Job Description:
Head of Training Academy
Permanent
Oxford
About our team...
Airbus Helicopters is the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer and the company’s site at Oxford Airport is Britain’s civil helicopter hub.
AHUK offers considerable experience in helicopter sales, bespoke completions, maintenance and spares support. Its in-house engineering capabilities include design, customisation, installation, flight-testing and certification, as well as technical support, maintenance, training and the supply of spares for civil and military applications.
AHUK is the MoD’s chosen provider of helicopters and maintenance for its No.1 Helicopter Flying School (referred to as MFTS) located in RAF Shawbury (Shropshire) and RAF Valley (Anglesey).
Description/Overall purpose of the Job
As we strive to improve the support we provide to our customers and the competitiveness and diversity of our services we must adapt the way we organise ourselves and the way we do business. To achieve our goals we have an ambitious plan to develop a Training Academy to meet the needs of internal AHUK technical and non technical training as well as external training for diversification of revenues and services.
The AHUK Training Academy will be the UK premier training center for Airbus products, recognized for its excellence in developing highly skilled maintenance personnel and business professionals.
We will meet all internal AHUK training needs, ensuring a steady supply of talent for our internal business units while diversifying our service portfolio externally.
The Head of Training Academy has overall responsibility to set up and manage a robust training platform, characterised by:
* Broad catalogue of regulated and non-regulated training course offerings for aerospace professionals - meeting the needs of AHUK internal as well as external markets.
* Recognised as No. 1 in the UK for Airbus Helicopter related training, a trusted service delivery partner of AH and a competitive provider of aerospace training within UK aerospace industry for non product specific course content
* All training resources (instructors, mentors, course material and training means) are adequately sized for the target output, considering both internal and external markets.
* Well organised training management system adapted to internal and external markets
* Profitable and sustainable
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage a dedicated cost centre and siglum team and ensure cost and revenue controlling for all aspects of Maintenance Training, both internal and external.
* Staff the training instructor and mentor team with the necessary depth to achieve the goal of internal and external course capacity - building on existing capabilities already in place.
* Build a roadmap to achieve P.147 training approval as a minimum for all in-production aircraft types that AUK support (H135, H145, H160, H125, H130) using a combination of AHUK and AH group training facilities
* Develop a broad training catalogue of regulated and non-regulated courses.
* Setup an efficient training management system including course scheduling and external customer booking portal.
* Address the shortage of physical training means (aircraft components)
* Launch advertising and marketing campaigns to access external markets
* Setup Apprentice and recruitment outreach and mentoring programs for all AHUK
* Provide apprentice management and oversight
* Establish internal AHUK training governance and compliance with the help of an Learning Management System
* Create alignment and drive efficiencies between OXF, MFTS, Brunei and Cyprus training needs and resources.
* Manage the development, coaching and personnel topics within the training academy team
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* A proven track record of delivering successful projects
* Ability to lead and work across multi-disciplinary teams
* Ability to lead and drive process structuring, planning and delivery of complex projects through tailored deployment of best practice project controls
* Management of project activities through proactive risk and opportunity management, mapping and control of critical paths and controlling variance to time/cost/quality
* Project financial and contractual management
* Representing projects through established governance, giving an evidence-based account of progress and distilling key risks/opportunities/support needed for Senior Management or key stakeholders as required
* Strong communication, negotiation and relationship management
* Working knowledge of the regulation relating to Part 145, Part 147, Part CAMO and the non regulated training needs of a business such as Airbus Helicopters UK.
Desirable
* Experience and working knowledge : Learning Management Systems
* Experience and working knowledge : Training Management Systems
* Experience and working knowledge : POLY POLY training approach
Education, Qualifications or Training
Essential
* Experience within the aerospace industry working in a project management, business improvement or training environment.
Desirable
* Experience in aerospace training environment and knowledge of UK aerospace training market segment
About you
* Excellent communication and presentation skills are needed
* Excellent leadership and team building ability.
* Well-developed interpersonal skills and an excellent communicator at all levels.
* Driven with high attention to detail to deliver on time
* Ability to dissect complex problems and challenges and identify achievable solutions and goals
* Flexible to working requirements and the ability to rapidly adapt to changing situations.
* Flexibility to react positively to customer requirements efficiently.
Additional requirements
* Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations.
* The role is based on site at Oxford airport, Kidlington.
The Reward
In joining the Airbus family, you will play a critical part in delivering the most efficient helicopters for its customers, who serve, protect, save lives and carry passengers in demanding environments. On top of your competitive base salary, you will have access to the following benefits below via our Airbus salary sacrifice schemes:
* Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) – single cover for employees paid by the company
* Pension: Employees are auto-enrolled into the Airbus Group UK Retirement Fund. Initially, AH contributes 6%, employee 4% basic
* Share Incentive Plan and ESOP. Annual share schemes at company discretion.
* Success Share, Discretionary Group bonus scheme (conditions apply)
* Bikes to Work (up to £3,000) (employee purchase scheme)
* Technology ( employee purchase scheme)
* Mydrive (employee car purchase scheme)
* Den-Plan (employee purchase scheme)
* Health-care Cash Scheme
* Personal Accident Insurance (employee purchase scheme)
* Health Assessments
* Travel Insurance
* Financial/Legal Advice (eg, Will-writing; Lasting Power of Attorney)
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