Maritime and Aviation Training and Development Manager

Job summary

Can you design, develop and deliver engaging learning solutions for adult learners? Can you manage multiple projects while staying ahead of emerging learning and development trends?

Have you successfully led or managed a learning and development function, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality training in a professional environment? Do you hold a coaching or learning and development qualification, or bring significant relevant experience?

Are you committed to continuous professional development, adaptable to change, and able to travel with a full UK driving licence? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Join a dynamic and collaborative team dedicated to developing people, strengthening capability, and driving organisational success. We work closely with leaders and colleagues across the business to deliver innovative learning solutions that support individual growth and high performance. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact, influence how learning is delivered, and help shape a culture of continuous improvement, while working in a supportive environment that values creativity, development, and professional excellence.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Job description

The Technical Training and Development Team plays a vital role in ensuring Coastguard officers have the skills and knowledge required to deliver critical operational services. As Team Leader, you will oversee the design, development and delivery of high-quality maritime and aviation training solutions, ensuring they are engaging, effective and aligned to the Technical Competence Framework. This is an exciting opportunity to shape learning strategy, lead a specialist team and make a direct contribution to operational excellence across the Coastguard service.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Leadership, management, and governance of the maritime and aviation technical training and development team.
• Operate as the training SME (subject matter expert), engaging with the business to ensure that technical training is represented at all appropriate meetings and shaping decisions such that technical training is embedded during key operational decisions which may impact technical training delivery.
• Identification and management of maritime and aviation technical training and development risks and issues.
• Management of the maritime and aviation training programmes, ensuring that the schemes of work and syllabi meet the business need to enable HM Coastguard staff excel.
• Ensuring that all training is developed using sound pedagogical/andragogical methods for delivery working with business SMEs to confirm accuracy.
• Ensuring that assessments are set at the appropriate level to provide robust assurance that trainees have the right knowledge, skills, and behaviours to undertake their operational roles.
• Acting as a training SME, working with other business departments and Head of Technical Training and Development in the maintenance and development of the HM Coastguard technical competence framework.
• Management of the HM Coastguard Maritime and Aviation Training budget, relevant contracts and all associated costs including procurement processes where required.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

For further information on the role, please read the role profilePlease note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Person specification

You will be required to provide evidence that you hold any essential qualifications/licenses at some point during the recruitment process. If you cannot provide evidence, your application will be withdrawn.

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

1. Professional learning and development/coaching qualification or extensive experience in a learning and development role
2. Excellent track record of designing, developing, and delivering training in a professional environment to adults
3. Experience at managing a learning and development function
4. Experience at project management
5. Ability to keep up to date with emerging thinking and trends, maintaining their own professional qualifications and development relating to the core areas of work
6. A driving license valid for driving in the UK.

Additional Information

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.

Successful candidates will be expected to undertake a physical medical for this role. Please see the attached document for further information.

Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).

Visa Sponsorship

Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. Therefore, this role is not open to applications from those who require sponsorship – candidates must ensure they have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

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