Qualified Helicopter Instructor (RAF Shawbury)

Location: RAF Shawbury
Contract: Permanent

The role of a Qualified Helicopter Instructor (QHI) is to deliver airborne and synthetic Rotary Wing Training as part of the UKMTS program and responsibility for the delivery of live and synthetic instruction to future helicopter pilots. Delivery is from purpose built facilities at RAF Shawbury.

Come and be part of the future of Military Flying Training.

Key Responsibilities

• Uphold partnering behaviours and participate in events as required, resulting in successful partnering relationships internally within Ascent and externally across UKMFTS.
• Uphold adherence to the Health, Safety & Environmental Polices and Air Safety responsibilities, resulting in no avoidable loss of life or injury to first, second or third parties as a result of any aspect of Ascent Flight Training Aviation or Ground Operations.
• Deliver phase briefs, technical lessons, and practical demonstrations, synthetic and airborne sorties. All lessons must be delivered in the standardised format using Ascent courseware.
• Syllabus sorties should be graded, sortie report forms and end of course documentation should be completed. Assessments should be made in accordance with the ASTRAT and end of course documentation should be completed in line with the Training Manager’s guidance and Ascent Policy.
• Development of new lessons and maintenance of established lessons.
• Assist the Chief Pilot with other tasks to support Ascent business continuity.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential:

• Medical Fitness to conduct the role, either Civilian Class 1 or Mil PME
• Qualified Helicopter Instructor with a minimum CFS accredited B2 instructional category
• Minimum of 1000 hours RW first pilot
• Military Instrument Rating
• Computer fluency to include Windows, Microsoft Office Suite and Explorer

Desirable:

• Instructional category of A2/A1 QHI
• Instructional experience including but not limited to
  • Night Vision Device training
  • Tactical training
  • Under-slung Load training
  • Procedural Instrument Flying
• Instructional experience of ab-initio training
• Experience in RW synthetic training
• Qualified Helicopter Tactics Instructor (QHTI)

Benefits

In return, we will provide you with a generous benefits package. This includes 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase more through salary sacrifice, a Defined Contribution Pension plan with 6% contributions matched by the company, access to a range of flexible benefits, an Employee Assistance Programme, and Private Medical Insurance with BUPA for you and your family

Weekday working with 2 weeks block leave at Christmas.

Our Values

One Ascent Team

Ability and evidence of being a role model of Ascent values:

Responsive

• Hours not days; days not weeks
• Giving the best possible answer every time

Respectful

• Listening to everyone’s views
• Professional & supportive to all our partners and colleagues

Safe

• Total Safety: Air Safety, HSSE & Airworthiness
• Immediate escalation of issues

Security

Successful candidates will need to satisfy Ministry of Defence Security requirements and may be required to complete a Military Security Clearance (SC) procedure.

Conflicts of Interest

In order to discharge Ascent’s primary UKMFTS duty to the MOD to identify and avoid or mitigate conflicts of interest in conjunction with our activities as MOD’s Training Service Partner, Ascent must ensure that no employee or secondee working for Ascent is materially restricted by any conflict of interest when carrying out duties and functions on its behalf. Therefore, candidates who are currently working for or have been employed during the previous 2 years by organisations such as MOD, Babcock, Lockheed Martin or any related group entity or any organisation bidding into the UKMFTS contract should note that Ascent reserves the right to request further information in relation to that candidate’s current or previous employment history and/or take other appropriate steps to ensure Ascent’s full compliance with its primary obligation. Any concerns you have should be discussed with the Ascent HR representative prior to submitting of a Curriculum Vitae.

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