Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor

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Location:

Darlington, GB, DL9 3LL
Preston, GB, PR2 2YB

Onsite or Hybrid:
Hybrid

Job Title:
Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor

Location:
Catterick + Fully Remote + Frequent Travel to Sites

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role

Help shape the next generation of skilled vehicle technicians

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor covering sites across the North.

As a Motor Vehicle Skills Assessor, you'll play a key role in developing future talent across the defence and automotive sectors. Working directly with apprentices in their workplace, you'll provide expert coaching, assessment and support, helping learners achieve nationally recognised qualifications while building the skills needed to succeed in critical engineering and vehicle maintenance careers. This is a rewarding opportunity to combine your industry expertise with a passion for developing people, making a real difference to individual careers, operational capability and the future workforce.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Visit learners in their workplace to deliver coaching, assessment and tailored support aligned to programme requirements.
• Plan, recording and tracking learner progress, ensuring all documentation remains accurate, compliant and up to date.
• Deliver high-quality feedback, guidance and training sessions to support successful programme completion and End Point Assessment preparation.
• Build strong relationships with learners, employers and internal stakeholders to promote a positive learning experience.
• Maintain professional standards, continuous development and compliance with quality, safeguarding, health and safety requirements.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week. There is a requirement to travel to locations including but not limited to Catterick, Newcastle upon Tyne, York, Ripon, and Preston.

• Considerable experience as a qualified assessor.
• Strong background within a motor vehicle, automotive or vehicle maintenance environment.
• Good understanding of work-based learning and apprenticeship programmes.
• Experience supporting learners to achieve vocational qualifications and competence standards.
• Ability to build effective working relationships and manage a field-based workload.

• Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (or equivalent)
• GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent) in Maths and English
• Vehicle Mechanic Level 3 Qualification (minimum Level
  3)

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Electronic Disclosure and Barring Service (EBS) 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 -  ()

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+.
• 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 the majority of 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…