Business Support Specialist

Job Title:                     Business Support Specialist

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           £33,900 - £42,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF74189

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 Associate at our Plymouth, Devon site.

The role

As a Business Associate you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of a growing and high-profile part of our business, supporting the management of critical nuclear infrastructure programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Devonport Infrastructure business management team, where your insights and analysis will directly contribute to the safe, efficient, and sustainable operation of nuclear facilities that support national security.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead reporting activities for Nuclear Operations contracts, producing performance dashboards and metrics


• Collate forecast data and developing business cases to support contract growth and change


• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to deliver actions and mitigate risks across the business


• Analyse workforce data and supporting long-term workforce and business planning


• Monitor financial performance, forecasting costs, and developing reporting tools to support decision-making

This is a full-time role of 37 hours per week based on-site at Devonport with hybrid working patterns available. You will be working a minimum of three days on site

Essential experience of the Business Associate 

• Demonstrable experience using Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, for analysis and reporting


• Experience in data analysis and interpreting data to build meaningful business insights


• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across all levels


• Awareness of commercial or financial processes within a business environment


• Experience with SAP or Power BI would be advantageous

Qualifications for the Business Associate

• A degree in a STEM or business-related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information (NNPPI) 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. 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

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 [email protected] 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: 19/06/2026

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