About the job

Job summary

A fulfilling and rewarding opportunity has arisen to join the 45 Sqn ISTAR Instructional team at RAFC Cranwell. You will be fundamental in providing RAF WSO / WSOp ISTAR with the foundation of aviation professional knowledge that will shape and be with them for the rest of their flying career.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

Job description

As the successful candidate, you will be delivering foundation and advance ISTAR lessons in both the classroom and GBTE. You will be expected to deliver instruction on a range of ISTAR topics in support of the trainees moving on to front line ISTAR platforms. Although you will normally take a lead on one element of the syllabus, you will be expected to support instruction across a range of subject matter, including: Navigation, Communications, Basic Electronic Warfare / Electro-Optical Infra-Red / Acoustics; aligned to your previous experience. For the full description and list of responsibilities, please see the attached Terms of Reference. It is essential for the candidate to be a competent teacher/instructor capable of facilitation and liaising with students including individuals with English as a second language. Competency in using Information Technology is also essential. The successful applicant will have instructional experience in an aviation environment and be skilled in leading, developing and overseeing trainees, whilst working together in a small dedicated team of instructors. They will have excellent communication skills and a proven record of implementing change and continuous improvement strategies. They will be able to analyse and recommend changes to the syllabus where necessary.

Person specification

• Experience of military ISTAR aviation, ideally with previous instructional experience.
• Teaching qualification (Cert Ed, DIT or DTTT) is desirable, although formal training in Defence Instructional Techniques will be made available to the successful candidate.
• A working IT knowledge of Microsoft Office with emphasis on Word and PowerPoint is essential.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. Please provide information of the following: job history, qualification details and previous skill and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (max 500 words)

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours

• Developing Self and Others
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Leadership 

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Developing Self and Others
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Leadership 

Sift Dates scheduled 30th Oct - 3rd Nov 2023

Interview Dates scheduled (tbc) 9th Nov 2023 at RAFC Cranwell.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk  

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.  

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. 

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.