Are you obsessed with plane accident investigation?
Are you on the lookout for a excessive profile position at the forefront of aviation security?
If that’s the case, it is a distinctive alternative to hitch 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 potential, and we hope to draw purposes from underrepresented teams, together with ethnic minorities, folks with a incapacity, and other people 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 critical incidents and selling security motion to stop re-occurrence. We examine accidents and critical 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 may be chargeable for investigating the operational facets of an prevalence as a part of a multi-disciplinary workforce, together with interviewing witnesses and exploring related human elements.
For additional details about our work please go to www.aaib.gov.uk.
Tasks embrace, however should not restricted to:
- You may be instrumental in figuring out the operational circumstances during which civil plane accidents and critical incidents happen worldwide, figuring out elements that influenced the result and highlighting areas the place change would enhance security.
- You’ll assist the worldwide security investigation neighborhood to enhance aviation security globally by supporting international security investigation authorities and by conducting investigations within the UK’s Abroad Territories and Crown Dependencies.
- You’ll produce experiences of the operational facets 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 preserve the households of victims knowledgeable of the progress of the investigation and you’ll transient them on its findings and conclusions. Additionally, you will be required to present technical proof on the coroner’s inquest to clarify the findings of the report.
For extra info, please see the connected Position Profile.
Particular person specification
About you
To thrive on this position, you:
- Could have in depth and up to date skilled flying expertise, together with data of civilian plane operations and aviation typically.
- Will probably be extremely motivated, inquisitive, in a position to work underneath strain, and comfy working in a workforce or independently.
- Will need to have a broad technical and analytical functionality throughout a variety of plane technical and non-technical operational topics.
- Should have the ability to work in difficult environments worldwide, generally at brief discover.
- Could have glorious written communication abilities and be able to producing correct and clear experiences. 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
As a result of 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 can be required to take part in a wellbeing and traumatic stress threat assessment and on-line persona questionnaire prematurely of their formal evaluation. This threat assessment will not be a proper evaluation and won’t determine whether or not you progress to interview. The danger assessment will embrace 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 beneath).
A minimal of 60% of your working time must 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 even rely in the direction of this stage of attendance. The position requires the place holder to be on-call for deployments besides while on Annual Depart or by mutual settlement with AAIB Administration. A roster is managed to make sure there can be intervals the place you’re much less more likely to be known as.
Licences
Full UK Drivers Licence.
{Qualifications}
To be eligible for the position you will need to have:
• An Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence appropriate for working UK-registered plane.
• Skilled flying expertise in a multi-crew business surroundings inside the two years main as much as the cut-off date for purposes.
Both:
• Greater than 4,500 hours as pilot on fastened 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 business plane.
or
• Vital expertise of management and taking duty in an organisational setting, ideally within the aviation area.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you towards these behaviours through the choice course of:
- Making Efficient Choices
- Working Collectively
- Speaking and Influencing
Technical abilities
We’ll assess you towards these technical abilities through the choice course of:
- Making use of Experience and Expertise (AIB Competency).
- Written communication (AIB Competency).
- 1. Technique. 1.1. Coverage Context and Objective. Stage 1: Creating.
- 2. Democracy. 2.1. Working with Ministers. Stage 1: Creating.
Advantages
Being a part of our sensible Civil Service means you should have entry to a variety of improbable advantages. We provide beneficiant annual go away, enticing pension choices, versatile working, inclusive working environments and far more to assist a wholesome work/life steadiness.
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.
Learn how to apply
As a part of the appliance course of, you’ll be requested to offer a CV and a 750-word Private Assertion.
Please tailor your CV to swimsuit the position.
To your Private Assertion, please present detailed proof of the next:
- Having a diversified aviation background by way of roles, plane varieties/lessons, and sorts of flying.
- Expertise of constructing and sustaining relationships with a varied vary of stakeholders
Please embrace in your private assertion proof of a diversified aviation background by way of roles, plane varieties/lessons and sorts of flying.
The sift is because of happen through 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 Might 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 may be supplied with adequate discover of the confirmed dates.
The choice course of can be designed particularly for the position. Because of this, your evaluation will embrace:
- A coverage train.
- A presentation.
- A task play train.
- An interview.
- A capability take a look at.
This interview can be performed Face to Face at our workplace. Additional particulars can be supplied to you need to you be chosen for interview.
You’re inspired to grow to be acquainted with the position profile, as it’s possible you’ll be assessed towards any of the standards recorded inside.
The Division for Transport alongside different Authorities Departments recruit utilizing Success Profiles. This implies for every position we contemplate what you will want to reveal with the intention to achieve success. This offers us the very best likelihood of discovering the correct individual for the job, drives up efficiency and improves variety 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 finest. If an individual with a visual or non-visible incapacity is considerably deprived, we now have an obligation to make affordable adjustments to our processes.
Full the “Help required” part within the “Further necessities” web page of your utility kind to inform us what adjustments or assist you to would possibly want through the recruitment course of. As an example, it’s possible you’ll want wheelchair entry at an interview, or when you’re deaf, a Language Service Skilled.
Should you want an inexpensive adjustment so that you could full your utility, you need to contact Authorities Recruitment Service by way of dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as quickly as potential earlier than the cut-off date to debate your wants.
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Additional Info
After about two years, topic to passable development and evaluation towards competency necessities, you’ll grow to be a Senior Inspector and be awarded a non-pensionable allowance of £4,000 every year. After an extra interval of passable development and evaluation, it’s possible you’ll be awarded a further non-pensionable allowance of £2,000 every year. This often 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 position, 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 position is full time solely. Candidates who want to work another sample are welcome to use nevertheless your most well-liked working sample will not be obtainable and you need to talk about this with the emptiness holder earlier than making use of.
Pre-employment Checking
Candidates who’re profitable at interview can be, as a part of pre-employment screening, topic to a examine on the Inner Fraud Database (IFD). This examine will present details about staff who’ve been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This examine additionally applies to staff who resign or in any other case go away earlier than being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s particulars held on the IFD can be refused employment.
A candidate will not 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 towards 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 supplied when 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 examine (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 correct 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 underneath 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 underneath the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- people with restricted go away to stay or indefinite go away 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 correct to work within the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
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We recruit by advantage on the idea of honest and open competitors, as outlined within the Civil Service Fee’s recruitment rules (opens in a brand new window).
The Civil Service embraces variety 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 presents a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who’re prone 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
Should 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, you need to contact Authorities Recruitment Companies by way of e mail: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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