Apprenticeship and Skills Development Supervisor in Wareham

Shape the next generation of talent and make a lasting impact on skills development. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Apprenticeship and Skills Development Supervisor at Bovington, near Wareham, Dorset.

The role involves:

• Leading the delivery and continuous improvement of apprenticeship and staff development programmes.
• Supporting apprentices throughout their learning journey through coaching, mentoring, and performance monitoring.
• Coordinating structured learning plans with apprentices, assessors and internal stakeholders.
• Identifying skills gaps and implementing development initiatives to support workforce capability.
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, quality, and apprenticeship standards while driving continuous improvement.

The role is based onsite at Bovington, with working times from Monday to Thursday, 08:00 to 16:30 and Friday, 08:00 to 13:00, totalling 37 hours per week. Travel to our site at Lulworth will also be expected.

Essential Experience:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven planning, organisational, and time management abilities.
• Experience supporting learning, development, training, or apprenticeship programmes.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and motivate individuals to achieve their goals.

Qualifications:

• Educated to Level 3 in the National Qualifications Framework (for example GCSE Grade 4/C or above, NVQ Level 1, or equivalent qualification).

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

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. We call that lifetime engineering.

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 07/07/2026