Senior Burnham Lecturer - Academic Lead / Officer Commanding Academic & Acc

at  Ministry of Defence

JOB SUMMARY

Number 1 Radio School (No.1 RS) is the home of training for the Royal Air Force (RAF) Cyberspace Profession and foremost provider of technical education to the Service’s Information & Communication Technology (ICT) engineering specialists - in addition to selected Royal Navy, British Army, civilian and international military personnel.
Structured under the Defence School of Communications & Information Systems (DSCIS) within the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT), No.1 RS is a venerable and historic military training institution whose origins in the field of communications training can be traced back in excess of 100 years.
As the school embarks-upon a second century of excellence, its ‘whole force’ military / Civil Service workforce blend are pivotal to the development of ICT training delivery to meet the significant demands of information-centric 5th-generation RAF platforms and capabilities. In doing so, their approach and commitment to public service remains fully commensurate with No.1 RS’ legendary motto: Thorough.
No.1 RS trains officers, aviators, soldiers, sailors and civilians in cyberspace capabilities at RAF Cosford and RAF Digby. Each year, the School typically develops 1300 Phase 3 (pre-employment/career) trainees, 300 Phase 2 (initial technical training) officer/aviator trainees and students undergoing a cyberspace engineering foundation degree pathway.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join No.1 RS at a crucial juncture in the school’s evolution. There is currently a vacancy for a Senior Burnham Lecturer (SBL) Academic Lead / Officer Commanding Academic & Accreditation Group (OC AAG) - an influential position whose outputs are instrumental to the provision of a comprehensive portfolio of services to the School and its stakeholders.
The position requires a confident, highly-driven and proactive self-starter. Accordingly, the successful candidate will have an outstanding track record in education and the leadership of multi-disciplinary teams – attributes which will be readily demonstrable through their exceptional experience of shaping and implementing key organisational learning outputs / outcomes.
Reporting to the Officer Commanding No.1 RS (OC No.1 RS - a RAF Wing Commander), OC AAG works with the School headquarters to deliver a breadth of academic and accreditation services, which underpin the delivery of key force-generational and operational training outputs for defence.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

JOB DESCRIPTION

OC AAG is No.1 RS’ Academic Lead, whose main duties centre around the following key areas of responsibility:
1. Leadership of No.1 RS’ Burnham Lecturer Professional Group. OC AAG commands a large team of Burnham Lecturers, who are responsible for the delivery of specialist industry-standard (CISCO / Microsoft) Phase 3 curriculum content and core Cyberspace Profession academic fundamentals topics for Cyberspace Engineer Officers and Technicians during their Phase 2 training - including mathematics and electronics/radar principles.
2. Command of the RAF Cyberspace Profession Apprenticeship Management Centre. Under an agreement with the RAF Apprenticeship Management Team (AMT) and through a Memorandum of Understanding, the RAF Cyberspace Profession Apprenticeship Management Centre is embedded within No.1 RS and its distributed team of assessors evaluate student progress against RAF apprenticeship governance frameworks during their Phase 2 training and beyond. OC AAG plays a key role in the team’s leadership of student development / attainment and is in regular dialogue with the RAF AMT and stakeholders representing the associated apprenticeship funding line at the Education & Skills Funding Agency (Department for Education).

1. Provision of academic advice and guidance to OC No.1 RS and other key stakeholders surrounding development of the No.1 RS:

• Industry-aligned academies
• Curriculum offer
• Staff upskilling pathways
• Course design / accreditation processes
• Trainee progress / attainment monitoring
• Other underpinning activities in support of a flourishing learning environment for staff and trainees

Accordingly, engagement with DSCIS & DCTT under the ‘Training Management Group’ model and external stakeholders (including RAF Commercial & Higher Education Institutions) is intrinsic to the position’s duties.

Command structures for the following No.1 RS functions are currently under review. These may continue to fall - or newly fall - under the SBL OC AAG Academic Lead’s area of responsibility in future:

• Course design, maintenance and development.
• Organisational development.
• Line management of No.1 RS civil servants employed within the Specialist Instructional Officer (SIO) Professional Group (Education & Training job family).

Please note:
The Ministry of Defence 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.
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QUALIFICATIONS

1. Degree-level qualification in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subject; or an education degree combined with an extensive background in STEM subjects.
2. Formal teaching qualification - such as a CertEd or Post-Graduate Certification in Education.

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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