Apprenticeship Coach

Job Title: Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic
Location: Wiltshire + Remote + Frequent Travel
Compensation: £36,400 + Benefits
Role Type: Full Time/ Permanent
Role ID: SF62378

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Apprenticeship Coach within our Land Training division.

The role
As an Apprenticeship Coach, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. We play a vital role in the security of the nation, supporting the equipment used by the British Army. This includes the fleet management of over 50,000 vehicles, ranging from quad bikes and generators to main battle tanks, and weapons from pistols to cannons.

Day-to-day, you’ll visit vehicle mechanic learners within their workplace using your vocational experience and knowledge to deliver learning, coach, assess and support them to achieve their apprenticeship.

• Support, motivate and coach all learners through their apprenticeship programme, ensuring all components of the apprenticeship programme are completed in a timely manner whilst meeting awarding organisation, ESFA and Ofsted requirements.
• Monitor and review learners inline with the customers expectations.
• Ensure all required documentation is completed to the correct standard and within agreed timelines.
• Provide portfolio building advice and guidance to learners based on the requirements of their programme.
• Effectively record, plan and track individual learner progress in accordance with agreed paperwork and reporting processes.

This full-time role (37 hours/week) can be based at any of our Land Division locations in the southwest, including but not limited to: Lyneham, Warminster, Colerne, Larkhill, or Bulford. It involves traveling four days a week to visit learners at their workplaces, with one day working from home for administrative tasks.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential experience of the Apprenticeship Coach

• Considerable experience in the vehicle mechanic field.
• Good understanding of work-based learning programmes.
• Previous experience in the defence sector, ideally within the army arena (desired not essential).

Qualifications for the Apprenticeship Coach

• Relevant industry related qualification (Vehicle Mechanic minimum of Level 3).
• Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (desirable).
• Award / Certificate in Education & Training (or equivalent).
• Maths and English – GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent).

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 willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Enhanced DBS and Child Barring Service(EDBSCBL) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

• 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.
• ‘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.