Jobs at BAE Systems in United Kingdom

Job Title:Early Careers & Skills Development Lead (Software & Digital)

Location:Samlesbury. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary:£50,592 + depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing:

• A team leader who will coach and inspire the team to deliver modern and innovative Education and training programmers through a blended learning pedagogy
• EC&S Development Leader will inspire learning with a emphasis on coaching where continuous professional development is intrinsically linked to continuous quality improvement and the delivery of service excellence
• Responsible for the design and delivery of Early Careers & Skills education and training programmers
• Responsible for performance monitoring and reporting to meet the demands of internal/ external quality monitoring and compliance
• Manage performance in line with set KPIs and business objectives and ensure an effective learning culture is embedded that inspires continuous improvement and service excellence

Your skills and experiences:

• Understand Business Unit requirements and translate those into innovative teaching, learning and assessment methods in order to deliver fit-for-purpose learners to the business. Software/Digital or Engineering
• Have breadth of understanding of the business in order to replicate real-life simulations within the learning environment
• Effective awareness of changing business and future skills requirements with an ability to review and amend curriculum delivery to meet this need
• Broad leadership responsibility, leading multi-layered teams of professionals which typically include learner populations
• Have a broad, multi-functional focus, looking across the Early Careers portfolio of activity

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 EDAS Software team:

The EDAS Software team has a diverse background from both industry and education sectors, which enables them to actively support the apprentices along their apprenticeship journey and work collaboratively with internal stakeholders.

The team currently consists of 6 Skills Coaches which cover 3 sites including Warton/Samlesbury with links to partners Brough, Christchurch and Yeovil, however everyone works collaboratively both virtually and in person on a regular basis.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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:22nd May 2025

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.

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