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 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 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, Qual