Project Support Officer

Job Title:
Project Support Officer

Location:
Ashchurch, Tewkesbury + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:
Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Help Deliver Critical Defence and Security Projects That Make a Real Difference

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Support Officer at Ashchurch, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Mission Systems business, supporting the delivery of some of the UK's most important Defence and Security programmes. Working alongside experienced project professionals on highly classified and technically complex projects, you'll gain valuable exposure to project management, engineering delivery, and stakeholder engagement while helping to protect national security.

As a Project Support Officer, you'll play a vital role in supporting the successful delivery of defence and security programmes. You'll work with in a collaborative Project Management Office, providing support across complex projects while also taking ownership of your own portfolio of smaller tasks and projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with project support, coordination, business administration, or project management experience who wants to build their career in a purpose-driven organisation.

Day-to-day, you’ll gain exposure to a diverse range of engineering and technology projects, develop valuable project management skills, and contribute to programmes that have a genuine impact on society.

• Supporting the delivery of contract tasking and projects as a key member of the Project Management Office.
• Providing project administration, coordination and delivery support to Project Managers and Project Controllers on complex programmes.
• Managing a portfolio of minor projects and work packages, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives.
• Processing resource requests, coordinating schedules and monitoring resource allocation across engineering teams.
• Supporting resource planning activities by maintaining project schedules and helping align resource availability with delivery priorities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 to 4 days onsite and rest of week working from home.

• Experience managing work packages, project activities, or multiple competing priorities within a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrable organisational and coordination skills with the ability to manage changing demands effectively.
• Experience working collaboratively within a project, programme, or business support environment.
• Sound commercial or financial awareness with experience supporting budget or cost management activities.
• Experience working within the Defence and Security sector.

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.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and Developed Vetting 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 -  ().

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• 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
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