Workforce Planning Administrator

Babcock International; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering company is seeking a Workforce Planning Administrator to join their team in Telford. In this essential role, you will manage resourcing operations and ensure a seamless candidate experience. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and experience in a similar coordination role. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and includes a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in HR or workforce planning is preferred.
• Willingness to learn and grow is valued.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate resourcing operations and delivery of assessment centres.
• Manage requisitions and interviews for Vehicle Mechanic vacancies.
• Act as the main point of contact for candidate communications.
• Ensure smooth workforce planning through process management.
• Provide general administrative support across the team.

Skills

Coordination or administrative experience

Candidate management and engagement

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Strong attention to detail

Effective multitasking

Job description

Job Title: Workforce Planning Administrator

Location: Telford, Shropshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF68748

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 Workforce Planning Administrator.

The role

As a Workforce Planning Administrator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will streamline our resourcing operations and ensure the smooth execution of assessment centre activities. This role is key to maintaining operational efficiency and delivering a seamless candidate experience.

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

• Coordinate resourcing operations and support seamless delivery of assessment centres
• Manage requisitions and interview scheduling for Vehicle Mechanic vacancies
• Act as the main point of contact for candidate communications and recruitment activity
• Ensure smooth workforce planning through accurate administration and process management
• Provide general administrative support across the team.

This role is full time working 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements, mainly based on site at DSG Donnington, Shropshire.

Essential experience of the Workforce Planning Administrator

• Experience in coordination or administrative roles, preferably in HR or workforce planning
• Skilled in candidate management and engagement
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and data tracking systems
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Effective multitasker with strong prioritisation skills.

Qualifications for the Workforce Planning 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 Standard (BPSS) / 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 [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: 11/11/2025