Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. Training Specialist Templecombe As a Training Specialist you will be working within the Through life Support Engineer (TSE), undertaking training analysis, design, delivery and evaluation to customer requirements within defence and commercial environments. You will provide leadership and direction to the wider Technical Publications and Training team, providing business driven design and management of training solutions. You will be comfortable working with challenging deadlines, managing your time and team priorities across work streams. Key Responsibilities and Tasks Undertake and take ownership of day-to-day training activities ensuring their delivery on time, to budget and quality. Support, share and contribute to the exercising of best practice in the Team. Through the merit of your own actions and performance, consistently demonstrate the value of Learning and Development to our customers. Consistently demonstrate the value of Learning and Development to our customers. Work with customer and end user to highlight front line training issues that affect system availability and capability. Recommend changes to training affected processes and procedures and follow through with required updates. Provide TNA decision outputs within own sphere of responsibility and delegated authority to both internal and external customers on behalf of Thales Analysis of trending training data to manage training design changes required to improve learning outcomes for the end users. Analyse, design and deliver training to UK MOD JSP822 / S6000T standards to ensure the Company training outputs remain compliant. Compile data, to a variety of other national / international /civil / military specifications, and produce physical/electronic deliverables. Provide help and direction to less experienced team members. Take responsibility for contributing to team planning, risk management, quality and HSE. Set targets for and manage own development with line manager. Seek and share good practice and knowledge to continuously improve own practices. Skills and experience Training Analysis, Design, Development, Delivery and Evaluation Strong proficiency within standard Microsoft office packages/Authoring tools Excellent standard of written and spoken English Writing of bids, proposals and work package costings Stakeholder Management Engineering knowledge/experience Ability to influence and negotiate at all levels of the organisation Proven track record in consulting across a range of technical disciplines Organisation and problem solving skills Able to build credibility quickly and effectively Training systems and architecture within an engineering product lifecycle Utilisation and tailoring of Systemised Approaches to Training (JSP822, S6000T, ADDIE) Courseware Design Training Delivery Production of Learning outcomes One of the following in education and/or training: Degree BTEC / C&G in Learning and Development Minimum: Preparing to Teach in The Life Long Learning Sector (PTTLS) or equivalent What We Can Offer We're committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation. Flexibility Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales. This role will require SC Clearance. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance. To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years' residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the National Security Vetting (NSV) Agency - United King dom Security Vetting - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) LI-RD1 In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency. At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. 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