Making amazing happen
Life at Babington
As a truly national provider, we work across all areas of the UK.
Our people are what truly make the difference, and they are the beating heart of what we do. Sharing a common set of values (brave, caring, curious, determined, passionate), we’re motivated by seeing the positive impact we have on the lives of the young people and adults we support through our many different contracts and programmes.
We’re proud of our inclusive culture, and that alongside delivering meaningful outcomes for our learners and customers, we know how to have fun along the way!
Recognition
Proud to be Gold Investors in People
In 2022, we were awarded a Gold Award by Investors in People – something only achieved by 17% companies.
Paul Devoy, CEO of Investors in People, said: “Gold accreditation on We invest in people is a fantastic effort for any organisation, and places Babington Business College in fine company with a host of organisations that understand the value of people.”
Alongside our efforts to promote development, innovation and best practice, we are also proud to be a responsible and purpose-driven business. Through our ESG, we have formalised our commitments to our stakeholders, communities, and our planet – and we actively encourage our people to make time for the causes they care about.
Explore our ESG report
Join the Babington team
Our current opportunities
People are at the heart of what we do, from providing a young person with their very first opportunity all the way up to developing a senior leader within an organisation, we are truly committed to developing better futures. If you would like to be part of our passionate and brave family, please apply to one of the below opportunities, alternatively you can register your interest if we do not currently have an opportunity that suits you.
Register your interestRegulatory Compliance Officer Skills Coach
Job Type: Permanent
As the recent addition to the Knovia Group, and a truly purpose-driven organisation, Babington are committed to developing better futures: for individuals, organisations, and society. For us that means developing skills and creating opportunity for individuals and organisations to perform at their very best.
Position
Job Title: Skills Coach - Regulatory Compliance Officer
Location: Remote
Salary: Up to £40,000
Working days: Monday to Friday (08:30-17:00)
Are you committed to developing talent and driving meaningful change in workforce development?
We are looking for an experienced and motivational Regulatory Compliance expert to join our team to support and develop learners working in complex regulatory compliance-focused environments. This is a specialist role, ideal for someone who enjoys combining compliance expertise with teaching, mentoring and developing.
As a Skills Coach with Babington, you will play a key role in coaching and mentoring learners working towards the successful and timely achievement of their learning programme, whilst creating and maintaining cohesive and communicative relationships with learners and employers.
You will use your exceptional teaching and learning experience to provide blended academic and pastoral advice, guidance and support, ensuring a safe and conducive working environment, whilst delivering excellence to learners.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging, high-quality teaching, assessment and learner support in regulatory compliance qualifications
- Provide in-depth coaching and mentoring support and advice throughout the learning journey and End Point Assessment through an effective use of coaching frameworks
- Support learners to identify, assess, ands manage risks, including non-compliance at organisational and individual levels
- Establish and maintain professional working relationship with a diverse range of employers, ensuring that they are informed and part of the learning journey for their workforce
- Champion a strong culture of compliance, reinforcing the importance of regulatory responsibilities across organisations
- Promote and embed Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding, British Values, Prevent and Health and Safety to all learning sessions
- Compile and maintain all learner documentation on the relevant e-portfolio system
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
We are keen to hear from candidates who bring practical regulatory and compliance experience alongside a passion for developing others.
- Experience in promoting the importance of compliance and their organisation’s role in supporting compliance.
- Knowledge of how to collect evidence and data related to non-compliance using available techniques, for example investigations, audits, inspections.
- Experience in assessing products and services, including any associated internal controls to ensure they meet legal, regulatory and organisational requirements
- Grade A-C GCSE in English and Maths or equivalent
- Level 3 Award in Education & Training (or equivalent) qualification
- Level 3 Assessor qualification (CAVA/TAQA) would be beneficial
- Knowledge of the Awarding Organisations, End Point Assessment and other regulatory arrangements
- Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards and end-point assessment criteria
- Experience managing learner caseloads and delivering against performance targets.
- Excellent communication, time management, and digital delivery skills.
- A genuine passion for supporting learners and helping them achieve their goals.
Other information
What’s in it for you?
Babington is an inclusive, welcoming and supportive place to work with a fantastic culture which supports each employees learning, development and career growth.
. Babington Engage
. Bupa Healthcare – Cash plan
. 25 Days annual leave plus Bank holidays
. Additional annual leave purchase scheme
. Employer Pension contribution
We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.
Babington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and employees associated with our business. We, therefore, expect all employees to share this commitment and demonstrate our values within all aspects of their work.
We're a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.
To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.
Babington is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependent on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.
Expression of Interest – Skills Coach (Data)
Job Type: Permanent
Following the successful launch of Babington’s Business Data Essentials programme, we are inviting expressions of interest from experienced data professionals who are passionate about developing others and supporting learners to build confidence and capability in data-driven roles.
In today’s fast‑moving business environment, data is no longer the responsibility of analysts or senior leaders alone. It is a critical decision‑making tool at every level of an organisation. From frontline employees to executive teams, the ability to interpret and apply data is now a defining factor in business success.
As a market‑leading apprenticeship provider with extensive expertise in leadership and management, Babington has seen first‑hand how organisations thrive when decision‑making is both informed and distributed. The next phase of this evolution is clear: empowering every role with the skills and confidence to use data effectively.
