Lead Instructor

**About The Role**:
**We are SEA.**

**Engineered to protect. We protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.**

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**Join us.**

A specialist Lead Instructor is now required within the Maritime Support and Services Business Area of the SEA Maritime Solutions division. This SME will be responsible for managing a small team of instructors and delivering training to our customers in the UK and abroad, with the aim of supporting and growing the training solutions for all of SEA’s maritime products.

The role will involve working as a member of the Training Department reporting to the Training Support Manager (Trg Dev). The lead instructor will be required to manage a team of internal instructors, schedule training sessions, deliver training courses and manage the training facility. This will involve delivering training solutions that are fully compliant with the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT), for our UK defence customers, or the provision of training solutions for our export customers, which are tailored to their specific requirements.

**What we offer**

Your work, your contribution, deserves to be recognised and rewarded. Have a look at the benefits we offer:
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**Work life balance**:

- Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
- Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
- Half day Fridays
- Reservist in the armed forces receive special paid leave

**Family & wellbeing**:

- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing centre
- Sports & Social activities
- Employee Discounts portal - online and instore discounts, travel savings etc
- Canada Life GP and financial advice
- Life assurance policy
- Publication and recruitment bonus rewards Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
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**Facilities & resources**:
Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
- Private seated lunch areas
- Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages Onsite showers and toiletries provision
- Free onsite parking

**What you’ll be doing**

Leading a team of internal instructors
- Delivering internal instructor training
- Coaching and mentoring internal instructors
- Liaising with Training Designers and Courseware developers to deliver engaging lessons
- Managing the SEA training facility
- Coordinating training logistics, including scheduling, venue selection, and resource allocation
- Utilising various training methodologies and techniques to accommodate different learning styles, media and skill levels
- Delivering training sessions in person and virtually
- Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of training sessions and gathering feedback
- Staying Current with Training Trends

Additionally, you will provide support to the other training functions when required, including but not limited to:

- Training Analysis
- Training Design.

**The skills you need**
- Proven experience as a Trainer with a track record of delivering successful training programs and holds a recognised training qualification, civilian or military and or technical training
- Proficient in various training methodologies and techniques, including face 2 face, e-learning platforms, blended learning and virtual training tools

Familiar with the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) processes would be ideal
- Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team of trainers
- Act with a high degree of professionalism and dedication, modelling the core values of the company
- Work both individually, and within a team environment of multidisciplined specialists and engineering disciplines, in order to achieve project results and customer deliverables in a timely and accurate manner
- Engage in Continued Professional Development including attendance at internal and external training courses relevant to the job

**Join us and be part of something smaller - with 300 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.**

If you would like to know more, please **give our Recruitment Business Partner Kelly-Ann a call on 01373852083.**

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