Business Operations Lead

Job Title:              Business Operations Lead
Location:              Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    £42,245 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent or Fixed Term Contract 
Role ID:               SF60282

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Business Operations Lead at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Business Operations Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As the Business Operations Lead you will develop and grow our people, help streamline core processes and increase the reliability of our operations to ensure we are fulfilling our customer’s current and future needs.

Day-to-day, you’ll To work within a Business Operations team to lead on the delivery of support business related activities, enabling greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery.  

• Assist the Head of Business Support and the Programme Leads in the development, monitoring and reporting on deliverables. 
• Support the Programme Directors in delivering business related activities to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisation.
• Co-ordinating resource information on behalf of the programme with a consistent approach feeding into the Integrated business planning supply and demand profiles.
• Support the Programme Directors in the development of efficient and effective Business Governance Processes including Business Continuity Plans to ensure it meets the corporate requirements.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Business Operations Lead

• Proven experience within a business or project management related environment.
• Good commercial and finance awareness.
• Proven leadership and strategic thinking skills.
• Enhanced IT and analytical skills.
• Good communication and Stakeholder skills, with the ability to work at all levels of the business.

Qualifications for the Business Operations Lead

• Degree Level in STEM or Business related qualification.
• APM Project Management fundamentals.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-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  has 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. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. 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.

Closing date: 07/11/2024

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