Director - Defence Training Contracts

Job Title:             Director – Individual Defence Training
Location:             UK, Flexible with frequent travel to sites + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:   Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:              SF60570

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part.

The role

As a Director of our Individual Defence Training Contracts, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you will have full P&L oversight for a number of existing contracts ensuring that we are meeting our safety, financial, operational and customer responsibilities.

Day-to-day, you’ll drive a co-ordinated approach across the contracts to ensure we are delivering benefit to our customers, driving efficiency, and creating a cohesive approach to our delivery of training.

• P&L ownership for the Individual Defence Training portfolio ensuring that targets for cash & profit are met. Focussed on ensuring greater accuracy of forecasting.
• Own the customer relationship at a senior level and ensure regular engagement and visibility at key meetings to reinforce the strategic training partner approach.
• Accountable for the design and communication of the strategy for growth.
• Actively identify and drive opportunities for in account growth with existing customers.
• Responsible for the oversight of the safety improvement plans across the portfolio and ensuring that we have safety at the heart of our approach.

This role is full time and requires regular travel to Chatham, Lyneham, Minley, Bovington and a number of smaller sites on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Director – Defence Training Contracts

• Proven experience of engaging with a range of Defence customers at a senior level.
• Extensive experience of delivering and transforming military training.
• Experience of strategy generation and execution.
• Team leadership experience
• Established leader with experience of delivering a P&L or ability to demonstrate an aptitude to think commercially.

Qualifications for the Director – Defence Training Contracts

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be 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
• 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 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: 25/11/24