People Centre Administrator

Job Title: People Centre Administrator

Location: Plymouth, Devon + Bristol + Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £25,000 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63362

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 People Centre Administrator at any of our Devonport Royal Dockyard, Babcock Technology Centre or Rosyth sites.

The role

As a People Centre Administrator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Join the Employee Lifecycle Team, providing accurate and efficient support to employees and line managers at every stage of their journey across all Babcock sites.

Day-to-day, you’ll support candidates, employees and line managers across all Babcock sites with accurate, efficient contract management and seamless onboarding.

• Collaborate with the People Centre Team to support HR and line managers with complex queries
• Provide consistent updates to hiring managers and candidates throughout the onboarding process
• Deliver accurate contract and onboarding support across all Babcock sites

This role is full time 37.5, hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the People Centre Administrator

• Respond to escalated HR enquiries, ensuring alignment with company policy and employment legislation
• Manage employee lifecycle cases including leavers, contract changes, and flexible leave policies
• Draft contracts and letters for variations such as promotions, shift changes, and extensions
• Ensure all processes meet business standards and legal requirements, including data protection
• Resolve payroll queries in collaboration with Time and Attendance and Payroll teams

Qualifications for the People Centre Administrator

• CIPD Level 3 or NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration qualification desired or relevant experience/working towards this - Desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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: 19/08/2025

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