About the job

Job summary

Have you ever considered working in an exciting inclusive engineering training environment? Do you have the desire and ability to learn new skills within the aviation-driven electronic and mechanical engineering (EME) environment. If so, there is a brilliant opportunity for you in a modern teaching organisation.  

DCTT Vision    

The Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) trains and educates highly skilled technicians and engineers to meet the operational demands of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. We specialise in aeronautical engineering, electronic and mechanical engineering, nuclear and marine engineering and communications and information systems - to prepare our trainees to operate in a modern combat environment. 

With nearly 2,500 military, civil service and contractor staff based across six locations, we value our diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage mutual respect, activity foster kindness and fairness, and promote a healthy work-life balance. We invest in our people; offering career and personal development opportunities and recognise staff efforts and commitments.    

One of DCTT’s School’s, The Defence School of Electrical Mechanical Engineering (DSEME), is a whole-force mix of Military, Civil Service and Contractor personnel, who play a key role in delivering world-class technical training to a broad audience of soldiers and aviators across a variety of engineering disciplines ensuring the RAF and Army’s operational effectiveness. Our Learning Support Assistant role offers interesting, demanding and rewarding opportunities.    

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

Job description

Learning Support is the provision of learner support and Defence Trainer (DT) professional development support.

As the Learning Support Assistant, you will be responsible for;

Undertaking the role of Defence Trainer Supervisor (DTS), including the conduct and recording of IT monitoring observations, iaw DTS TORs.

Maintaining the Instructional Techniques (IT) monitoring database and informing Line Managers of any DTs that require an observation.

Uploading observation sheets on to SharePoint.  

Mentoring DTs to improve their practice.

Testing students for Specific Learning Differences (SpLD) (also known as Specific Learning Difficulties) using the Dyslexia Adult Screening Test (DAST) (if qualified).

Providing one-to-one tutorial support to trainees and phase 3 students with difficulties in areas such as: time management, revision learning strategies, goal setting, note taking, active reading strategies and exam techniques.

Assisting the Learner Support Coordinator (LSC) in:

Arranging and delivering training staff Continued Professional Development (CPD).

Managing the Moodle site.

Undertaking 3-monthly SpLD interviews with Phase 2 trainees and acting on any feedback, recording interview dates on the SpLD database.  Including arranging for Aviator Development Flight (ADF) to gather feedback from trainees who have received support with SpLD issues at the end of the course.

Development and delivery of Study Skills lessons, including gathering feedback from trainees.

Identifying SpLD trainees arriving from phase one training. 

Interviewing students with a suspected or confirmed SpLD and raising electronic/hard copy files, Individual Learning Plans, arranging appointments and writing business cases.

Ensuring quality checks are undertaken to ensure documentation is stored correctly in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations and where appropriate files which do not meet retention criteria are destroyed.

Ensuring compliance in learner support activities with Ofsted assurance frameworks.

Deputising for the LSC as required. 

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Alternative Working Patterns, in accordance with policy, can be considered where it can be accommodated by the business, but there may be occasions when a presence on site during standard working hours may be required. All working patterns and flexibilities are subject to agreement with the Line Manager.

Person specification

The ideal candidate should be a great communicator. You must be well organised and proficient in time management. You'll be required to be both proactive and reactive.

Vetting is required from the Disclosure and Barring service. 

Essential (can be undertaken in role):   

1. Defence Trainer Practitioner.
2. Advanced Trainer Practitioner.
3. Defence Trainer Supervisor.
4. Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring qualification.
5. Knowledge of SpLD Policy.
6. Certificate in Education.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 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.

Apply online via CS Jobs, application sifting is scheduled for 16 Jan 24.   

Interviews will be held late Jan/early Feb 24    

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include: job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.  

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count: 500)  

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.