Valley - Maritime Qualified Helicopter Instructor

As one of our team of Maritime Helicopter Instructors you will be part of an experienced, hardworking and dedicated team operating in a challenging maritime environment where no day is the same. Your diverse role will require a wide range of skills. You will build relationships with our trainees and stakeholders across all areas of the business, customer and supplier organisations to ensure the efficient delivery of airborne and synthetic Rotary Wing Training as part of the UK Military Flying Training System. Your opinion will be valued as we develop our courses to meet the customer’s requirements.

You will:

• Teach all aspects of the Rotary Wing Maritime (Winching) Syllabus, by delivering phase briefs, technical lessons, practical demonstrations using state of the art synthetic equipment and airborne sorties.
• Assess trainees by ensuring that syllabus sorties are graded, sortie report forms and end of course documentation is completed.
• Assist in a process of continuous development to create new lessons while maintaining and improving those already established.
• Assist the Chief Maritime Instructor with any other tasks to support Ascent business continuity and resilience.
• Embrace Ascent’s One Team ethos and Total Safety culture.

What will make you successful?

You will already have experience in the Military Rotary Wing environment. You will thrive when working with our trainees, stakeholders and customers across all levels, coupled with your ability to truly understand our trainees. You will have a passion for delivering a world class military flying training system to achieve one mission, as one team. You will be excited by working in an environment where efficient solutions are the answer, being able to navigate both yourself and stakeholders to a positive solution. You will know the importance of being able to work successfully in situations that can often be pressured, where your initiative and flexibility will be recognised.

You will also:

• Hold medical fitness to conduct the role, either Civilian Class 1 or Military PME and achieve Underwater Escape Training certification.
• Have a minimum of 1000 hours Rotary Wing flying experience.
• Have experience of flying in a Maritime environment.
• Be competent in the use of computer programmes such as Windows, Microsoft Office Suite and Explore.

It would be great, however not essential, if you:

• Hold a recognised instructional category as a current/former military QHI or equivalent.
• Have some experience of ab-initio training.
• Have some experience as a Helicopter Captain in the Maritime environment.
• Have some experience of Rotary Wing synthetic training.

Salary Information:

Fully Qualified Salary is £91,577. Training Salary is £78,212. Equivalent to 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (Extra days with length of service). Private AXA health care for you and your family. Pension plan (Up to 6% matched). Life Assurance (Up to 3 times your annual salary). Enhanced sick pay – rising to 6 months with length of service. Mental Health Support and subscription to the Unmind platform for you and a plus one. Up to 10 days compassionate leave. GymFlex - Discounted gym & fitness memberships. Holiday trading – buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave each year. Eye test every two years + £55 contribution towards glasses. EV Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme. Free on-site parking. L3 and L5 Transformational Leadership Programmes for current and aspiring managers.