Ground Engineering Electrical Apprenticeship Assessor (Specialist Instructional Officer)

Shape the Future of RAF Engineering

Do you have an engineering background and a passion for helping others succeed?

We are looking for an experienced engineering professional to join the RAF Apprenticeship Management Team as a Ground Engineering Electrical Apprenticeship Assessor (Specialist Instructional Officer).

This is a rewarding opportunity to use your knowledge, skills and experience to support RAF apprentices as they develop into qualified engineering technicians. Every apprentice you work with contributes directly to future Defence capability, making this role both highly visible and professionally rewarding.

Working as part of a supportive team, you will coach, mentor and assess apprentices throughout their apprenticeship journey, helping them develop the technical knowledge, practical skills and professional behaviours required for success within the Royal Air Force.

If you enjoy developing people, building relationships and sharing your engineering expertise, we'd love to hear from you.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

As a Ground Engineering Apprenticeship Assessor, you will work with apprentices both at MOD Lyneham and across RAF Stations throughout the UK.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting apprentices throughout their learning and development journey.
• Conducting workplace review visits at RAF units across the UK.
• Assessing apprenticeship portfolios and evidence against national standards and awarding organisation requirements.
• Providing coaching, mentoring and professional guidance to apprentices and workplace supervisors.
• Supporting apprentices to achieve recognised qualifications and apprenticeship standards.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of apprenticeship delivery and assessment processes.
• Maintaining accurate assessment records and supporting quality assurance activities.
• Delivering training and instructional activities where required.

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Make a genuine difference to the lives and careers of RAF apprentices.
• Use your engineering expertise in a developmental and rewarding environment.
• Build professional relationships across Defence.
• Travel to RAF Stations throughout the UK.
• Develop instructional, assessment and quality assurance skills.
• Access excellent Civil Service benefits, pension arrangements and flexible working opportunities.

Travel and occasional overnight stays will be required depending on your apprenticeship caseload.

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.

Application StageCandidates will be required to provide:

• A CV detailing employment history, qualifications and relevant experience.
• A Statement of Suitability (maximum 750 words) explaining how they meet the essential criteria and why they are suitable for the role.

SiftApplications will be assessed against:

• CV
• Statement of Suitability
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Leadership

InterviewCandidates successful at sift will attend an interview consisting of:

Behaviour Questions

Assessment against:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Leadership

Engineering Knowledge Assessment

Candidates will complete a short engineering trade knowledge assessment relevant to the advertised specialism, designed to assess occupational competence and technical understanding. This forms part of the mandatory trade competency assessment required for recruitment to the Specialist Instructional Officer cadre.

Presentation Exercise

Candidates will deliver a 15-20 minute presentation on a specified engineering topic. The exercise will assess:

• Technical knowledge
• Communication skills
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts
• Potential to coach and develop learners

Presentation details will be provided to candidates invited to interview.

Further information:

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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 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 mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.