Commercial Support Advisor

Job Title:                     Commercial Support Advisor

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:            £38,084 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF60580

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 Commercial Support Advisor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Commercial Support Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join as a Commercial Support Advisor, assisting the Commercial Specialist across key responsibilities. Use your strong communication skills to build stakeholder relationships, working with internal teams and external partners, including MOD and suppliers.

Day-to-day, you’ll Oversee contracts, process variations, support governance alignment, manage registers, provide recommendations, assist commercial tasks, and ensure proper information asset handling as Information Asset Owner (IAO)

• Manage contract obligations efficiently.
• Process contract variation orders within the change lifecycle.
• Support corporate governance to ensure legal and regulatory alignment.
• Oversee commercial registers, providing recommendations and actions.
• Assist the commercial team with management plans, presentations, and briefings, while ensuring proper handling of information assets as an IAO.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Commercial Support Advisor

• Organised, logical, and diligent, with strong workload prioritisation and attention to detail.
• Effective communicator with solid presentation skills.
• Familiarity with Commercial and Contract Management principles.
• Proactive and inquisitive, with a focus on continual improvement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications for the Commercial Support Advisor

• HNC / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant subject.
• Eager to pursue and obtain World Commerce & Contracting (WCC) accreditation.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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 emailcareers@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: 30/06/2025

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