Technical Trainer (Maritime and Aviation) in Belfast

Salary: £38,663 (includes a basic salary of £35,663 and a non-pensionable Recruitment and Retention Allowance of £3,000)

Contract type: Permanent

Business area: MCA - His Majesty's Coastguard

Type of role: Administration / Corporate Support Operational Delivery

Working pattern: Full-time

Location: Aberdeen, Belfast, Dover, Falmouth, Fareham, Holyhead, Lerwick, Milford Haven, Southampton, Stornoway

About the job:

Do you have experience in delivering innovative and engaging training material? Have you got a proven track record of building and establishing working relationships with internal and external stakeholders? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

HM Coastguard (HMCG) is the operational arm of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) with responsibility for 6 key functions - Search and Rescue, Pollution Response, Vessel Traffic Management, Maritime Safety, Maritime Security and Emergency and Disaster management.

This post will facilitate and support the technical training and development requirements for Maritime Operations.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
• 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 and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Job description:

As a Technical Trainer, you will be responsible for the design, delivery, and evaluation of effective and budgeted training solutions to meet the needs set by Coastguard Operations or outlined in the MCA or HMCG Business Plans.

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

• The design, delivery, evaluation, review and updating of budgeted Coastguard technical training solutions at appropriate venues across the UK.
• Assessment of learning and technical competence through both in-programme evaluation and, by the setting, invigilation and marking of formative and summative assessments.
• The provision of all areas of Maritime and Aviation Coastguard Technical Training.
• Requirement, where operational need is identified, to deliver peripatetic training solutions at any UK location.
• Act on behalf of Technical Training & Development as a Subject Matter Expert to HMCG Operations and other interested parties as required.
• Ensure all source material for training is aligned with the Coastguard Technical Competency Framework.

Essential qualifications/licenses:

• A full UK driving license.

Required experience:

• A proven track record of establishing a professional working relationship with internal and external stakeholders.
• Relevant experience and qualifications in Search and Rescue or Technical Rescue.
• Demonstrable experience of the design and development of training material for either face-to-face or e-learning interventions.

Please note that this is a uniformed role and uniform will be required to be worn at all times when on duty.

Successful candidates will be expected to undertake a physical medical for this role.

Working hours consist of 37 hours per week. 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.

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

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.

This job is broadly open to UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, and certain family members of those nationalities.