Job Title: Commercial Support Advisor
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £30,000 - £37,700 Depending on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68540
Support Strategic Defence Contracts That Shape National Security
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 Commercial Support Advisor at our HMNB Clyde, Devonport Royal Dockyard, Babcock Technology Centre, or Hamilton International Park, Glasgow sites.
The role
As a Commercial Support Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your commercial acumen, contribute to high-value defence programmes, and grow your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll provide day-to-day commercial management support across key contracts with the Ministry of Defence, including the Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP). Working closely with the Commercial Manager and Head of Commercial, you’ll help ensure contract performance, compliance, and change management processes run smoothly.
- Assisting the Commercial Manager with contract management tasks and reporting requirements.
- Supporting the change management process, including drafting and negotiating contract changes.
- Managing relationships with clients to ensure positive engagement and service delivery.
- Providing general commercial and administrative support, including maintaining departmental databases.
- Ensuring compliance with internal processes and commercial governance.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Commercial Support Advisor
- Strong MS Excel skills.
- Experience working in large organizations.
- Background in contracts and administration.
- Understanding of general business procurement processes.
- Experience with Ministry of Defense contracts (beneficial but not essential).
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.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 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. 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
- 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: 05/11/2025