Director, Technical Affairs School (Local Emirati)

About AL TAIF :

We are the leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services, and comprehensive lifecycle support for land platforms, heavy utility vehicles and ground support equipment of the UAE Armed Forces. We empower our customer to focus on its missions, confident that its land-based platforms and systems, warfighters and other personnel are in optimal condition to operate at peak performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise faculty in the undertaking of training needs analysis and the annual training review.
• Ensure training school compliance with the project contract and directives provided by the Customer
• Oversee the development and implantation of new or revised training school policies, procedures and programs.
• Recommend enhanced courseware delivery systems and training school redesign initiatives for implementation over the length of the contract.
• Oversee the development and execution of a curriculum to support the Professional Military Education (PME) program.
• Review all department activities to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and established AL TAIF Quality and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) standards.
• Responsible for the coordination, planning, preparing, reviewing and execution of the ATP in accordance with the project contract.
• Perform quality work as part of the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System program.
• Oversee the development of performance metrics for the department to ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) are met or exceeded.
• Develop, monitor and manage the annual budget of the training school.
• Oversee the implementation of the training strategy; ATP; approved curriculum, policies, procedures and programs; a Mobile Training Team (MTT) program; courseware delivery capabilities; and maintenance school redesign initiatives.
• Control the management and continuous improvement of the learning management system.
• Advise top management of the most advanced technical approaches to technical training.
• Develop and manage the training school’s technical apprentice program.
• Conduct training needs analysis and annually assess training effectiveness across all functional areas.
• Maintain the confidentiality and security of all company documents.
• Perform other duties as directed by the Chief Operating Officer.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree required Master degree preferred, or Equivalent years of Experiences in same field
• A minimum of ten to twelve years managerial experience (manager, dean, leader etc.) is required, in a military environment is preferred.
• A minimum of six years of experience as Director/Dean of a training institution is preferred
• Previous experience applying the Systems Approach to Training (SAT) is preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are an advantage.
• Experience and/or knowledge in developing training, education and/or leader programs in compliance to ISO 10015 guidelines; professional military education development systems; training, evaluation and analysis programs; distributed learning technologies; and mobile training team programs is required

Key Skills:

• Demonstrated leadership and analytical expertise
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• An excellent grasp of Microsoft Office software is required.
• The ability to communicate effectively in English, both in writing and verbally is required.  
• A valid UAE driver’s license.

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