: leaving the Forces or within the 2‑year CTP window at application.
• Elite Athletes: international competition experience and/or professional UK sports experience within the last three years.