Job Title: Security Administrator
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid working arrangements
Compensation: £27,434.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72174
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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 Security Administrator at our Stoke Gifford, Bristol site.
As a Security Administrator you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our site security operations, working in a high-profile role that offers strong career progression and the opportunity to collaborate across all levels of the organisation, including senior leadership. You will be part of a large, stable organisation delivering impactful, long-term projects that make a real difference to the nation’s defence.
Day-to-day, you’ll manage vetting workflows, visitor protocols and information governance, giving you a hands-on impact with stakeholders across the business whilst growing your career in a purpose driven environment.
- Manage security vetting and background‑check processes, liaising with the United Kingdom Security Vetting portal to confirm clearances.
- Administer visitor management and deliver site security inductions in Bristol.
- Maintain accurate electronic filing and team systems (e.g., SharePoint/GMS), auditing data to ensure integrity.
- Coordinate team mailboxes, track actions and provide high‑quality administrative support to the Security Controller and wider team.
- Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels to keep policies, records and processes up to date.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and based at our Babcock Technology Centre, Bristol. Hybrid working patterns are available with at least two days working onsite.
Essential experience of the Security Administrator:
- Demonstrates strong administrational skills within a fast paced, process driven environment
- Strong communication skills and ability to deliver exceptional customer service
- Skilled in time management and effective workload organisation
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and confident managing shared mailboxes and basic data analysis.
- Flexible, adaptable and a collaborative team player.
Qualifications for the Security Administrator:
- Essential: English GCSE (C or above) or NVQ in Business Administration.
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.
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.
Closing date: 30/03/2026
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