Burnham Lecturer

Vacancy exist for a Burnham Lecturer (BL)

Organisation: Academic Principles Organisation (APO)

Location: Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE), RAF Cosford

Working Hours: Monday-Thursday: 08:30-17:00 , Friday: 08:30-16:30, 37 hours per week

Have you ever considered teaching in a dynamic, inclusive, engineering training environment? Do you have the desire and ability to deliver the underpinning principles for electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering within the thrilling context of the Royal Air Force’s engineering profession? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join a modern teaching organisation dedicated to shaping the future of Defence engineering. You will work in a structured, collaborative environment with a regular working schedule, supporting students through a comprehensive and rewarding educational experience. This is a civilian role, but one that benefits from the values, discipline, and purpose of a military training environment; making it ideal for candidates from educational, vocational, or training backgrounds.

Why Join Us?

• A fulfilling lecturing role in a structured and professional setting.
• The opportunity to shape the education of future aviation engineers.
• A collaborative, inclusive environment with a regular weekday schedule.
• A chance to bring fresh perspectives and expertise from the civilian education sector into a dynamic training organisation.

What we are Looking For:

We welcome applications from experienced Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educators. While experience in a military environment is not required, an understanding of structured training systems and an ability to work with diverse teams are essential.

You will join the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE) and will play a vital role in delivering training programmes designed to transform RAF personnel into competent and inspired Engineering Technicians. Our Burnham Lecturer roles offer interesting, demanding and rewarding opportunities to shape and nurture the next generation of Technicians, Supervisors and Managers, helping to prepare them for demanding operational roles. You will train RAF Engineering Apprentices and International Defence Training students on a City & Guilds level 3 Technician course. There will also be opportunity to teach STEM and Management topics on the department's level 5 Foundation Degree programme to prospective engineering officers. We are planning to increase the programme to a 2-year level 6 BEng Degree. Applicants should be qualified to deliver from the following range of subjects: Engineering Management, Materials, Science, Mathematics, Electrical Principles, Aerodynamics, Avionics, CAD, Engineering Drawing.

As a Burnham Lecturer you are specifically responsible for;

Preparing before starting an instructional period to ensure that training areas, lesson plans, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) content and supporting course resources (tools, hand-outs, training aids etc) are in a serviceable condition.

Undertaking regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to address developmental goals and maintain currency with the latest Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) systems available.

Making an active contribution to the Continuous Improvement of the School and its outputs, by proactively highlighting potential improvements.

Taking responsibility for ensuring that the conduct, punctuality, discipline, dress standards and safety of all students meet the required standards.

Ensuring student and course documentation/administration is completed.

Ensuring compliance with responsibilities to students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) and engaging with the Learning Support Coordinator as required.

Undertaking additional lessons (within contracted hours) with the trainees, either as Additional Trade Training or Extra Trade Training.

Remaining current in Instructional Techniques (IT), and personally arranging for IT and lesson Content Monitoring (CM) observations to be undertaken by training supervisors within the school.

Assisting the Examinations Manager to review any examination questions that are not valid and highlighting any discrepancies where evident.

The Ministry of Defence offers flexibility 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 flexibility are subject to agreement with the Line Manager.

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Entry requirements to the BL Group will normally be a minimum of a degree in a STEM subject or a Management/Education degree and an extensive background in STEM subjects. Exceptionally, candidates with significant experience of delivery may be allowed entry with Level 4 qualifications but should be supported to obtain level 5 if practicable.

In addition to this, a teaching qualification that equates to at least level 5 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) i.e., Cert Ed, is required. (The Postgraduate Certificate in Education is at level 6 on the QCF and is desirable.) In exceptional circumstances, individuals may be recruited to the BL Group without such a teaching qualification. In this case there should be an agreement as part of the job offer that a teaching qualification will be undertaken and should be completed within two standard academic years. Successful achievement of the qualification is a requirement to retain employment.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Candidates will be sifted and interviewed against the Civil Service Success Profiles listed. They must also be able to demonstrate their ability to meet the requirements of the BL Management Practices Document by holding a Cert Ed or equivalent and a relevant degree, or equivalent, in a STEM subject or either a Management or an Education degree and an extensive background in STEM subjects. Exceptionally, candidates with significant experience of delivery may be allowed entry with Level 4 qualifications but should be supported to obtain level 5 if practicable.

Applicants called for interview will be required to deliver a short 15-minute lesson on the Technical skills profile. This will be followed by a formal 45-minute interview on the Success Profile behaviours, qualifications and experience against the job specification.

Candidates are required to submit the following at application, which will be assessed by the selection panel under the Experience success profile:

• Curriculum Vitae.
• Statement of Suitability.
• Evidence against each Civil Service Behaviour listed.

At interview, candidates will be assessed on behaviours and technical skills.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

For application and interview candidates should please use the guidance within the linked Civil Service Success Profiles framework (for Burnham Lecturers the Civil Service Behaviours are at Level 3 - SEO/MOD Band C2 equivalents) and the Situation-Task-Action-Result (S-T-A-R) format to articulate their experience.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigation’s can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

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