Training Delivery Manager

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A Senior Training Instructor or Deliverer is an intermediate-level professional role in the Training Delivery discipline of the Training role family. This role requires an expanded level of knowledge and experience of professional practice in this discipline, representing the first degree of progression from an entry-level role. This role applies discipline domain knowledge, experience, and judgement to undertake a range of professional assignments. This role will work within established procedures and guidance, under supervision from management roles or senior grade professionals

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Job Title: Training Delivery Manager

Location: Wareham, Dorset

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73251

Lead training delivery supporting armoured vehicle capability

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 Delivery Manager at Bovington, leading the delivery of high‑quality defence training on the Armoured Support Contract (ASC).

The role

As a Training Delivery Manager, you will provide first‑line leadership, people management and operational oversight of training delivery staff. You’ll be responsible for managing a team of experienced defence trainers delivering training to military students on armoured fighting vehicles, ensuring training outcomes meet contractual, safety and quality requirements.

You will work closely with customer stakeholders from the Ministry of Defence while promoting a positive, inclusive and high‑performing training environment.

Day-to-day, you will be:

• Leading, coaching and developing a team of approximately 18 defence trainers.
• Planning and allocating training tasking to ensure effective delivery of training programmes.
• Providing operational oversight of training delivery to ensure high standards of safety, quality and compliance.
• Managing health and safety activity, including risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Acting as a key interface with MOD customer representatives.
• Producing performance data and reports to support operational decision‑making.
• Undertaking on‑call management responsibilities when required.

This is a full‑time, permanent role, working 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based on site five days per week.

Essential experience of the Training Deliver Manager:

• Demonstrable people management experience within a training environment.
• Experience leading teams and managing performance, engagement and development.
• Strong IT capability with confidence producing reports and management information.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills
• Ability to plan and allocate resources effectively
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications for the Training Deliver Manager:

• Defence Trainer Supervisor (DTS) or equivalent qualification.
• Full UK manual driving licence.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) / Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (EDBS) 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 shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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.

Babcock

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: 24/04/2026