Contract Support Assistant

Job Title:                     Contract Support Assistant

Location:                     Andover, Hampshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary

Role Type:                   Part Time / Fixed Term Contract

Role ID:                       SF69350

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 Contract Support Assistant.

The role

As a Contract Support Assistant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will coordinate and oversee travel arrangements for Babcock employees within your area of responsibility.

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

• Support the coordination and oversight of medicals, inoculations, and training compliance for all deployed personnel
• Manage ad hoc requests related to employee medical and travel bookings
• Liaise with external suppliers and maintain accurate use of booking systems.

This role is part time working 22 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office and Friday working from home. Friday afternoons (12–4pm) are a fixed requirement, with flexibility to arrange the additional 2 working days to suit the candidate’s availability.

Essential experience of the Contract Support Assistant:

• Proven experience in personal assistance, administration, or customer service roles
• Skilled in managing ad hoc and last-minute requests with efficiency and composure
• Strong ability to prioritise tasks and manage competing deadlines effectively.

Qualifications for the Contract Support Assistant:

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 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: 14/11/2025