Head of Training Academy

An aviation company in Oxford are looking for the Head of the Training Academy to improve the support they provide to their customers and the competitiveness and diversity of their services, we must adapt the way we organise ourselves and the way we do business.

They have an ambitious plan to develop a Training Academy to meet the needs of internal technical and non-technical training as well as external training for diversification of revenues and services.

The Training Academy will be the UK premier training centre for products, recognized for its excellence in developing highly skilled maintenance personnel and business professionals.

Meeting all internal 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 internal as well as external markets.
Recognised as No. 1 in the UK for related training, a trusted service delivery partner 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 sustainableKey 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 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. Knowledge and Skills

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.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 segmentAdditional requirements

Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations.
The role is based on site at Oxford airport, Kidlington. The Reward

On top of your competitive base salary, you will have access to the following benefits below via our salary sacrifice schemes:

Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) - single cover for employees paid by the company
Pension: Employees are auto enrolled into the Group UK Retirement Fund. Initially, company 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)