Are you enthusiastic about plane accident investigation?
Are you in search of a excessive profile function at the vanguard of aviation security?
In that case, it is a distinctive alternative to affix the Air Accidents Investigation Department (AAIB) as an Inspector of Air Accidents (Operations), and we’d love to listen to from you.
We recognise the challenges that individuals with protected traits might expertise on the job market and of their profession development. We’re absolutely dedicated to being an inclusive employer and guaranteeing equal alternatives. We’re eager to make our workforce as numerous as doable, and we hope to draw purposes from underrepresented teams, together with ethnic minorities, individuals with a incapacity, and folks with gender numerous identities.
Job description
The Air Accidents Investigation Department (AAIB) is a part of the Division for Transport (DfT). The AAIB’s objective is to enhance aviation security by figuring out the circumstances and causes of plane accidents and severe incidents and selling security motion to forestall re-occurrence. We examine accidents and severe incidents to civil plane within the UK (together with UK Abroad Territories and Crown Dependencies) and abroad the place there’s a UK curiosity.
You can be accountable for investigating the operational elements of an incidence as a part of a multi-disciplinary workforce, together with interviewing witnesses and exploring related human components.
For additional details about our work please go to www.aaib.gov.uk.
Tasks embody, however will not be restricted to:
- You can be instrumental in figuring out the operational circumstances during which civil plane accidents and severe incidents happen worldwide, figuring out components that influenced the result and highlighting areas the place change would enhance security.
- You’ll assist the worldwide security investigation group to enhance aviation security globally by supporting overseas security investigation authorities and by conducting investigations within the UK’s Abroad Territories and Crown Dependencies.
- You’ll produce studies of the operational elements of an occasion and promote motion to enhance security via dialogue with related events and by making sound security suggestions.
- Following deadly accidents within the UK or involving UK residents abroad, you’ll maintain the households of victims knowledgeable of the progress of the investigation and you’ll temporary them on its findings and conclusions. Additionally, you will be required to offer technical proof on the coroner’s inquest to elucidate the findings of the report.
For extra info, please see the hooked up Function Profile.
Particular person specification
About you
To thrive on this function, you:
- Can have intensive and up to date skilled flying expertise, together with data of civilian plane operations and aviation typically.
- Might be extremely motivated, inquisitive, in a position to work below stress, and cozy working in a workforce or independently.
- Should have a broad technical and analytical functionality throughout a variety of plane technical and non-technical operational topics.
- Should be capable of work in difficult environments worldwide, typically at brief discover.
- Can have glorious written communication abilities and be able to producing correct and clear studies. Additionally, you will have glorious verbal and presentation abilities.
- Will possess the flexibility to work with stakeholders, each inside and out of doors the AAIB workforce, to ascertain mutual respect and belief, and to speak clearly and successfully.
Further info
Because of the nature of AAIB operations, the profitable candidate could also be uncovered to info and materials together with imagery (video and images) which can be distressing. They might even be required to talk with probably traumatised accident victims, bereaved relations and witnesses. It’s important that candidates take these necessities into consideration earlier than making use of for the put up.
Candidates will likely be required to take part in a wellbeing and traumatic stress danger evaluate and on-line persona questionnaire upfront of their formal evaluation. This danger evaluate shouldn’t be a proper evaluation and won’t determine whether or not you progress to interview. The danger evaluate will embody a brief questionnaire which is adopted up by a brief phone name with a Psychologist. Potential candidates are welcome to contact the AAIB for additional info (contact level under).
A minimal of 60% of your working time ought to be spent at your principal office, though necessities to attend different areas for official enterprise, or perform indifferent responsibility in one other DfT office, may also rely in the direction of this stage of attendance. The function requires the place holder to be on-call for deployments besides while on Annual Go away or by mutual settlement with AAIB Administration. A roster is managed to make sure there will likely be intervals the place you might be much less more likely to be referred to as.
Licences
Full UK Drivers Licence.
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To be eligible for the function you will need to have:
• An Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence appropriate for working UK-registered plane.
• Skilled flying expertise in a multi-crew industrial surroundings inside the two years main as much as the time limit for purposes.
Both:
• Greater than 4,500 hours as pilot on mounted wing plane, of which greater than 3,000 hours have been gained working plane over 5,700 kg certificated for operation with a minimal crew of two pilots.
or
• Greater than 2,500 hours as pilot on rotary wing plane, of which greater than 2,000 hours have been gained working in a multi-pilot surroundings in rotary wing plane over 3,175 kg certificated for multi-pilot operations.
Both:
• Greater than 1,000 hours answerable for multi-crew industrial plane.
or
• Vital expertise of management and taking accountability in an organisational setting, ideally within the aviation area.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you in opposition to these behaviours throughout the choice course of:
- Making Efficient Choices
- Working Collectively
- Speaking and Influencing
Technical abilities
We’ll assess you in opposition to these technical abilities throughout the choice course of:
- Making use of Experience and Know-how (AIB Competency).
- Written communication (AIB Competency).
- 1. Technique. 1.1. Coverage Context and Goal. Degree 1: Growing.
- 2. Democracy. 2.1. Working with Ministers. Degree 1: Growing.
Advantages
Being a part of our good Civil Service means you’ll have entry to a variety of unbelievable advantages. We provide beneficiant annual depart, enticing pension choices, versatile working, inclusive working environments and rather more to assist a wholesome work/life stability.
