Specialist Instructional Officer Weapons

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 225760**Salary**:

- £26,350- The post currently receives an allowance of £3000 (RRA) which is reviewed annually, but marks time if removed.**Grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Air**Type of role**:

- Education and Training**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- DSAE Cosford, Albrighton, WolverhamptonAbout the job

**Summary**:

- Are you a qualified engineer or Armed forces veteran, desirably with experience ideally within the last 10 years who can use your extensive knowledge and skills delivering Aeronautical Engineering training (AE Weapons Bias) to the next and future generations of RAF (Royal Air Force) Engineers, encouraging them to be the absolute best they can? Do you have the desire and ability to learn new and sophisticated trade knowledge within your trade discipline? Would you relish the prospect of working alongside military, civilian and commercial partners for the benefit of Defence? Do you want to be part of a team who are encouraged to develop new insights and be innovative in the way we deliver our business? Then you are just the person we are looking for.
- This position is advertised at 37 hours per week on a full-time appointment.**Job description**:

- The No1 School of Technical Training; a part of the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE) located at RAF Cosford provides initial trade training to new recruits as well as advanced career training to existing RAF aeronautical engineers. The post is to train students in the diagnosis, maintenance, testing of aircraft weapons systems and associated equipment using a variety of emulation and real time procedural tasks specialising in AE weapons systems. This will also require the understanding of all associated Aircraft documentation in a team environment whilst understanding the effects of human factors and how this impacts the core safety principles that are adhered to. It also delivers the same aeronautical engineering training to international students under government contract where RAF Cosford has achieved an extremely high success rate leading to increased demand for the quality of our training delivery. RAF Cosford remains a site of growth and expansion with numerous projects and partnership developments being explored and undertaken.**Responsibilities**:

- An instructor's primary duties will include but is not limited to:
- Delivery of technical training (theory and practical AE Weapons Bias) to City & Guilds Apprenticeship Level 3 standards.
- Preparing student reports on performance (academic and behavioral).
- Preparing and conducting practical assessments, including marking and recording.
- Developing and controlling training documents and delivery media.
- Proposing improvements to training design and content.
- General course administration.
- Additional support duties crucial for the safe conduct of training and welfare of students.

The post holder will be encouraged to diversify across other trade related topic specialisms after suitable training to improve flexibility and increase capability building business resilience.
- Essential:

- Qualified in the AE WEAPONS trade engineering field, minimum level 3 or equivalent, combined with relevant and recent technical and practical experience ideally within the last 10 years.
- or;
- Have completed a UK Armed Forces Engineering Apprenticeship (AE Weapons bias) where trade skills and knowledge, combined with recent technical and practical experience ideally within the last 10 years, is transferable and can be applied within the Aeronautical Engineering domain (please provide details).
- Desirable:**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others

**Benefits**:

- Professional and Personal Development of skills
- Potential for alternative working practices
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pensions
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 Days upon completion of 5 years’ service
- In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The Queen's birthday
- Minimum of 15 days Special paid leave in a rolling 12-month period for volunteer reserve commitments
- Improved maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Easily accessible road and rail links
- On-site Shop/Café facilities
- Access to gymnasium, swimming pool and outdoor sports facilities
- Free on-site car parking

The post does not offer relocation expenses

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Please note: Interview travel expenses will not be reim