Director of Training

About the role

The Director of Pilot Training and Standards (DOTS) is responsible for maintaining and improving the operation and quality of all FlightSafety International Training Programs and training delivery at the Learning Center.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the development of standardized courseware documentation.
• New-Hire Instructor onboarding, training, mentoring, and qualification.
• Ensure that such materials are prepared and maintained in accordance with all regulatory requirements.
• Review data from Customer requests, Airworthiness Directives and the aircraft manufacturers to determine their applicability for training and checking.
• Propose changes to the approved course, courseware and/or training equipment when applicable or required.
• Cookordinate and standardize, by aircraft type, the Pilot Training Programs, classroom media, lesson plans, and Expanded Instructor Action Guides (EIAGs) and all other related courseware pertaining to both the Lead and Associate Centers.
• Schedule all 'New Hire Instructor' training and supervise their training activities until released to respective Program Manager(s) (PMs).
• Ensure Learning Center compliance with all FlightSafety International and regulatory requirements by periodically comparing said requirements with day-to-day activities and any audit inspection results at the Center.
• Conduct Quality Assurance observations of Pilot Instructors during their initial six (6) months of employment, and randomly thereafter.
• Establish in-house training programs to maintain and improve Instructor teaching skills.
• Establish and implement a professional career development plan for every Instructor in conjunction with that Instructor's interest and ability.
• Provide orientation training and training on usage of appropriate software systems, as required of each employee, as needed.
• Interview prospective teammates, evaluate and recommend employment.
• Direct and/or facilitate departmental staff meetings.
• Maintain Instructor qualification as applicable/required in accordance with regulatory requirements throughout training locations worldwide.
• Responsible for monitoring and ensuring training compliance with FlightSafety International’s ‘Professional Instructor Handbook’ and act as a Ground and Flight (Simulator and/or Aircraft) Instructor, as required.
• In conjunction with DOS, continue to ensure that all Pilot Instructors are fully trained and qualified.
• Recommend Instructors for special designation.
• Mentor/Manage activities: Interview prospective teammates, evaluate and recommend employment. Provide project direction(s), set priorities and monitor staff achievement. Direct and/or facilitate departmental staff meetings. Complete Performance Appraisal documents (6-month, annual, promotion) and conduct Performance Appraisal conferences with Teammates. Coordinate departmental personnel matters with Teammate Resources.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Associate degree (A.A) from a two-year college or technical school preferred or equivalent experience.
• Minimum Experience: Ten (10) years of related experience. Three (3) to four (4) years of management experience.

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Management Skills: Demonstrates and understanding of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling projects and/or costs and resources to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Results Oriented: Focuses on results and desired outcomes and how best to achieve them by ensuring that they and others stay focused on the objective and perform in accordance with clear expectations.
  • Decision Making: Makes timely, well-informed decisions that take into account the facts, goals and constraints by gathering data and other's input which balances the short and long-term goals needs of the organization.
  • Communication: Conveys ideas and facts verbally and in writing by presenting information clearly, concisely, politely and professionally to all appropriate parties while listening carefully to others to ensure information is understood.
  • Leadership: Inspires and motivates others to follow by setting clear, meaningful, challenging, and attainable goals and expectations; creating a climate in which teammates want to do their best.
  • Basic office equipment (PC/Copier): Basic office software (Access, MS Word, Outlook).
  • iOS devices.

Skills

• Basic office equipment (PC/Copier): Basic office software (Access, MS Word, Outlook).
• iOS devices.

Benefits

FlightSafety offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes vacation, sick leave, a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.

Pay

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, education, skills, and experience as well as market demands.

Schedule

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand; walk; sit; positioning oneself and taste or smell. Must possess physical range of body motion to perform the following: - Reach, exert pressure and manipulate the rudder controls and/or anti-torque with both feet. - Reach and manipulate numerous controls within the Simulator device from the Instructor's chair. - Enter and exit from the Simulator device via the provided ramp. - Move between the Instructor station, screen and podium while instructing in the classroom. - Exit from malfunctioned Simulator while the device is in a severely pitched attitude.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts. The employee may work in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

FlightSafety International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

Security Clearance

Employment consideration and any offer of employment are contingent upon the applicant’s ability to comply with these requirements, including qualifying as a “U.S. Person” under applicable regulations or otherwise eligible for export authorization within a timeframe consistent with business needs.

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