Training Capability Programme Manager- FTC

Job Title: Training Capability Programme Manager – FTC
Location: Andover, UK
Compensation: Attractive plus Additional Benefits
Role Type: FTC
Role ID: SF 50778

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Training Capability Programme Manager at our Andover site. Babcock manages all aspects of the land training cycle, delivering over 758,000 straining days annually for the British Army and producing personnel that are knowledgeable, skilled and competent to operate in the most challenging circumstances.

The role
As a Training Capability Programme Manager you'll be responsible for delivering programmes of activity which include transformation projects delivering alignment and maturity across our training business unit.

They will be responsible for day–to–day programme management, management of risk, benefits, preparing board packs, ensuring communication with key stakeholders is frequent and that relationships with both operations and future business are positively maintained.

The role will also more generally support the delivery of capability across the business, attending key meetings, preparing operational review packs and supporting standalone projects which will both be internal and customer facing.

Day to day, you'll:

• Manage and oversee the training innovation and capability programme
• Provide timely progress updates to internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure adherence to governance processes
• Ensure projects are appropriately resourced
• Ensure project managers / leads provide sufficient documentation and updates throughout the project lifecycle
• Ensure that all critical projects are aligned to Group and Sector strategy, enabling business growth and training capability development
• Mitigate delays and unblock challenges where required
• Liaise with and report to commercial and finance teams regularly to ensure meeting budgetary and commercial requirements
• Assist training capability team in identifying, executing and implementing business critical training capabilities through rigorous end–to–end project management
• Promote collaboration across the business
• Ensure best practices are identified and codified through business processes and practices
• Contribute to and review team purpose, vision and strategy

Essential experience of the Training Capability Programme Manager,

• Project management experience
• Experience in developing communications plans, and stakeholder engagement activities
• Experience of managing and reporting on risk
• Experience of generating programme reporting packs
• Experience in managing work on PM software such Microsoft PM
• Advanced IT skills, including but not limited to MS Office, SharePoint, MS TeamsThe role offers hybrid working (majority working from home) with occasional travels to the sites across UK.

You must hold or have ability to obtain SC security clearance

This role is based at Andover with travel to other training sites – Maternity cover until January 2024

Qualifications for the Training Capability Programme Manager,

• APM or equivalent project management qualification
• UK driving license

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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

For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages

Babcock International

For over one hundred– and thirty–years Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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.