Job title: Early Careers and Skills Coach – Finance – Please note this is a part time position

Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £30,405 (£45,000 FTE) – depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and deliver a coaching-led programme using blended learning approaches aligned to apprenticeship standards and occupational goals

• Support apprentices in their progression by monitoring performance, providing timely feedback, and guiding them toward successful completion of their programme

• Deliver off-the-job training and provide welfare support, career guidance, and skills development tailored to individual need

• Ensure all learning activities uphold safety, safeguarding, and professional standards

• Promote modern and engaging learning practices including problem-based learning, skills competitions, and enrichment activities

• Inspire and coach learners to reach their full potential, developing them into confident and autonomous employees

• Monitor and maintain effective safeguarding, health and safety, welfare, and support practices throughout the programme

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Demonstrable occupational competence within the finance sector

• Strong coaching skills with proven experience in a coaching or mentoring environment

• A genuine passion for early careers development, apprenticeships, and learning

Desirable:

• Recognised teaching or learning delivery qualification

• Experience delivering learning and training within a professional or apprenticeship setting

• Assessor qualification (e.g., TAQA or equivalent)

• Professional registration in a relevant finance-related discipline

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Early Careers & Skills Team:

As part of this role you will get the opportunity to support the development and success of our apprentices. In this role, you will deliver a high-quality, blended learning programme that nurtures talent, builds occupational competence, and helps individuals successfully transition into professional finance roles within the business.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 31st July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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