Training Designer in Gillingham

Location: Chatham, Kent + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: From £42,753 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of military training and make a real-world impact. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Training Designer at our Chatham site.

The role:

• Lead the design and development of training programmes and materials in line with defence standards.
• Manage projects from initial requirements through to final delivery and implementation.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to ensure training meets operational needs.
• Develop innovative learning solutions using a variety of media and technologies.
• Ensure compliance with Ministry of Defence regulations and internal quality standards.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week, and offers flexible working arrangements with a mix of onsite and home-based days, depending on business needs, which may vary from week to week. Travel to our sites at Minley and Bicester may also be required as part of the role.

Essential experience:

• Experience in training design or instructional design, ideally within a defence or military environment.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyse and improve training programmes for effectiveness and efficiency.
• Create engaging learning solutions using a range of digital tools and technologies.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Show willingness to undertake further training and professional development, including occasional offsite training.

Qualifications:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.

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 (or equivalent hours) 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. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 05/06/2026