Library Administrator

Role ID: SF76419

Help shape learning and enable success at the heart of defence training

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Library Administrator at MOD Lyneham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Land Training business, supporting learners, instructors, and staff through the delivery of high-quality library and information services. You'll play a vital role in ensuring training resources are accessible, organised, and available to those developing the skills that support UK defence capability. If you're passionate about customer service, knowledge sharing, and creating positive user experiences, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful difference while developing your own career in a unique and rewarding environment.

The role

As a Library Administrator, you'll be responsible for delivering customer-focused library and information services that support learning, training, and day-to-day operations at MOD Lyneham. Working within a collaborative team, you'll help maintain an efficient and professional library service, ensuring trainees, staff, and visitors can access the resources they need to succeed.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Assist library users to access books, digital resources, and specialist information.
• Manage the issue, return, and administration of library materials, including course resources.
• Maintain accurate records through library management systems, stock control, and inventory checks.
• Support trainees and staff with computer access, printing, scanning, and online learning systems.
• Deliver library inductions and promoting library services to enhance engagement and awareness.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at MOD Lyneham.

Essential experience of the Library Administrator

• Experience working within a library, learning resource centre, or similar customer-focused information environment.
• Experience delivering excellent front-line customer service and responding to user enquiries.
• Experience using ICT systems, databases, library management systems, and standard Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience undertaking administrative duties, including record keeping, data collection, and reporting.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively while managing competing priorities.

Qualifications for the Library Administrator

• GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade C/4 or above in English and Maths (literate and numerate)
• ECDL or equivalent ICT qualification, or demonstrable equivalent experience

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (EDBS) 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 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.