Academic Office Manager

4 weeks ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Manpower RPO - Babcock Full time
Job Title: Office Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Compensation: £31,290 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF59925

At Babcock, we're committed to creating a safe and secure world, together. As an Office Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site, you'll play a vital role in helping us achieve this goal.

The Role:

As an Office Manager, you'll be responsible for the management of the executive suite, providing mentoring and guidance to the administration team. Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Establishing and implementing an admin Hub to ensure resources are used effectively, supporting all demands from the business, various projects, and their teams.
  • Management of the administration team, delegating work as and when required to meet the demands of the business.
  • Leading the recruitment process for all gapped posts for the Hub, as well as being responsible for all Personal Development Reports (PDR) for direct reports and identifying any additional training.
  • Mentoring new members of staff and apprentices, providing support to the apprentices at project meetings and attending careers fairs to promote the apprenticeship scheme.

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

Essential Experience:

Strong leadership skills with experience of managing/supervising and coaching/mentoring a team.

Qualifications:

GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or equivalent.

NVQ L3 in Business and Administration or equivalent discipline.

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.

Babcock International

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 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.



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