Apprentice Coach - Vehicle Mechanic REMOTE

SaluteMyJob; Tidworth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Vehicle Technician - Apprenticeship Coach to support the British Army's vehicle management. This unique role involves coaching and assessing vehicle mechanic learners, ensuring they complete their apprenticeship while adhering to educational standards. With a focus on flexible working arrangements, this position allows you to make a significant impact on the next generation of vehicle technicians. If you have a passion for mentoring and a background in vehicle mechanics, this opportunity offers a rewarding career path in a vital sector.

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in the vehicle mechanic field is essential.
• Good understanding of work-based learning programmes required.

Responsibilities

• Support and coach learners through their apprenticeship programme.
• Monitor and review learners to meet expectations and standards.

Skills

Vehicle Mechanic Experience

Coaching Skills

Work-based Learning Knowledge

Documentation and Reporting

Education

Level 3 Vehicle Mechanic Qualification

GCSE Maths and English (Grade C or above)

Job description

The role

As a Vehicle Technician - Apprenticeship Coach, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will play a vital role in the security of the nation whilst 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 in line with the customer's 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 role is full time working 37 hours per week, fully remote. There is a requirement to travel to our sites in Tidworth, Lyneham, Warminster, Colerne, Larkhill, Bulford and Wiltshire.

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 Vehicle Technician 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 Vehicle Technician Apprenticeship Coach

• Relevant industry related qualification (Vehicle Mechanic minimum of Level 3).
• 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 Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.