Head of Application Solutions

Job Title:        Head of Application Solutions
Location:        Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:        Full time / Permanent
Role ID:        SF57126

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 Head of Application Solutions at one of our Babcock hubs.

The role
As a Head of Application Solutions, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Director of Governance, Delivery & Application Solutions, you will be accountable for the efficiency and effective maintenance and support of application solutions.

Day-to-day, you’ll be broadening the impact of your team, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of how we enable and support the organisation through technology solutions. Whilst working to support the broader IT goals of developing our ‘personality’ as a team with strong focus on cultural change, communication and engagement alongside the traditional means of assuring and measuring success. In this ‘leading leaders role’ the ‘how’ you do things will be just as important as ‘what’ you do. Further responsibilities include:

• You will be responsible for leading an international team orchestrating the management and increasingly efficient delivery of the required services for Babcock’s core applications globally
• Maintenance of innovative thinking and practices will be as critical as the stability of the production solutions and on time, cost effective delivery of funded change
• Delivering as effectively as possible will involve you looking to automate delivery where appropriate, sharing knowledge and utilising best practice and solutions across Babcock, through building teamwork and collaboration across the delivery functions in all regions
• Embracing new techniques for delivery, where advantageous to do so you will increase the flexibility and adaptability of the team and the deliverables they create.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week. Hybrid working and requires regular travel to Portsmouth on a weekly or monthly basis alongside home working arrangements

Essential experience of the Head of Application Solutions:

• Experienced communicator at all levels of the organisation with high levels of written and verbal skills
• Extensive management experience working with IT professionals and a diverse group of stakeholders
• Strong leadership skills backed by a drive for accuracy and outcomes that add value
• Understanding of complex information and requirements backed by excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Confidence in decision-making aligned with a good team-playing mentality
• An ability to work to make sound decisions whilst working to tight deadlines and within constraints
• Strong financial management

Qualifications for the Head of Application Solutions:

• 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
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
Opportunity to work with innovative technology.

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: 09/05/2024