Program Team Lead - Air Pilot Training Program

About the role

The successful candidate will lead the Aircraft Training Program at TSTC campuses, fostering a high-trust culture and guiding faculty and students towards remarkable performance results.

Responsibilities

• Build quality relationships with faculty, students, and industry clients, fostering trust, respect, and empathy.
• Recruit and retain a highly qualified faculty team using statewide qualification standards, support faculty development, and cultivate a learning environment that engages and develops students as productive workforce members.
• Establish clear performance expectations for faculty, manage instructors' performance to achieve organizational goals and initiatives.
• Communicate regularly and purposefully with faculty and faculty teams to ensure engagement and accountability.
• Monitor student learning outcomes and leading indicators, coordinating with faculty, campus, and statewide resources for evaluation and intervention.
• Maintain a culture of feedback among the team and within the learning environment.
• Manage student and faculty grievance processes in collaboration with shared service providers and local leadership.
• Serve as the primary coordinator for local industrial employer engagement.
• Represent the program to stakeholders.
• Coordinate program resources for recruiting, safety, and course scheduling.
• Participate in budget development with statewide partners and manage ongoing operational budgets.
• Collaborate with shared services on curriculum and content development, ensuring industry and community relevance in the vetting and submission of statewide advisory committee membership based upon local employer council membership and contributing to the mission of placing more Texans in great-paying jobs.

Requirements

• Substantial experience in the aviation industry.
• Proficient understanding of 14 CFR 61, 91, and 141 regulations.
• Prior experience working in a Part 141 flight school environment.
• Current possession of a CFI certificate.
• Familiarity with TSA regulations pertaining to flight school records.
• Experience leading a team focused on student support and instruction.
• Proven ability to work with struggling or at-risk students.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership and guidance in enhancing student achievement in a competency-based learning environment.
• Effective coaching and communication skills with a diverse student population.
• Successful communication and collaboration with diverse professional colleagues, partners, and stakeholders.
• Understanding of a competency-based education model.
• Experience leading a team focused on student support and instruction.
• Proficiency in technology-based educational delivery systems.
• Proven ability to work with struggling or at-risk students.

Skills

• Effective coaching and communication skills with a diverse student population.
• Understanding of a competency-based education model.
• Experience leading a team focused on student support and instruction.
• Proven ability to work with struggling or at-risk students.

Benefits

Details on benefits will be provided upon interview.

Pay

Details on pay will be provided upon interview.

Schedule

Details on schedule will be provided upon interview.