Centre Administrator

Babcock Canada Inc.; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A major training organization in Bristol is seeking a part-time Centre Administrator to support the smooth operation of the Severn Park Fire & Rescue Training Centre. The role requires strong customer service skills and involves reception duties, administration, and managing course bookings. Applicants should demonstrate the ability to work independently and in a team within a 24/7 operational environment. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package and a commitment to an inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience liaising effectively with contractors, clients, and visitors.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient reception, administration, and information assurance services.
• Manage course bookings and maintain audit trails.
• Administer purchase orders and maintain event management systems.
• Act as Information Assurance Officer and ensure quality practices.

Skills

Strong customer relationship skills

Ability to work independently and in a team

Job description

Location: Avonmouth, Bristol, GB, BS35 2LH

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Role Type: Part Time / Fixed Term Contract 52 weeks

Role ID: SF70797

Support the smooth running of a vital training centre

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Centre Administrator at Severn Park Fire & Rescue Training Centre, near Avonmouth, Bristol.

The role

As a Centre Administrator, you’ll provide essential reception, administration, and information assurance services to support the operational and contractual requirements of the training centre. From managing course bookings and maintaining audit trails to liaising with contractors and clients, your work will ensure the centre runs efficiently and meets quality standards.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Provide efficient reception, administration, and information assurance services
• Administer purchase orders, receipting goods, and maintain event management and SharePoint systems
• Manage training and third-party administration, including course bookings and accurate reporting
• Act as Information Assurance Officer, promoting quality and compliance practices

This role is part time, 33 hours per week and is based on site at Severn Park Fire & Rescue Training Centre.

Essential experience of the Centre Administrator:

• Strong customer relationship skills, with experience liaising effectively with contractors, clients, and visitors
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team, ensuring smooth handovers in a 24/7 operational environment

Qualifications for the 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 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

• 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.