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Business Support Specialist

Babcock International Group

London

Hybrid

GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Full time

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Support Specialist to provide vital administrative support in a dynamic environment. This role involves managing complex calendars, arranging travel, and facilitating effective communication across teams. The position offers a hybrid working model, allowing for flexibility while contributing to meaningful projects. With a commitment to excellence and a supportive culture, this opportunity is perfect for someone looking to thrive in a collaborative setting. Join a team dedicated to making a positive impact while enjoying generous benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

Proven success in a similar role with a commitment to excellence.
Ability to manage sensitive information and prioritize tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day administrative support to SLT members.
Manage calendars, travel plans, and meeting documents efficiently.

Skills

Administrative Support

Communication Skills

Time Management

Problem Solving

Education

Relevant Experience

Willingness to Learn

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Job Title: Business Support Specialist

Location: London + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / 52 Week Fixed Term Contract

Role ID: SF63797

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 Support Specialist at our Wigmore Street site in London.

The Role

As a Business Support Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Office / Business Support Manager, the post holder provides day to day administrative and business support to a defined group of SLT members based at our Head Office at Wigmore Street on approximately 1:5 subject to relationship basis.

Day-to-day, you’ll complete a variety of day-to-day administrative tasks for SLT member including managing an extremely active calendar of appointments; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compiling documents for meetings:

Successfully completes critical aspects of activity independently and with a hands-on approach.
Prioritises conflicting needs; handling matters expeditiously, proactively and following-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
Conserve SLT time by reading, researching, collecting, and analysing information, as needed, in advance.
Complete ad-hoc activity as assigned.
Serve as the SLT administrative liaison for colleagues across Babcock Group.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office / onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Business Support Specialist:

Proven success in a similar role.
Ability to decipher priorities and make sound judgement calls when needed.
Commitment to excellence and performing duties at the highest level on a consistent basis.
Excellent communicator with proven ability to interact with people of all levels in a confident and professional manner.
Proven experience, ability, and temperament to work with sensitive information.

Qualifications for the Business Support Specialist:

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 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: 14/05/2025

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