Quality Lead

Babcock International; Swindon; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense training organization is seeking a Quality Lead to ensure high standards in training programs. The role is based in Chippenham and involves conducting quality assurance and mentoring staff. Candidates should have extensive experience in education quality and hold relevant teaching qualifications. An attractive benefits package is offered, including generous holidays, a pension scheme, and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Responsibilities

• Conduct quality assurance activities including sampling plans and observations.
• Provide clear feedback to trainers to support their development.
• Drive standardisation and share best practices for consistency.
• Support training programmes and mentor new staff.
• Maintain quality documentation and training matrices.

Skills

Education/training quality experience

Conducting teaching and learning observations

Conducting IQA activity

Knowledge of DSAT process

Appropriate engineering industry experience

Education

Level 2 English and Maths or equivalent

Level 5 or above teaching qualification

Quality qualification (e.g., Qualified IQA)

Job description

Job Title: Quality Lead

Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire

Compensation: £40,040+ Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69991

Shape the Future of Defence Training

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Quality Lead at Lyneham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The role

As a Quality Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring that Defence training programmes are delivered to the highest standards. By embedding robust quality assurance processes, supporting staff development, and driving consistency in teaching and assessment, you’ll enhance learner outcomes, strengthen compliance with awarding bodies, and build customer confidence. This is a professional role that makes a real difference to the business and society, while offering you opportunities for career development and personal growth.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Conduct quality assurance activities including sampling plans, teaching observations, and learning walks
• Provide clear, constructive feedback to trainers and support their ongoing development
• Drive standardisation and share best practice to ensure consistency of delivery
• Support accredited and non-accredited training programmes, mentoring new and existing staff
• Maintain quality documentation, CPD records, and training matrices in line with ISO and regulatory standards

The role is based onsite at Lyneham, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week. Occasional travel to other sites is required.

Essential experience of the Quality Lead:

• Extensive education/training quality experience ideally in the adult sector
• Experience of conducting teaching and learning observations
• Experience of conducting IQA activity against accredited standards
• Knowledge of DSAT (Defence Systems Approach to Training ) process is an advantage
• Appropriate engineering industry experience is desirable

Qualifications for the Quality Lead:

• Level 2 English and Maths or equivalent
• Level 5 or above teaching qualification (or working towards)
• Quality qualification (e.g., Qualified IQA) (or working towards)

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 (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 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.

Closing date: 01/12/2025