People Centre Administrator

Babcock International; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check benefits

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping portal

Leave for Reservists (10 days)

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Flexible working

Dynamic working environment

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a People Centre Administrator to support governance, quality assurance and compliance activities across the People Centre, near Plymouth and Rosyth. The role focuses on maintaining HR process integrity, audit readiness and continuous improvement, working with stakeholders across the business.

You will assist with audits, data validation and ensuring regulatory compliance, while developing exposure to governance, risk management and HR administration in a dynamic, hybrid

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in administrative, HR, compliance or governance environments.

Responsibilities

• Gather, validating and collating documentation and data for audits.
• Support administration of Subject Access Requests per legislative requirements.
• Conduct quality assurance and compliance checks across People Centre processes.
• Monitor data accuracy and identify risk, inconsistencies or non‑compliance.
• Collaborate to improve controls and reduce errors.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Stakeholder communication

Administrative experience

Education

CIPD Level 3 or NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration

Job description

Job Title: People Centre Administrator

Help shape the standards that keep our people processes accurate, compliant and audit-ready

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a People Centre Administrator at Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon, or Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife.

As part of our Compliance & Controls team, you'll play a vital role in supporting governance, quality assurance and compliance activities across the People Centre. Your work will help ensure HR processes are delivered accurately, consistently and in line with legislative and organisational requirements

The role

As a People Centre Administrator, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact behind the scenes by helping maintain the integrity of critical people processes. Working closely with colleagues and stakeholders across the business, you'll support audits, compliance activities and continuous improvement initiatives that contribute to operational excellence. This role offers excellent exposure to governance, risk management and HR administration, making it an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys analysis, problem-solving and driving high standards.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Gather, validating and collating documentation and data required for internal and external audits.
• Support the administration and coordination of Subject Access Requests in line with legislative requirements.
• Conduct quality assurance and compliance checks across People Centre processes and transactions.
• Monitor data accuracy and identifying areas of risk, inconsistency or non-compliance.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve controls, strengthen processes and reduce errors.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the People Centre Administrator

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organisational and time-management abilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience working in an administrative, HR, compliance or governance-focused environment.

Qualifications for the People Centre Administrator

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

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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 FeesReservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 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
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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 [e-mail] 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: 21/10/2026