Job Title: Business Support Administrator
Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire
Compensation: £24,242.40 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72820
Supporting those who serve – behind the scenes, where it matters most
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Business Support Administrator at MOD Lyneham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.
The role
As a Business Support Administrator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll provide administrative support to team members to ensure efficient operation of the company’s activities and to assist the field staff in the achievement of agreed performance levels.
Day-to-day, you’ll be part of a team supporting MOD apprenticeships. You’ll support 20 assessors in total with any paperwork, reviews, filing, emails and support the soldiers in their apprenticeship by importing any paperwork, as well as:
- Provide administrative support for the MoD Contracts and assist the Supervisors and Support Service manager in the effective and efficient running of the contracts
- Maintain accurate filing of Learner files and funding body paperwork
- Ensure Learner files are managed to auditable standards
- Ensure all MAYTAS responsibilities including data entry are carried out and maintained in a timely and accurate manner as indicated by the Admin supervisor
This role is full time, based on site at MOD Lyneham, situated between Chippenham and Swindon, working 37 hours per week.
Essential experience of the Business Support Administrator:
- IT literate in regard to Excel, Word, PowerPoint and MS Outlook
- Excellent verbal and written communications
- Good organisational and prioritisation skills
- Works well to support a team
- Self-motivated with ability to self-manage
Qualifications for the Business Support Administrator:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or 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 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
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 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.
Application Guidance
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.
Closing date: 27/05/2026
