Early Careers & Skills Development Coach (Graduates)

BAE Systems.; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology and engineering firm is seeking an Early Careers & Skills Development Coach to deliver impactful training to graduates across the UK. The ideal candidate will hold a degree and possess coaching experience in a corporate environment. This role allows for development within the early careers function and offers hybrid working arrangements. Benefits include a competitive pension scheme, health plans, and lifestyle discounts. If you're interested, apply by 12th January 2026.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
• Coaching experience gained within a corporate L&D environment.
• Experienced professional in Personal Effectiveness training and Graduate coaching.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Graduate Personal Effectiveness Programme to Graduates across UK.
• Engage and inspire learners to fulfill potential and develop skills.
• Manage and undertake graduate coaching sessions aligned to a Coaching Framework.
• Contribute to the development of the PE Programme and continuous improvement.
• Support additional projects associated with training activities.

Skills

Coaching experience

Personal Effectiveness training

Graduate coaching

Education

Degree level education

Job description

Job Title: Early Careers & Skills Development Coach (Graduates)

Location: Scotstoun, Barrow Or Preston - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £46,409

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver the Graduate Personal Effectiveness Programme to Graduates across our UK Business Units using a blended learning approach through a combination of Online and Classroom based methodologies
• Deliver outstanding teaching, learning and assessment practices that engage and inspire learners to fulfil their individual potential and develop skills, knowledge and behaviours to successfully progress within the business
• Delivery to group sizes that could vary with travel across the UK with overnight stays.
• Contribute to the development of the PE Programme as required, supporting reviews and sharing recommendations. Review and reflect on feedback making changes to continuous improvement
• Take responsibility to manage and undertake graduate coaching sessions aligned to a Coaching Framework. Coaching graduates to reach their potential providing key support, mentoring, challenge and motivation throughout all aspects of their learning journey
• Take professional pride in the role and embrace continuous professional development opportunities in support of delivering innovative and impactful teaching, learning and assessment
• Supporting additional projects associated with the training activities as required

Your skills and experiences:

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent
• Coaching experience gained within a corporate L&D environment
• Experienced professional in Personal Effectiveness training and Graduate coaching

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Early Careers team:

As an Early Careers & Skills Development Coach (Graduates), you will be delivering highly effective and engaging Personal Effectiveness training and Coaching to our Graduate population across the UK Business Units.

This role will provide you with a number of opportunities to progress within the Early Careers function.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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

12th January 2026

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.