Commercial Officer

Job Title:             Commercial Officer - Various Levels
Location:             United Kingdom, Hybrid – Working from home options available 
Compensation:   Competitive Salaries & Excellent Benefits
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:              SF46941

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part at one of our many sites across the UK, including: Bristol, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Warrington, Leicester and various sites in Central Scotland.

The Role

As a Commercial Officer, you will have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You could play a key role in the delivery of a range of critical projects across our various business sectors, supporting key customers in industries which include defence, marine, civil nuclear, emergency services and private sector training. 

Due to continuous growth, we are looking for multiple Commercial Officers, at various levels, to include:

• Commercial Support Officer
• Commercial Officer 
• Senior Commercial Officer
• Commercial Specialist

Day to day, you will be responsible for commercial support to the business, involving management of commercial and contractual aspects with customers, and ensuring compliance within internal corporate governance and approvals, all of which are integral towards driving commercial performance of various contracts tied to numerous exciting projects across the business:

• Support the budget management process
• Assist in drafting standard contractual documents
• Provide input and guidance to the commercial elements of bids and proposals for new projects of work.  

Essential experience of the Commercial Officer:

• Proven track record of assisting with the delivery of robust commercial management on contracts and bids 
• Commercial management of large-scale projects
• Experience in providing commercial specialist input into bids and contracts
• Demonstrable evidence of developing and sustaining positive working relationships, including the ability to negotiate commercial terms 

These rare full-time, permanent positions and can be delivered from multiple sites, across the UK, alongside home working arrangements.
 
We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.

Qualifications for the Commercial Officer:

• Preferably educated to degree level ideally a Law degree (e.g. LLB, LLM, etc.) or similar qualification, or equivalent level of relevant experience 
• Any relevant Commercial qualification (e.g. IAMCC, WCC, etc.) or similar qualification, or equivalent level of relevant experience  

The successful candidate must be able to achieve the appropriate level of security clearance.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to eight percent of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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