Qualified Flying Instructor

Job Title:                 Qualified Flying Instructor
Location:                 Stockbridge, Hampshire
Compensation:       £70,557.84
Role Type:               Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                   SF61152

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 Qualified Flying Instructor at our Middle Wallop site.

The role
As a Qualified Flying Instructor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Supporting candidates at Middle Wallop aspiring to become the next Apache/Wildcat pilots through grading on the Babcock Grob 115E Tutor Aircraft.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Complete end of course reports.
• Actively encourage and maintain a culture of military ethos throughout 6 FTS and embrace the Student Care Directives.
• Maintain the highest level of safety and quality throughout the 6 FTS operation.
• Ensure that all communication, documentation, and typed material is of the required standard.
• Complete Staff Continuation Training requirements

This role is full time and based onsite at Middle Wallop.

Essential experience of the Qualified Flying Instructor:

• Previous Military flying experience.

Qualifications for the Qualified Flying Instructor:

• CFS B1 QFI/QHI category.
• Hold a class 1 medical certificate to the satisfaction of the MOD requirements.
• Minimum of Commercial Pilots Licence, Unrestricted Instructor Rating (with Aerobatics) and valid Instrument Rating (A) SE SP
• DTTT V2 (Defence train the trainer)
• Completed a Flying Supervisors Course/Flight Authorisers Course

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC security clearance for this role.

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
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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: 06/01/2025

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