ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations.The role is based on site at Oxford airport, Kidlington.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:

Professional

DESCRIPTION/OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB

As we strive to improve the support we provide to our customers and the competitiveness and diversity of our services we must adapt the way we organise ourselves and the way we do business. To achieve our goals we have an ambitious plan to develop a Training Academy to meet the needs of internal AHUK technical and non technical training as well as external training for diversification of revenues and services.
The AHUK Training Academy will be the UK premier training center for Airbus products, recognized for its excellence in developing highly skilled maintenance personnel and business professionals.
We will meet all internal AHUK 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 AHUK internal as well as external markets.
• Recognised as No. 1 in the UK for Airbus Helicopter related training, a trusted service delivery partner of AH 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 marketsProfitable 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 AHUK and AH 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.
• Address the shortage of physical training means (aircraft components)
• Launch advertising and marketing campaigns to access external markets
• Setup Apprentice and recruitment outreach and mentoring programs for all AHUK
• Provide apprentice management and oversight
• Establish internal AHUK training governance and compliance with the help of an Learning Management System
• Create alignment and drive efficiencies between OXF, MFTS, Brunei and Cyprus training needs and resources.Manage the development, coaching and personnel topics within the training academy team