Export Control Officer

Job Title: Export Control Officer

Location: Broad Oak, Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £38,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Serving as a support contact for day-to-day advice on export control regulations and procedures
• Assisting with export control investigations, disclosure letters, corrective actions, and root cause analysis reviews
• Reviewing and developing business export controls processes and user guides; conducting compliance audits
• Implementing export control policies and processes, and preparing/delivering training to ensure stakeholder awareness
• Drafting and submitting UK export licence requests, EAR licence requests, and ITAR general correspondence
• Performing export control assurance activities
• Identifying export control risks and supporting risk reviews

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with proven ability of engaging with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to prioritise, organise, and proactively manage tasks
• Understanding of working to policies and processes

Desirable:

• Experience in a similar role involving Export Controls
• A background in compliance
• Auditing experience

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Export Control team:

An exciting opportunity to work with one of the world leaders in Export Control, at the forefront of the industry as you support within Combat Systems as part of the Naval Ships business. Enjoy a wide range of opportunities across the function, including collaborating with similar teams in other business units across BAE Systems. You’ll have the expectation and encouragement to reach out to the group, gaining exposure to various areas and build you export control network. Working alongside other Export Control officers and report directly to the Export Control Manager, you’ll have the chance to attend conferences and training, with ample opportunities for learning and development within the team and through external training.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 29th January 2025 – Interview for this position will take place week commencing 3rd February.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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