Apprenticeship Coach - Vehicle Mechanic

Babcock International; Bath; On-site; GBP 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Apprenticeship Coach to guide and support vehicle mechanic learners. This role involves visiting learners at their workplaces, utilizing your vocational experience to deliver learning and coaching. You'll play a crucial part in ensuring that all components of the apprenticeship are completed timely and meet required standards. With a commitment to security and excellence, this role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the training of future mechanics while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package. If you are passionate about education and skilled in coaching, this position could be your next great adventure.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support and coach learners through their apprenticeship programme.
• Monitor and review learners to meet customer expectations.
• Ensure documentation is completed to the correct standard.

Skills

Vocational Experience

Coaching Skills

Assessment Skills

Understanding of Work-Based Learning

Knowledge of Vehicle Mechanic Field

Education

Relevant Industry Related Qualification (Level 3)

Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Award/Certificate in Education & Training

GCSE in Maths and English (Grade C or above)

Job description

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.

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.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your 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 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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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 [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.