Job Title: Administrator
Location: Plymouth, Devon
Compensation: £26,379 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70201
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Administrator at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As an Administrator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Your contribution will help ensure smooth operations across restricted areas and high-profile projects, giving you the chance to develop your skills and grow your career in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll provide essential support to senior managers and project teams working on some of the UK’s most important defence programmes. This is a varied and dynamic role where no two days are the same - from managing diaries and coordinating meetings to supporting events and maintaining project documentation.
- Providing administrative and secretarial support to multiple teams
- Managing diaries, arranging travel, and coordinating meetings
- Organising away days, conferences, and events onsite and offsite
- Maintaining SharePoint sites and ensuring consistency across projects
- Preparing reports, collating data, and producing presentation packs
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience of the Administrator
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational and time management abilities
- Effective decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Proficient interpersonal skills for stakeholder engagement
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
Qualifications for the Administrator
- GCSE in English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above)
- NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or Customer Service Practitioner
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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: 18/12/2025
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