Our Data at Every Desk approach is designed to build capable, confident teams who can make informed decisions as part of their everyday work. When data becomes embedded in daily thinking, it not only improves decisions but transforms organisations. Our Business Data Essentials pathway has been designed to deliver exactly this impact.
This opportunity is ideal for individuals with strong industry experience who are interested in transitioning into, or further developing, a career in coaching and mentoring within a learning environment.
About the Role
As a Skills Coach – Data, you will coach and mentor learners throughout their programme, supporting successful and timely achievement of outcomes. You will build effective, professional relationships with learners and employers while delivering engaging blended learning through one‑to‑one sessions, virtual group sessions, and digital interventions.
You will apply coaching frameworks to support learners at every stage of their journey, including preparation for End‑Point Assessment (EPA), while ensuring high standards of quality, compliance, and learner experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Coach and mentor learners to progress, achieve, and reach their potential
- Deliver interactive and engaging one-to-one and group learning sessions
- Conduct skills gap analyses and develop individualised learning plans
- Support formative and summative assessment in collaboration with specialist trainers
- Maintain accurate learner records to meet quality and funding requirements
- Promote Equality & Diversity, Safeguarding, British Values, Prevent, and Health & Safety
- Embed Maths and English into learning delivery where appropriate
- Liaise effectively with employers and stakeholders
· Ability to contextualise the learning from our data programmes it employer and learners job roles.
· Take examples from the apprenticeship standards and transform them into real world scenarios using lived experiences, case studies and relevant data sets
Essential Criteria
- GCSE Grade A–C (or equivalent) in English and Maths
- Minimum of 2 years’ relevant industry experience
- Strong data knowledge, including tools and concepts such as Excel, data sources, data cleaning, classification, visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Qlik) and programming languages
- Level 3 Award in Education & Training (or equivalent), or willingness to work towards
- Ability to travel as required
Desirable Criteria
- Level 4 Certificate in Education & Training (or equivalent)
- Recognised industry qualification at Level 3 or above (e.g. Data Technician, Data Analyst, Computer Science, Data Science)
Skills and Experience
- Experience coaching individuals and supporting behavioural change
- Delivering engaging learning to adult learners
- Developing SMART targets and individual learning plans
- Confident use of digital learning technologies
- Strong time management and ability to work independently
- Experience working in an accredited or regulated environment
Register Your Interest
If you are enthusiastic about data, learning, and supporting others to succeed, we would welcome your Expression of Interest. Suitable candidates will be contacted as opportunities arise.
For more information about our Digital, Data and IT programmes, please visit:
Partnership Co-ordinator
Job Type: Permanent
As a purpose-driven organisation, we’re all about the ‘why’. Babington is committed to developing better futures: for individuals, organisations, and society. For us that means developing skills and creating opportunity for individuals and organisations to perform at their very best.
We are innovators in Education and Training so why not apply now and join us in Developing Better Futures.
Job Title: Partnerships Co-ordinator
Location: Remote
Salary: £30,000
Working days: Monday to Friday
Developing better futures. That’s our purpose at Babington. We’re a purpose-driven organisation committed to helping individuals and organisations perform at their very best through skills development and opportunity creation.
We’re looking for an organised and detail-oriented Partnerships Co-ordinator to join our team. If you’re passionate about relationship bulding, have a strong understanding of apprenticeship onboarding and want to make a real impact on learners’ journeys, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the central point of contract between Babington and our sister company Tempdent, ensuring a smooth and professional onboarding experience for employers and learners.
- Co-ordinate communication across internal and external stakeholders, including Senior Managers.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting, with strong attention to detail in data handling and analysis.
- Support the day to day running of the Levy Transfer service, ensuring all process and procedures are followed
- Contribute to achieving financial and performance KPI’s
- Support Training Provider network to ensure data submissions are accurate and reporting is complete and on time.
- Regularly review own performance against our mission, values and competency frameworks, with a willingness to acquire any necessary qualifications or skills pertinent to the role.
- Act as a point of contact for the portal provider, ensuring queries are managed and resolved.
- Analyse data and contribute to reporting for internal and client stakeholders.
- Act as an ambassador for Babington exhibiting enthusiasm and professionalism.
What We’re Looking For
- A proven track record of managing successful relationships with training providers and employers
- Demonstrable experience of effective contract, commercial and service management within a complex multi-source service/supplier environment. Including performance/SLA/KPI management.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights,
- Experience of working with suppliers at a critical level of importance
- Industry knowledge/understanding and experience (ideally in apprenticeships)
- Experience in working with demanding clients and under tight deadlines
- Excellent communication, time management, and digital delivery skills.
What’s in it for you?
Babington is an inclusive, welcoming and supportive place to work with a fantastic culture which supports each employees learning, development and career growth.
- Babington Engage
- Bupa Healthcare – Cash plan
- 25 Days annual leave plus Bank holidays
- Additional annual leave purchase scheme
- Employer Pension contribution
We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.
Babington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and employees associated with our business. We, therefore, expect all employees to share this commitment and demonstrate our values within all aspects of their work.
We're a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.
To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.
Babington is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependent on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.
