Travel Administrator

  • Ref:
    87468
  • Location:
    Chippenham
  • Employment:
    Full time

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Job Title: Travel Administrator 
Salary: £24,637.57 per annum
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Weekly Contractual Hours: 37.5 (8AM to 4.30PM- Monday to Friday)
Location: MoD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, SN15 4PZ

Join our dynamic Base Administration Office team at MOD Lyneham and become the trusted travel expert for the Armed Forces personnel. In this pivotal role, you'll manage and coordinate a wide range of travel arrangements, ensuring smooth journeys for personnel who serve our nation.
You'll be the central point of contact for all travel needs, using an online booking system and working closely with external agencies, booking companies, and budget holders. This position offers variety, with opportunities to rotate through different responsibilities and gain new skills—full training provided.
If you're organised, detail-driven, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is your chance to make a real impact while building a rewarding career.  

The role provides a dedicated focal point for personnel administration, including direct customer interaction and liaison with supervisors and managers. Responsibilities include arranging travel in line with requests by using online booking systems and coordinating with booking companies, budget holders, and customers to ensure the most cost-effective travel options are secured. The position involves collating and maintaining budget-related information, protecting personnel data, and carrying out data input across various online systems. All activities must be conducted in accordance with Defence policies, Health and Safety regulations, and General Data Protection Regulations. The role also requires undertaking any additional tasks as directed by the Line Manager, including providing support or cover for other staff during periods of absence.

We are seeking a highly organised and confident individual with exceptional communication skills and the ability to contribute effectively at all levels. The ideal candidate will be versatile, intuitive, and professional, demonstrating sound judgement and absolute integrity in every aspect of their work. They must be proactive and adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changing needs of the business and customers while remaining calm under pressure. The role requires a reliable and well-presented individual who consistently projects a positive image and upholds Mitie's core values. In addition, the candidate must have a proven track record of delivering high-quality administration and customer-facing service, be a credible and effective verbal and written communicator capable of building strong working relationships, be IT literate with a good working knowledge of MS Office applications, and have the ability to manage short-notice changes to requirements and deadlines.

Additional Information 

MOD Security clearance and DBS Standard is requirement, as well as Proof of right to work in UK. Candidate will be required to wear approved company uniform. 

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 76,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

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Hestia SW - MoD Lyneham - Chippenham
MoD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, SN15 4PZ
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