Senior Administrator Are you ready to take on a role where accuracy, trust and impact truly matter? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same, and where your expertise helps protect people, assets and national level operations? If so, this is your opportunity to play a pivotal role at the heart of our Vetting Office. Full time/part time: Full time Pay rate: £16.77 - £19.28 Job category: Professional Services Location: Dounreay/Hybrid Closing Date: 13/05/2026 What Youll Do In this key role, you will provide senior administrative support to the Vetting Office, ensuring all personnel security processes run smoothly, meet the highest quality standards, and are delivered on time. Youll take ownership of vital vetting workflows, maintain high assurance systems, collaborate with national security partners, and guide the team in delivering a trusted, compliant and efficient service. Youll help deliver a robust personnel security service, managing end vetting activity, overseeing our access control systems, and ensuring compliance with HMG and ONR standards. Acting as a knowledgeable and trusted specialist, youll support complex enquiries, maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement across our processes while providing administrative support. Key responsibilities will include: - Manage vetting, aftercare and the Automated Access Control System (AACS), providing expert oversight and reporting. - Verify sensitive documentation and data in line with HMG and ONR requirements, maintaining accurate procedures and records. - Act as the specialist contact for complex vetting matters, building strong partnerships with UKSV, ONR and internal stakeholders. - Support and guide the vetting team, delivering training, supervision and delegated decision making where required. What Youll Bring You will bring strong administrative expertise, a high level of professionalism, and the ability to work with discretion in a regulated and fast environment. Youll balance accuracy with efficiency, demonstrate confidence using systems and databases, and show calm competence under pressure, all while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality and integrity. To succeed, youll have solid administrative experience, strong IT skills, excellent communication abilities and a keen eye for detail. Youll be comfortable managing multiple priorities, working both independently and as part of a close-knit Team and ideally bring experience from a compliance driven or security regulated setting. - Relevant administrative experience, strong IT skills (including Excel), and confidence with databases and systems. - Excellent written and verbal communication, accuracy, and the ability to maintain strict confidentiality. - Ability to manage changing priorities, work independently, and deliver high quality outputs in a demanding environment. - Experience in security, nuclear, or regulated compliance settings. SC/DV clearance or eligibility is desirable. - Post specific capability analysis assessment