Contracts and Onboarding Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering company in Devonport is looking for a Contracts and Onboarding Manager. In this role, you will manage a team to ensure effective onboarding and compliance with employment contracts while enhancing employee experience. Candidates should have a strong background in HR and contracts management, with excellent organizational skills. The position offers hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefit

Be Kind Day for volunteering

Qualifications

• Proven experience in HR administration, contracts management or onboarding coordination.
• Strong understanding of employment law and HR compliance.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficiency in HRIS systems and Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dynamic team responsible for onboarding experiences.
• Manage the preparation and tracking of employment contracts.
• Oversee onboarding processes to ensure seamless experiences.
• Collaborate with legal and HR teams for compliance.
• Drive process improvements and monitor performance.

Skills

HR administration

Contracts management

Onboarding coordination

Employment law compliance

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

HRIS systems proficiency

Microsoft Office Suite proficiency

Education

Relevant experience in HR or contract administration

Tools

Digital contract management platforms

Onboarding tools

HR software

Job description

Overview

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 Contracts and Onboarding Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Contracts and Onboarding Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our people operations, driving process excellence, legal compliance and continuous improvement. This is your opportunity to make a real impact - enhancing employee experience, supporting strategic HR initiatives and contributing to our mission of national defence and engineering innovation.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead a dynamic team responsible for delivering a seamless and compliant onboarding experience for new hires, internal movers and emerging talent.

• Leading and developing a team of Onboarding and Contract Administrators
• Managing the preparation, issuing and tracking of employment contracts
• Overseeing onboarding processes to ensure a smooth experience for new starters
• Collaborating with legal and HR teams to maintain compliant contract templates
• Driving process improvements and monitoring performance against SLAs

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

Essential experience

• Proven experience in HR administration, contracts management or onboarding coordination
• Strong understanding of employment law and HR compliance
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Proficiency in HRIS systems and Microsoft Office Suite

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in HR or contract administration

Preferred

• CIPD qualification or equivalent
• Experience with digital contract management platforms
• Familiarity with onboarding tools and HR software

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

• 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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 [e-mail] 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.

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