Sustainability Assistant

Nuclearinst; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check

Employee shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Sustainability Assistant to support its group sustainability team across the UK with hybrid working options, including Bristol, Devonport, Leicester, London, Portsmouth, Rosyth or Warrington.

The role is full-time (37.5 hours/week) and suitable for early-career professionals or graduates who want to build a career in a purpose-driven organisation focused on sustainability and national security.

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental Science or related field
• Graduate-level apprenticeship completed
• Interest in sustainability and social impact
• Strong written and verbal communication, numeracy and digital literacy
• Good organisational skills with ability to prioritise tasks

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the sustainability engagement strategy across the business.
• Contribute to sustainability reporting activities and annual report content.
• Assist with environmental, social and sustainability data projects across multiple functions.
• Build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders to support sustainability objectives.
• Manage competing priorities while handling sensitive and confidential information discreetly.

Skills

Environmental sustainability

Communication skills

Numeracy

Digital literacy

Organisational skills

Education

Environmental Science

Engineering

Business

Economics

Geography

Communications

Graduate-level apprenticeship

Job description

Job Title: Sustainability Assistant

Location: UK, Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF75632

Help Shape a More Sustainable Future

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Sustainability Assistant near your preferred Babcock location, including Bristol, Devonport, Leicester, London, Portsmouth, Rosyth or Warrington.

This is an exciting opportunity for an early-career professional, recent graduate, or someone completing a graduate scheme who is passionate about sustainability and keen to build a rewarding career in a purpose-driven organisation.

The role

As a Sustainability Assistant, you will support the delivery of Babcock's sustainability strategy, helping the business monitor, report on and improve its environmental and social performance. Working within the Group Sustainability team and reporting directly to the Group Head of Sustainability Engagement, you'll gain exposure to a broad range of sustainability initiatives while developing valuable skills across engagement, reporting, environmental and social impact programmes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your career in sustainability within a leading international organisation operating across defence, aerospace and engineering. Your work will support the needs of customers, regulators, investors, employees and communities, contributing to a safer, more sustainable future.

Day-to-day you’ll be responsible for:

• Supporting the delivery of the sustainability engagement strategy across the business.
• Contributing to sustainability reporting activities, including annual report content and supporting materials.
• Assisting with environmental, social and sustainability data projects across multiple functions.
• Building relationships with colleagues and stakeholders across the wider organisation to support sustainability objectives.
• Managing competing priorities while handling sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and can be based at any of our main UK locations. Hybrid working patterns are available and occasional travel for onsite team meetings will be expected.

Essential Experience of the Sustainability Assistant:

• Demonstrating a genuine commitment to environmental and/or social sustainability issues.
• Showing a desire to develop transferable skills and build experience within a sustainability function.
• Displaying curiosity, initiative and a willingness to learn.
• Possessing excellent written and verbal communication skills, alongside strong numeracy and digital literacy.
• Applying strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks effectively.

Qualifications for the Sustainability Assistant:

Essential:

• Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Business, Economics, Political Science, Geography, History, Literature, Social Sciences or Communications
• Recent completion of a related graduate-level apprenticeship.

Desirable:

• Additional study, training or experience related to sustainability, environmental management, corporate responsibility or environmental, social and governance reporting.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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 [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.

Closing date: 01/09/2026