Business Support Administrator

Job Title:                     Business Support Administrator

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £26,800 - £31,500 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF73436

Keep teams moving. Drive success behind the scenes. Make a real impact.

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 Business Support Administrator at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Business Support Administrator, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our operations running smoothly. Supporting a fast-paced and high-performing team within our warships sector, you’ll go beyond traditional administration—using your initiative, judgement, and organisational skills to manage priorities and enable success across the business.

Day-to-day, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to build your career in defence, aerospace and engineering, where every task you complete contributes to something bigger. You’ll work closely with stakeholders at all levels, gaining valuable exposure while developing skills in coordination, communication, and operational delivery.

• Providing comprehensive administrative support including managing schedules, travel arrangements and documentation


• Coordinating site visits, access requirements, and welfare arrangements for teams and visitors


• Prioritising competing demands and ensuring tasks are delivered efficiently and on time


• Supporting office operations during busy periods and contributing to team effectiveness


• Handling sensitive information with professionalism, discretion and confidentiality

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

Essential experience of the Business Support Administrator

• Ability to prioritise workloads and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment


• Strong communication skills and confidence engaging with stakeholders at all levels


• Experience handling sensitive and confidential information responsibly


• Proven ability to work independently, demonstrating initiative and resilience


• Commitment to delivering high-quality work consistently

Qualifications for the Business Support Administrator

• GCSE Maths and English Grade C or above (or equivalent)

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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 10/06/2026

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