DCASO Instructor

Job Title:                    DCASO Instructor 
Location:                   Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Compensation:          £45,189.00 + Benefits
Role Type:                 Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                      SF57021

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Defence College of Air and Space Operations Instructor at our RAF Shawbury site.

The role
As a DCASO Instructor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be responsible to the Officer Commanding Defence College of Air and Space Operations (DCASO) for training, developing, and preparing future Air Operations (Control) personnel.

Day-to-day, you’ll produce written reports with associated gradings and narratives to reflect the trainees’ performances, as well as:

• Provide training to the standard required by the Officer Commanding Air Traffic Control Training Squadron.
• Act in accordance with the RAF Shawbury Supervisory Care Directive.
• Deliver performance coaching maintaining and contributing to a positive learning environment which develops the confidence of all trainees.

This role is full time and based onsite at RAF Shawbury.

Essential experience of the DCASO Instructor:

• You will need previous military Terminal controlling experience, 
• Recent experience of providing Terminal Air Traffic Services in UK airspace under the Military Aviation Authority 3000 Series Regulations.
• Recent trainer experience in an ATC training environment that is deemed acceptable to the customer.

Qualifications for the DCASO Instructor:

• You will need to be qualified in accordance with JSP 822
• The successful candidate must be able to pass the JATCC (joint air traffic controllers course)Trainers Course.
• Defence Trainer Course. Desirable

Security Clearance

• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain EDBS + SC Clearance.
• Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 30/04/2024

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