Early Careers and Skills Development Coach (Electrical)

BAE Systems (New); Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job description

Job title: Early Careers and Skills Development Coach

Location: Samlesbury – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £41,997- £45,079

What you’ll be doing:

• Effective recording / reporting of performance data in support of delivery outstanding outcomes for learners.
• The coaching and development of employees and learners through off-the-job training courses, welfare support and careers guidance to aid their progression, attainment and transition into the business.
• Embed modern learning practice such as skills competitions and problem-based learning as an integral part of the learning and assessment programme.
• Develop programme content and teaching, learning and assessment methodologies to meet individual learner and business needs.
• Providing and monitoring the effective safeguarding, SHE, welfare and support arrangements for learners whilst on Early Careers & Skills programmes.
• Effective stakeholder engagement to ensure practitioner skills and programme content is current and aligned to business needs.
• Enact effective programme delivery that utilises a coaching and blended learning pedagogy to train, monitor, develop and assess apprentices against relevant qualification Standards/frameworks in support of them attaining occupational competence.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Industrial/Domestic Electrical experience (Time served).
• Skilled professional with a track record of occupational competence.
• Effective coaching and mentoring skills.

Desirable:

• Pastoral support awareness.
• A1 or TAQA.
• PLC experience.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Early Careers team:

This role will provide you with the opportunity to coach Apprentices to reach their full potential by providing key support, mentoring, challenge, and motivation throughout all aspects of their learning journey. You will be based in the £25m purpose-built modern Academy for Skills and Knowledge as BAE Systems continue to invest record amounts in early careers.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 29^th April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.