Head of Assurance and Governance

Job Title:                     Head of Assurance and Governance

Location:                     Chippenham, Wiltshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent or Fixed Term Contract

Role ID:                       SF67216

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 Assurance and Governance at our Corsham site.

The Role

As a Head of Assurance and Governance, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Supporting our customers delivering on their missions and creating a safe and secure world, Skynet has played a critical role in connecting our front-line commands, government partners and allies. It is an important capability for ensuring UK security and prosperity.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the assurance and steering board messaging with the customer, and owner of the PKE2 and PKE3 audits with the Authority. We are on a mission to transform military space communication services and Skynet for a new era, for new challenges and you'll play a critical leadership role in delivering this transformation, whilst maintaining service commitments and inspiring both existing and a new generation of people.

• You'll support the promotion of our space communication capabilities, working with the Head of Service Management, Head of Service Transition, Director of Engineering, Director of Future Solutions, and the Head of Delivery to ensure we maintain the integrity of our service delivery whilst transforming our service for the future alongside the Authority’s major programmes of work.
• Accountable for tracking the dependencies and risks as well as tracking the budgets of the service teams, this role needs to work closely with the Authority, Space, Service, and Change to ensure that the deliverables are as seamless as possible and we are demonstrably compliant and adhere to the contract schedules.
• Owner of the reporting packs with the customer (i.e. SCMF, ISMF).
• Budget tracking across the service portfolio, working to strengthen WBS reporting and spend, and forecasting current/future budgets with support from the Director of Finance’s team.
• Plan, lead, facilitate and undertake project assurance to give confidence to stakeholders that portfolios, programmes and projects will achieve their scope, time, cost, quality objectives, and realise their benefits
• Collate and present test evidence captured during test activities to enable customer acceptance.
• Participation in Project design review milestones as part of the Project development and test processes
• Be an advocate for assurance as an enabler for project management good practice aiming to ensure that it remains central to the culture of the organisation
• Cultivate strong, trusted relationships with the delivery management community, supporting the development of delivery management capability through knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring within the wider delivery community.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Head of Assurance and Governance

• Demonstrable experience of leading high performing teams with exceptional people skills.
• Experience in Technical delivery, service delivery and business management.
• Experience in Strategic Communications, Space based communications or telecommunications.

Qualifications for the Head of Assurance and Governance

• Bachelors Degree in a relevant Business or Engineering discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.

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 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 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: 05/09/2025

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