Hybrid Assistant Project Manager

at Babcock International Group

• Job title: Assistant Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £43,935 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

• Assistant Project Manager driving digital transformation in defence at Babcock Technology Centre. Delivering innovative solutions and managing project scopes in a hybrid working environment.

Responsibilities

• Help deliver innovative digital solutions that support critical defence operations
• Work on projects that shape the future of technology within Babcock, ensuring systems and processes meet the highest standards of security and efficiency
• Developing tasking orders to secure resources and manage delivery
• Facilitating and agreeing requirements, project scope, and solutions for work packages
• Monitoring schedules and maintaining project cost and time estimates
• Supporting risk management processes, including identification and mitigation of risks
• Driving improvements in quality, schedule, and cost while capturing lessons learned

Requirements

• Experience applying APM, PRINCE2, and ITIL methodologies in project environments
• Proven background in project management or PMO roles with full lifecycle understanding
• Strong knowledge of procurement, scheduling, budgeting, risk, and stakeholder management
• Familiarity with project management frameworks and leadership principles
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Degree-level education or equivalent professional qualification
• Prince2 or APMP certification (or equivalent)
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Benefits

• 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.
• ‘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.