Are you keen about plane accident investigation?
Are you on the lookout for a excessive profile function at the forefront of aviation security?
In that 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 could 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, 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 function 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’ll be answerable for investigating the operational facets of an incidence as a part of a multi-disciplinary staff, together with interviewing witnesses and exploring related human elements.
For additional details about our work please go to www.aaib.gov.uk.
Duties embrace, however usually are not restricted to:
- You’ll be instrumental in figuring out the operational circumstances during which civil plane accidents and severe 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 overseas security investigation authorities and by conducting investigations within the UK’s Abroad Territories and Crown Dependencies.
- You’ll produce reviews of the operational facets of an occasion and promote motion to enhance security by 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 transient 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 connected Function Profile.
Particular person specification
About you
To thrive on this function, you:
- Could have intensive and up to date skilled flying expertise, together with data of civilian plane operations and aviation on the whole.
- Might be extremely motivated, inquisitive, capable of work below strain, and cozy working in a staff or independently.
- Will need to 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.
- Could have glorious written communication abilities and be able to producing correct and clear reviews. Additionally, you will have glorious verbal and presentation abilities.
- Will possess the flexibility to work with stakeholders, each inside and outdoors the AAIB staff, to determine 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 pictures) which can be distressing. They might even be required to talk with probably traumatised accident victims, bereaved members of the family and witnesses. It’s important that candidates take these necessities into consideration earlier than making use of for the publish.
Candidates might be required to take part in a wellbeing and traumatic stress danger overview and on-line persona questionnaire prematurely of their formal evaluation. This danger overview shouldn’t be a proper evaluation and won’t resolve whether or not you progress to interview. The danger overview 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 ought to be spent at your principal office, though necessities to attend different areas for official enterprise, or perform indifferent obligation in one other DfT office, can even depend in the direction of this stage of attendance. The function 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 might be intervals the place you might be much less prone to be known as.
Licences
Full UK Drivers Licence.
{Qualifications}
To be eligible for the function you could have:
• An Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence appropriate for working UK-registered plane.
• Skilled flying expertise in a multi-crew business surroundings throughout the two years main as much as the time limit for purposes.
Both:
• Greater than 4,500 hours as pilot on fastened wing plane, of which greater than 3,000 hours had 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 had 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 in control of 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 throughout the choice course of:
- Making Efficient Choices
- Working Collectively
- Speaking and Influencing
Technical abilities
We’ll assess you towards these technical abilities throughout the choice course of:
- Making use of Experience and Expertise (AIB Competency).
- Written communication (AIB Competency).
- 1. Technique. 1.1. Coverage Context and Goal. Stage 1: Creating.
- 2. Democracy. 2.1. Working with Ministers. Stage 1: Creating.
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, engaging pension choices, versatile working, inclusive working environments and far more to assist a wholesome work/life stability.
Discover out extra about what it’s like working on the Division for Transport
Issues you should 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.
How you can apply
As a part of the appliance course of, you may be requested to supply a CV and a 750-word Private Assertion.
Please tailor your CV to swimsuit the function.
In your Private Assertion, please present detailed proof of the next:
- Having a different aviation background when it comes to roles, plane varieties/courses, and varieties of flying.
- Expertise of constructing and sustaining relationships with a numerous vary of stakeholders
Please embrace in your private assertion proof of a different aviation background when it comes to roles, plane varieties/courses and varieties of flying.
The sift is because of happen throughout the w/c fifteenth April 2024.
On-line Character Questionnaires and Psychological Trauma Threat Evaluation Opinions will happen from w/c twenty ninth April 2024.
Interviews are prone 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’ll be supplied with ample discover of the confirmed dates.
The choice course of might be designed particularly for the function. Consequently, your evaluation will embrace:
- A coverage train.
- A presentation.
- A task play train.
- An interview.
- A capability check.
This interview might be performed Face to Face at our workplace. Additional particulars might be offered to it is best to you be chosen for interview.
You’re inspired to grow to be conversant in the function profile, as you could be assessed towards any of the factors recorded inside.
The Division for Transport alongside different Authorities Departments recruit utilizing Success Profiles. This implies for every function we contemplate what you will want to reveal with a view to achieve success. This provides us the very best probability of discovering the suitable particular person for the job, drives up efficiency and improves range and inclusivity.
For additional info on Success Profiles go to our Careers web site.
Affordable 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’ve an obligation to make affordable modifications to our processes.
Full the “Help required” part within the “Further necessities” web page of your utility type to inform us what modifications or aid you may want throughout the recruitment course of. As an illustration, you could want wheelchair entry at an interview, or if you happen to’re deaf, a Language Service Skilled.
In case you want an inexpensive adjustment so that you could full your utility, it is best to contact Authorities Recruitment Service by way of dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as quickly as doable earlier than the time limit to debate your wants.
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Additional Data
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 each year. After an additional interval of passable development and evaluation, you could be awarded a extra non-pensionable allowance of £2,000 each year. This often happens about 4 years after reaching Senior Inspector
For extra details about how we rent, and for helpful tips about submitting your utility for this function, go to the How We Rent web page of our DfT Careers web site. You will discover detailed details about the recruitment course of and what to anticipate when making use of for a task.
This function is full time solely. Candidates who want to work another sample are welcome to use nonetheless your most well-liked working sample is probably not out there and it is best to focus on this with the emptiness holder earlier than making use of.
Pre-employment Checking
Candidates who’re profitable at interview might be, as a part of pre-employment screening, topic to a examine on the Inside Fraud Database (IFD). This examine will present details about workers who’ve been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This examine 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 might be refused employment.
A candidate shouldn’t be eligible to use for a task throughout the Civil Service if the appliance is made inside a 5-year interval following a dismissal for finishing up inside 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 offered if you happen to 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).
See our vetting constitution (opens in a brand new window).
Folks working with authorities property should full baseline personnel safety normal (opens in new window) checks.
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 suitable to work within the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and members of the family 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 members of the family of these nationalities who’ve made a legitimate 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 had been eligible to use for EUSS on or earlier than 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and sure members of the family of Turkish nationals, who’ve accrued the suitable to work within the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a brand new window) units out the requirements of behaviour anticipated of civil servants.
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 presents a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who’re liable 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 staff
- E-mail :dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Additional info
In case you really feel your utility has not been handled in accordance with the Recruitment Ideas and also you want to make a grievance, within the first occasion, it is best to contact Authorities Recruitment Companies by way of e-mail: dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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