Senior Business Improvement Specialist

Location:Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Business Improvement Specialist
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £49,943 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF5924

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 Senior Business Improvement Specialist at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Senior Business Improvement Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will form a key role within an energetic and diverse team working to challenging timescales to deliver transformation projects/programmes in different functions and sectors across defence in the UK.

Day-to-day, you’ll have project management focus with a level of responsibility for ensuring projects meet objectives to the correct quality, on time and on budget by applying structured processes and governance to achieve specific objectives.

• Defining and scoping of process improvement projects within the function, and work with specialists and leads to implement improvement plans.
• Analysing business, unit and department process performance, assemble and publish performance reports including providing a commentary on variations and achievements including diagnosing issues and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Leading project activities and day to day management of the projects. Applying a structured approach and process, ensuring the team use the correct tools and techniques to deliver project(s) through the lifecycle.
• Establishing trusting relationships with the business’s key leaders and stakeholders, to ensure that there is a free flow of ideas, information and coordinated activity across the project/programme.
Undertaking of complex and non-routine assignments with minimal supervision and provide support to more junior roles.

This role is full time 35, hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Senior Business Improvement Specialist

• Experience and understanding of project management (preferably PMQ) and the delivery of projects.
• Experience in project management with knowledge of related disciplines e.g. change management and lean working.
• Knowledge and understanding of organisational change models such as Kotter’s, Lewin’s, 7-S Model, nudge theory etc.
• Experience of analysis of data to provide useful information and insights including performance against plan.
Ability to work well with small teams as well as a wider groups of stakeholders. Fostering teamwork and collaboration.

Qualifications for the Senior Business Improvement Specialist
Qualified to a degree level or be able to demonstrate a career-based knowledge and experience

Must hold one of the following

• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)
• APMG Change Management Foundation
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) 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 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
• ‘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 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: 30/10/2024