Job Title: Head of Intelligence and Security
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60200
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as the Head of Intelligence and Security at our Ashchurch site.
The Role
As the Head of Intelligence and Security, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. From day one, you will make a positive impact and you will be accountable for the provision of subject matter expertise for a major Electronic Warfare-focussed project.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for a team of multi discipline individuals covering various contract supporting numerous customers. The role supports both UK and International sites making this dynamic and varied.
- Build collaborative working relationships with customers, partners and other stakeholders.
- Harness the collective talent these organisations and our own growing Electronic Warfare capability.
- Apply your expertise to guide this highly capable team through smooth, successful contract delivery.
- Directly support our strategy to expand our extensive capability providing support to Partners Across Government (PAG).
- Accountable for the development of bid strategies, planning budgets, activities (development and execution), achieving delivery milestones and exceeding our growth targets in the Cyber and Electro Magnetic Activities (CEMA) space.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the onsite and 2 days working from home.
Essential Experience of the Head of Intelligence and Security
- A background in leading successful project and programme delivery within a Defence and/or Partners Across Government environment.
- A strong background and understanding of the Joint Cyber and Electro Magnetic Activities environment and experience of operating with and understanding the needs of Partners Across Government.
- A good understanding of the defence domain, preferably with experience in Maritime Electronic Warfare and Naval Combat Systems.
- A track record of developing and nurturing key stakeholder relationships (both internal and external) to achieve results.
- Commercial acumen within a complex project delivery environment (including, profit and loss accounting, forecasting and Earned Value Management, contract oversight, and the identification and management of benefits and risk).
- A demonstrable appetite for business growth, capability development and leading teams.
Qualifications for the Head of Intelligence and Security
- Degree qualified (or equivalent) in relevant technical or management discipline.
- Holds, or has the potential to achieve, Chartered membership of an appropriate professional association or institute.
- Recognised project management qualifications, ideally accredited by the Association for Project Management.
- A full passport and driving license.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Enhanced Developed Vetting (EDV) security clearance for this role. However, you will be able to start with Developed Vetting (DV), but you must be able to achieve Enhanced Developed Vetting (EVD) in post.
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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘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
- Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
- Potential to develop skills
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: 11/11/2024
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