Discover out extra about what it’s like working on the Division for Transport
Issues you must know
Choice course of particulars
This emptiness is utilizing Success Profiles (opens in a brand new window), and can assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Expertise and Technical abilities.
Find out how to apply
As a part of the appliance course of, you may be requested to offer a CV and a 750-word Private Assertion.
Please tailor your CV to swimsuit the function.
To your Private Assertion, please present detailed proof of the next:
- Having a various aviation background by way of roles, plane sorts/courses, and kinds of flying.
- Expertise of constructing and sustaining relationships with a varied vary of stakeholders
Please embody in your private assertion proof of a various aviation background by way of roles, plane sorts/courses and kinds of flying.
The sift is because of happen throughout the w/c fifteenth April 2024.
On-line Persona Questionnaires and Psychological Trauma Danger Evaluation Critiques will happen from w/c twenty ninth April 2024.
Interviews are more likely to be held on eighth or ninth Could 2024.
We are going to attempt to meet the dates set out within the advert. There could also be events when these dates will change. You can be supplied with enough discover of the confirmed dates.
The choice course of will likely be designed particularly for the function. Because of this, your evaluation will embody:
- A coverage train.
- A presentation.
- A task play train.
- An interview.
- A capability take a look at.
This interview will likely be performed Face to Face at our workplace. Additional particulars will likely be offered to it’s best to you be chosen for interview.
You’re inspired to turn into accustomed to the function profile, as you could be assessed in opposition to any of the standards recorded inside.
The Division for Transport alongside different Authorities Departments recruit utilizing Success Profiles. This implies for every function we contemplate what you have to to exhibit with the intention to achieve success. This provides us the absolute best probability of discovering the best individual for the job, drives up efficiency and improves range and inclusivity.
For additional info on Success Profiles go to our Careers web site.
Cheap Changes
As a Incapacity Assured Chief employer, we’re dedicated to making sure that the recruitment course of is honest, accessible and permits all candidates to carry out at their greatest. If an individual with a visual or non-visible incapacity is considerably deprived, we have now an obligation to make affordable adjustments to our processes.
Full the “Help required” part within the “Further necessities” web page of your utility type to inform us what adjustments or allow you to would possibly want throughout the recruitment course of. As an example, you could want wheelchair entry at an interview, or in the event you’re deaf, a Language Service Skilled.
In the event you want an inexpensive adjustment so to full your utility, it’s best to contact Authorities Recruitment Service through dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as quickly as doable earlier than the time limit to debate your wants.
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Additional Info
After about two years, topic to passable development and evaluation in opposition to competency necessities, you’ll turn into a Senior Inspector and be awarded a non-pensionable allowance of £4,000 every year. After an additional interval of passable development and evaluation, you could be awarded a extra non-pensionable allowance of £2,000 every year. This normally happens about 4 years after reaching Senior Inspector
For extra details about how we rent, and for helpful recommendations on submitting your utility for this function, go to the How We Rent web page of our DfT Careers web site. You could find detailed details about the recruitment course of and what to anticipate when making use of for a job.
This function is full time solely. Candidates who want to work another sample are welcome to use nonetheless your most well-liked working sample will not be obtainable and it’s best to focus on this with the emptiness holder earlier than making use of.
Pre-employment Checking
Candidates who’re profitable at interview will likely be, as a part of pre-employment screening, topic to a verify on the Inside Fraud Database (IFD). This verify will present details about workers who’ve been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This verify additionally applies to workers who resign or in any other case depart earlier than being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s particulars held on the IFD will likely be refused employment.
A candidate shouldn’t be eligible to use for a job inside the Civil Service if the appliance is made inside a 5-year interval following a dismissal for finishing up inner fraud in opposition to authorities.
For additional info on Nationwide Safety Vetting please go to the next web page https://www.gov.uk/authorities/publications/demystifying-vetting
Suggestions will solely be offered in the event you attend an interview or evaluation.
Safety
Profitable candidates should meet the safety necessities earlier than they are often appointed. The extent of safety wanted is safety verify (opens in a brand new window).
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Nationality necessities
This job is broadly open to the next teams:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Eire
- nationals of Commonwealth nations who’ve the best to work within the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and relations of these nationalities with settled or pre-settled standing below the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a brand new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and relations of these nationalities who’ve made a sound utility for settled or pre-settled standing below the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- people with restricted depart to stay or indefinite depart to stay who have been eligible to use for EUSS on or earlier than 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and sure relations of Turkish nationals, who’ve accrued the best to work within the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
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We recruit by benefit on the premise of honest and open competitors, as outlined within the Civil Service Fee’s recruitment ideas (opens in a brand new window).
The Civil Service embraces range and promotes equal alternatives. As such, we run a Incapacity Assured Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimal choice standards.
The Civil Service additionally affords a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who’re susceptible to redundancy, and who meet the minimal necessities for the marketed emptiness.
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Contact level for candidates
Job contact :
- Identify :Eileen Collins
- E-mail :Recruitment@aaib.gov.uk
Recruitment workforce
- E-mail :dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Additional info
In the event you really feel your utility has not been handled in accordance with the Recruitment Ideas and also you want to make a criticism, within the first occasion, it’s best to contact Authorities Recruitment Providers through e mail: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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