UK Hydrographic Office

Location: Taunton

Salary: £33,287 plus excellent benefits

Hours: Full time / Part time / Flexible

Contract: Permanent

UKHO is on an exciting journey of digital transformation, including within our International Training offering, where digital learning is rapidly growing. This presents career defining opportunities across all areas of the business including this new and exciting post. We are looking for an experienced training professional to assist in coordinating and contributing to the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of training programmes.

 About the UKHO

UKHO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence. We work with a wide range of data partners to chart the world’s oceans in order to develop and serve world leading software and data solutions to commercial shipping companies, navies and maritime organisations. Our products ensure safe navigation and global trade efficiency and support other marine activities including economic development, environmental protection, resource exploration and utilisation, scientific research and security and defence.

We deliver a certified range of training programmes to develop the core skills of marine cartography. UKHO International Training delivers training to over 40 countries, supporting the International Hydrographic Office’s (IHO) commitment to capacity building, and developing international capability.

The role

The successful post holder will be responsible for the coordination and assignment of all international training activity, working with the wider International Training Team and International Training Manager to plan effective schedules of work in line with capacity building requests. Alongside other members of the delivery team the post holder will be responsible for the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of training programmes for international students with training delivered at the UKHO, overseas and through digital learning.

The role will require you to be adaptive to working across various global time zones and you may be expected to organise and participate in weekend and weekday social activities with international delegations.

What we are looking for

 To be shortlisted you will need to evidence:

  • Proficiency when designing and implementing blended programmes of study, from concept through to course completion analysis.
  • Experience of planning and organising work for self and others to meet demanding timescales.

As an important aspect of this role involves regular spoken interaction with members of the public, the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential to be successful for the post. You will be tested on this at interview.

In return

UKHO is a great place in which to explore your career potential. While our projects are career-defining, the work/life balance that we can offer you is equally exceptional. From flexitime, flexible working, an award-winning office environment and a generous annual leave allowance of 34.5 days including public holidays, the opportunities open to you here are hard to beat.

For a full job description, including the assessment criteria, please click the apply button to be taken to our website.

 Closing date: 11:55 pm on 1 July 2021.

 UKHO embraces diversity and promotes inclusion and equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident employer, which includes offering a guaranteed interview to candidates with disabilities, providing they meet the minimum selection criteria.

 Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles