Business Administration Apprenticeship

Programme title: Business Administration Apprenticeship Level: SCQF Level 6 Salary: Year 1 £19,120 Year 2 £21,550 Location: HM Naval Base Clyde Application closing date: 10th April 2025 Programme start date: August 2025 Role ID: 62783

Excited about working in a business, but not sure where to start? On our Business Administration Apprenticeship, you’ll discover how our business operates, gain real-world work experience, and explore where your career might take you.

About the programme

As an Administration Apprentice, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that the day-to-day operations of our business run efficiently and effectively.

On this 2-year apprenticeship, you'll provide support across various departments, developing skills like customer service, diary management, document control, training administration and event coordination.

Throughout your apprenticeship, you could be involved in projects like designing marketing materials for careers events or researching and collating information for internal use. You'll also collaborate on team projects to build your communication, problem-solving, and project management capabilities.

Your education/training

As part of your apprenticeship, you will receive training at West College Scotland. You will study towards an SVQ in Business and Administration at SCQF Level 6.

You’ll learn how to manage workloads, communicate and plan effectively, and improve your performance in a business environment.

Future prospects

Upon completion of the programme, you can expect to earn a competitive salary exceeding £25,000.

You may also have the opportunity to undertake higher-level qualifications to further your career within Babcock across a variety of roles and functions.

What you’ll need

National 5 (Grade A-C) in Mathematics/Application of Mathematics, English, and one other subject. Strong communication abilities and excellent organisational skills are essential. Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which roles you are eligible for. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). For our early careers roles, you must be able to achieve BPSS (Baseline security) and many of them require you to be eligible for full Security Clearance.

What you’ll get

We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career.

In addition, you’ll benefit from:

Fully funded qualification Personal development training and opportunities Minimum 28 days holiday allowance including bank holidays Competitive pension scheme Employee share scheme Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme and employee shopping savings portal

You’ll also have the chance to get involved in our STEM outreach activities and volunteering opportunities, which our apprentices find incredibly rewarding.

Your career development

It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive. You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career. Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Apprentice Development Programme. Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partners, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.

Closing dates

Please be aware that if there is a high level of interest in this programme, applications may close earlier than advertised. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this programme, please submit your application as early as possible.