Fire Fighter Trainer

Babcock International; Harrow; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday

Pension and life cover

Digital GP

Shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Reservists leave

Job summary

Babcock in the United Kingdom is seeking a Fire Fighter Trainer to develop competent, confident firefighters and deliver engaging development training across classroom and practical environments. You will assess learner performance, provide constructive feedback, maintain a safe learning environment, and support learner wellbeing, while adhering to health, safety and safeguarding requirements.

The role is full-time, on site, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend work;

Qualifications

• Background in firefighting or operational experience is advantageous.
• Passion for training and developing others.
• Ability to deliver engaging learning experiences to adult learners.
• Experience teaching, coaching, or presenting to groups is beneficial.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging firefighter development training to groups in classroom and practical environments.
• Assess learner performance, record results accurately and provide constructive feedback.
• Maintain a safe, inclusive and professional learning environment in line with health, safety and safeguarding requirements.
• Support learner wellbeing, identifying welfare concerns and escalating when appropriate.
• Contribute subject matter expertise to training improvement activities and programme development.

Skills

Training delivery

Assessing learners

Communication

Adult learning

Safety and safeguarding

Job description

As a Fire Fighter Trainer, you'll play a vital role in developing competent, confident and operationally ready firefighters. This is a rewarding opportunity to combine your operational or training experience with a passion for developing people, helping to ensure the successful delivery of one of the UK's most important emergency services training contracts. Every day, you'll make a direct contribution to learner success, public safety and operational excellence.

• Deliver engaging firefighter development training to groups of learners in classroom and practical environments.
• Assess learner performance, record results accurately and provide constructive feedback to support development.
• Maintain a safe, inclusive and professional learning environment in line with health, safety and safeguarding requirements.
• Support learner wellbeing, identifying welfare concerns and escalating when appropriate.
• Contribute subject matter expertise to training improvement activities and programme development.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role. This is a full-time, onsite role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend working as required.

Qualifications

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/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

• Fire-related background or operational experience would be advantageous.
• Passion for training and developing others.
• Ability to deliver engaging learning experiences to adult learners.
• Experience teaching, coaching, assessing or presenting to groups would be beneficial.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.

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.

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 (www.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 (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.