Clerk

Job Title: Clerk

Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Compensation: £25,552.80 Pro Rata

Role Type: Part Time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66888

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 Clerk at our RAF Shawbury site.

The role

As a Clerk, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for creating and issuing personnel and vehicle passes to all RAF Shawbury personnel and visitors in accordance with the RAF Shawbury Control of Entry Policy in support of the HADES contract.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Issue permanent passes and permits – including providing assistance and guidance on pass application process and the issue of temporary passes when required by guardroom staff
• Control and secure the custody of passes and permits prior to issue – blank security forms are Unclassified. Blank ID cards are to be treated as Sensitive documents and safeguarded in accordance with JSP440. (Military Policy control entrance policy – Joint service publication)
• Carry out completion checks before issuing pass/permit to the recipient – including all relevant security checks following strict GDPR regulations
• Collate any required documentation for the completion of Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) vetting of passes and permits for dependants, contractors, and social personnel – ensure correct completion of all documentation.

This role is part time, 16.25 hours per week working Monday and Tuesday 6.5 hours and Wednesday 3.25 hours and based onsite at RAF Shawbury.

Essential experience of the Clerk:

• Experienced in the use of Microsoft Office, and with strong IT skills
• Previous experience working within an environment with GDPR requirements

Qualifications for the Clerk:

• We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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 [email protected] 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: 05/09/2025

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