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Flysafair careers – Senior Training Specialist

Senior Training Specialist

Company: FlySafair Careers

Job Description
The Senior Training Specialist will oversee and optimise training operations across Cabin, Ground, and Technical divisions, ensuring effective delivery, compliance, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day training operations, ensuring all sessions are scheduled, resourced, and delivered according to the training plan.
• Monitor training schedules to maintain timelines, resource efficiency, and optimal utilisation.
• Act as the escalation point for direct reports, resolving operational challenges and ensuring continuity of training delivery.
• Drive standardisation of training processes, documentation, and practices across all divisions to maintain consistency and quality.
• Facilitate alignment between training teams, planning, instructors, and administrative support to ensure consistent practices and regulatory adherence.
• Foster effective communication across divisions to optimise training execution and collaboration.
• Identify operational gaps, recommend improvements, and implement solutions to enhance training effectiveness and efficiency.
• Gather feedback from teams, collaborate with stakeholders, and implement process improvements to overcome barriers.
• Document lessons learned, track recurring issues, and recommend practical enhancements to strengthen delivery and efficiency.
• Compile weekly performance summaries, dashboards, and reports on training delivery, utilisation, completion rates, and instructor performance.
• Provide timely updates on training progress, risks, and key performance metrics, recommending corrective actions and escalating critical issues when necessary.
• Monitor instructor utilisation to ensure resources are optimally deployed, addressing under- or over-utilisation proactively.
• Support the Manager: Regulatory Training with audit readiness by validating documentation flows and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Encourage and promote teamwork, assess and optimise direct report performance, and provide guidance, support, and specialised insights to develop the team.

Job Requirements:

• Grade 12 or equivalent (Essential)
• Relevant diploma/degree in Education, Aviation Management, Training, or 3 years’ aviation experience (Essential)
• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in a mid-sized organisation, with at least 1 year in a supervisory role (Essential)
• Experience in SACAA audits or internal compliance reviews (Advantageous)
• Experience with AIMS or similar aviation management systems (Advantageous)
• Operational knowledge of aviation training structures and delivery models
• Working knowledge of SACAA training regulations and ATO framework
• Understanding of rostering and scheduling systems

Personality Attributes:

• Professional and integrity-driven
• Proactive and assertive
• Committed and adaptable to new challenges
• Able to manage changing workload priorities and perform under pressure

Application Guidelines:

• Email applications will not be accepted
• Preference given to under-represented designated groups
• If no feedback is received within two weeks of closing, consider the application unsuccessful

FlySafair Reserves the Right To:

• Not proceed with this vacancy
• Appoint candidates based on operational requirements

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