Skills Coach - Regulatory Compliance Officer in Derby

As the recent addition to the Knovia Group, and a truly purpose-driven organisation, Babington are committed to developing better futures: for individuals, organisations, and society. For us that means developing skills and creating opportunity for individuals and organisations to perform at their very best.

Are you committed to developing talent and driving meaningful change in workforce development? We are looking for an experienced and motivational Regulatory Compliance expert to join our team to support and develop learners working in complex regulatory compliance-focused environments. This is a specialist role, ideal for someone who enjoys combining compliance expertise with teaching, mentoring and developing.

As a Skills Coach with Babington, you will play a key role in coaching and mentoring learners working towards the successful and timely achievement of their learning programme, whilst creating and maintaining cohesive and communicative relationships with learners and employers. You will use your exceptional teaching and learning experience to provide blended academic and pastoral advice, guidance and support, ensuring a safe and conducive working environment, whilst delivering excellence to learners.

• Deliver engaging, high-quality teaching, assessment and learner support in regulatory compliance qualifications.
• Provide in-depth coaching and mentoring support and advice throughout the learning journey and End Point Assessment through an effective use of coaching frameworks.
• Support learners to identify, assess, and manage risks, including non-compliance at organisational and individual levels.
• Establish and maintain professional working relationship with a diverse range of employers, ensuring that they are informed and part of the learning journey for their workforce.
• Champion a strong culture of compliance, reinforcing the importance of regulatory responsibilities across organisations.
• Promote and embed Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding, British Values, Prevent and Health and Safety to all learning sessions.
• Compile and maintain all learner documentation on the relevant e-portfolio system.

We are keen to hear from candidates who bring practical regulatory and compliance experience alongside a passion for developing others.

• Experience in promoting the importance of compliance and their organisation’s role in supporting compliance.
• Knowledge of how to collect evidence and data related to non-compliance using available techniques, for example investigations, audits, inspections.
• Experience in assessing products and services, including any associated internal controls to ensure they meet legal, regulatory and organisational requirements.
• Grade A-C GCSE in English and Maths or equivalent.
• Level 3 Award in Education & Training (or equivalent) qualification.
• Level 3 Assessor qualification (CAVA/TAQA) would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of the Awarding Organisations, End Point Assessment and other regulatory arrangements.
• Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards and end-point assessment criteria.
• Experience managing learner caseloads and delivering against performance targets.
• Excellent communication, time management, and digital delivery skills.
• A genuine passion for supporting learners and helping them achieve their goals.

Babington is an inclusive, welcoming and supportive place to work with a fantastic culture which supports each employee's learning, development and career growth.

• Babington Engage.
• Bupa Healthcare – Cash plan.
• 25 Days annual leave plus Bank holidays.
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme.
• Employer Pension contribution.

We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate. Babington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and employees associated with our business. We, therefore, expect all employees to share this commitment and demonstrate our values within all aspects of their work.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Babington is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependent on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.