Apprenticeship Coach

Babcock International; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global defence company is looking for a Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor to work remotely while frequently traveling across the Southwest. In this full-time position, you will coach and assess Army mechanics, guiding them through their qualification journey. Essential qualifications include a Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement and Level 3 Vehicle Mechanic certification. Competitive salary, company car, and generous benefits are offered, with a strong commitment to work-life balance.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading available

Volunteering Day

Qualifications

• Considerable experience as a qualified assessor.
• Strong background in a relevant industry environment.
• Good understanding of work-based learning programmes.

Responsibilities

• Visiting learners to deliver coaching and assessment.
• Motivating and guiding apprentices through their qualifications.
• Monitoring and ensuring timely completion of programmes.
• Advising learners on portfolio building.
• Recording and tracking learner progress.

Skills

Qualified Assessor

Understanding of work-based learning programmes

Industry experience

Education

Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

GCSE Grade C in Maths and English

Vehicle Mechanic Level 3 Qualification

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor

Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire + Fully Remote + Frequent Travel to Sites

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Company Car + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71066

Drive the future of defence engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor covering sites across the Southwest.

The role

As a Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor, you’ll step away from the tools and into a career that shapes the next generation of Army vehicle mechanics. You’ll use your hands-on expertise to coach, guide and assess learners working across the British Army’s extensive fleet from quad bikes and generators to battle tanks and heavy artillery. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on national defence while advancing your own career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

Day-to-day you’ll be

• Visiting learners in their workplace to deliver coaching, assessment and support
• Motivating and guiding apprentices through their qualification journey
• Monitoring progress and ensuring timely completion of all programme components
• Advising learners on portfolio building and meeting programme requirements
• Recording and tracking learner progress in line with reporting processes

Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

The role is based remotely, with travel required to sites across the Southwest including but not limited to Tidworth, Lyneham, Warminster, Colerne, Larkhill, Bulford and Wiltshire. The set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience

• Considerable experience as a qualified assessor
• Strong background in a relevant industry environment
• Good understanding of work-based learning programmes

Qualifications

• Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (or equivalent)
• GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• Vehicle Mechanic Level 3 Qualification (minimum Level 3)

Security clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC), Enhanced DBS, Child Barring Service and Adult Barring Service security clearance for this role. National security clearance and Trade Control restrictions may affect eligibility depending on place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

About Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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 [e-mail] 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.

Closing date: 10/02/2026