Job Title: Emerging Talent Manager
Location: Hybrid, UK with frequent travel to Warrington, Rosyth and Clyde
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF69990
Lead the Future of Talent at Babcock
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Emerging Talent Manager near Rosyth, Clyde, or other UK locations.
The role
As an Emerging Talent Manager, you’ll shape the next generation of talent across our organisation. This is a strategic role where you’ll design, deliver, and evolve programmes that attract and develop graduates, apprentices, and interns.
Day-to-day, you’ll directly influence our future workforce, ensuring we have the skills and diversity needed to meet critical national projects. It’s a chance to make a lasting impact while advancing your own career in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment.
- Develop and manage emerging talent programmes aligned with business needs
- Oversee recruitment cycles for graduates, apprentices, and interns
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define programme structures and development pathways
- Design onboarding and induction frameworks for new talent
- Champion inclusive hiring practices and diverse talent pipelines
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with frequent travel to Warrington, Rosyth and Clyde.
Essential experience of the Emerging Talent Manager
- Proven experience managing emerging talent programmes or similar initiatives
- Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards and graduate development
- Working knowledge of Scottish and English education and apprenticeship systems
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience with ATS platforms and emerging talent recruitment tools
Qualifications for the Emerging Talent Manager
- Degree or equivalent experience in HR, Business, Education, or related field
- CIPD or similar HR qualification (desirable)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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. 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 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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 share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading – buy or sell up to one working week of annual leave
- ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid day a year for volunteering
- Flexible working options
- A dynamic working environment
Babcock International:
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: 05/12/2025