[Hiring] Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor @Babcock

Role Description

As a Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor, you'll play a vital role in developing a skilled and capable workforce for the future. Working directly with apprentices in the workplace, you'll provide coaching, assessment and guidance that helps learners build their skills, achieve qualifications and progress confidently through their programmes. Your expertise will directly support operational excellence, customer satisfaction and long-term talent development across the defence sector.

• Deliver workplace coaching, assessment and tailored support to apprentices.
• Monitor, record and track learner progress while maintaining accurate and compliant documentation.
• Provide constructive feedback and training sessions to support successful programme completion and End Point Assessment readiness.
• Build strong relationships with learners, employers and internal stakeholders to enhance the learner experience.
• Maintain professional standards, compliance requirements and continuous professional development.

Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role. The role is based remotely, with travel required to sites across the South West including Tidworth, Lyneham, Warminster, Colerne, Larkhill, Bulford and Wiltshire. The set working times are Monday to Friday, totalling 37 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) or equivalent assessor qualification.
• Vehicle Mechanic qualification at Level 3 or above.
• GCSE Maths and English at Grade C/Level 4 or above, or equivalent.

Requirements

• Considerable experience as a qualified assessor.
• Good understanding of work-based learning programmes and apprenticeship delivery.
• Strong background within a motor vehicle or relevant engineering environment.
• Experience supporting learners to achieve qualifications and professional standards.
• Ability to build effective relationships with learners, employers and key stakeholders.

Benefits

• 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 allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘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.