Job Title: Training and Competence Administrator
Location: Blantyre, Glasgow
Compensation: £30,245 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF70267
Join a team that powers progress and protects what 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 Training & Competence Administrator at Stephenson Place, Blantyre, near Glasgow.
The role
As a Training & Competence Administrator, you’ll be at the heart of ensuring our workforce remains fully qualified and compliant. This is a key role that supports the delivery of all training and competence activities, enabling us to meet industry, customer, and regulatory requirements. You’ll make a real difference by maintaining accurate records, coordinating training events, and supporting our teams to deliver excellence.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
- Coordinate and administer all training and assessment activities, including scheduling and learner communications
- Maintain accurate records across systems such as IFS, CMS, and Sentinel
- Process applications, licences, certificates, and customer requests
- Manage travel, accommodation, purchase orders, invoicing, and general office administration
- Communicate effectively with internal and external customers to ensure smooth delivery of training events.
This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract working 35 hours per week:
- Monday to Thursday: 08:30 – 16:15 (30-minute break)
- Friday: 08:30 – 15:00 (30-minute break)
Initially, you’ll be office-based during training, then move to a hybrid model of three days in the office and two days from home.
Essential experience of the Training & Competence Administrator:
- Experience in a Training Administration role
- Strong administrative skills and computer literacy, including MS Office
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- Experience in an office environment
- Background in customer service.
Qualifications for the Training & Competence 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
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 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: 20/01/2026