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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 Centre Administrator at Severn Park Fire and Rescue Training Centre, Avonmouth.

The role

As a Training Centre Administrator, you'll play a vital role in supporting the smooth day-to-day operation of a busy training centre. From coordinating training administration and managing reception services to supporting information assurance and compliance activities, you'll help ensure an outstanding experience for customers, visitors and colleagues alike. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive team where your organisational skills and attention to detail will make a real difference.

Day-to-day, you will be:

Providing efficient reception, administration and information assurance services.
Managing training administration activities, including course bookings and reporting.
Administering purchase orders, receipting goods and maintaining relevant business systems.
Maintaining accurate audit trails for attendance records, feedback, accommodation and training activities.
Supporting the help desk function and liaising with contractors, clients, visitors and internal stakeholders.

This is a permanent, part-time position based onsite at Severn Park Fire and Rescue Training Centre, Avonmouth.

The working hours will equate to 31.5 hours per week pro rata and will consist of three 11-hour shifts per week, with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break deducted from each shift. Shifts will normally be worked on consecutive days.

The role will also include occasional weekend working, although this will be limited to one day per weekend, either a Saturday or a Sunday.

Please note that the number of shifts worked each week may vary depending on the rota and training programme requirements. As a result, some weeks may involve two shifts, while others may require four shifts.

Essential experience of the Training Centre Administrator:

Strong customer service and relationship-building skills.
Experience liaising effectively with customers, contractors, visitors or internal stakeholders.
Good computer literacy and confidence using office systems.
The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.

Qualifications for the Training Centre 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 Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) / Standard (BPSS) 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
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‘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.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of strong candidates.

Closing date: 27/07/2026