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Future Skills Advisor

Manufacturing Technology Centre • Full-time • Coventry, England, United Kingdom • £60k / year • 2w ago

Salary

up to £60,000 per annum

Location

Coventry

This is a permanent, full time vacancy that will close in 24 days at 23:59 BST.

The Vacancy

To support industries and authorities with their workforce development and skills readiness required to meet the technological advancements of the future.

The successful candidate will be responsible for working with multiple stakeholders to research regional or organizational skill gaps and identify new or evolving roles of strategic importance in the high-value manufacturing sector.

They will convert their findings into 'competency frameworks' and future learning interventions that will clearly define the responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and behaviors required across multiple emerging and future roles, with a particular emphasis on the defense sectors.

Activities will include:

Liaising with key industry partners, such as awarding bodies, to drive collaboration and approval.
Liaising with major high-value manufacturers and MTC members to drive collaboration and approval.
Facilitating skills workshops with all stakeholders and MTC research engineers.
Articulating the output of workshops into competency frameworks that clearly define the current and future requirements of roles within the industry.
Project management of the assigned framework projects.
Carrying out Training Needs Analysis or Organizational Needs Analysis for specific clients.
Demonstrating excellent virtual facilitation and presentation skills.
Demonstrating excellent IT/digital skills, including Power BI and proprietary tools such as miro.com and retool.com.
Designing, implementing, and evaluating workshops/training sessions and similar activities.
Creating and authoring support materials – briefings, PPTs, videos/animations in support of workshops.
Developing, delivering, and adapting workshops and related processes based on own observations and user/participant feedback.
Project planning and implementation – workshop scheduling.
Demonstrating knowledge of organizational/workforce capability and occupational standards.
Solving problems, finding root causes, and resolving any conflicts.
Being fully competent in the use of MS Office applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Demonstrating knowledge in blended learning and development solutions most appropriate for differing complex organizations.

Essential Skills:

Proven working experience in the nuclear/defense sector.
Proven technical knowledge in the defense sector.
Willingness to gain security clearance for certain projects.

Desirable Skills:

Experience in engineering/manufacturing.
Understanding of occupational standards, trailblazer standards, and units.
Understanding of educational levels, apprenticeships, and the apprentice levy.
Educated to a relevant degree or Masters level or similar.
Industrial experience in manufacturing/engineering.
Experience working in apprenticeships.
Strategic workforce planning.
Identification of funding opportunities and creation of quotes for clients.

About The MTC

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.

The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.

Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.

The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.

Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)
Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.

Competitive Salary

Excellent Pension Scheme

Flexible Working