New Posting - Victoria Flying Club

Director of Training / Chief Flight Instructor (DT/CFI)

The Victoria Flying Club, located at the Victoria International Airport, has been training world class professional and recreational pilots since 1946. Local and international students benefit from top‐ notch instruction on a standardized fleet of Cessna 172S model aircraft, at one of Canada’s busiest airports, and in a varied terrain setting, providing an unsurpassed training environment year round.

Competition Number: DT2016 Description of Position:

The Director of Training and Chief Flight Instructor reports to the General Manager. The role includes responsibility for the development and maintenance of VFC’s flight and ground training programs adding structured flight training to VFC’s established modular training system. Emphasis will be on developing and maintaining the syllabus for each training program, overseeing the content and delivery of lesson plans, preparatory ground briefings, ground school, examination preparations and overall flight and ground instructional quality. The DT/CFI will carry out duties as described in the Canadian Aviation Regulations 426.22 and will manage VFC’s team of fifteen flight instructors.

•  Training Program Development

·         Oversee the development and maintenance of VFC's ground and flight training programs, progressively adding elements of structured flight training to VFCs established modular training system

·         Oversee the development and maintenance of a training syllabus for each training program (private, commercial, multi‐engine, instrument, instructor, float, night and VFR OTT)

·         Oversee the development and maintenance of a series of structured lesson plans for ground, flight and simulator lessons

·         Oversee the development and maintenance of, or access to, suitable support material including reference material, ground school resources and preparatory lesson briefing material

·         Develop a system and process for tracking flight training, identifying and implementing remedial actions applied to students, instructors and continuously improving the course material

·         Develop and implement long‐term goals and objectives to achieve the successful outcome of each program

·         Develop a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and to identify areas for improvement

·         Ensure that each program complies with all relevant CARS, legislation and professional standards

Staff Management

·         Recruit and manage a team of flight instructors

·         Oversee the training and coaching of flight instructors, participating personally to the extent necessary to ensure a high quality result

·         Develop and maintain flight instruction policies and standards

·         Ensure all flight instructors receive orientation and appropriate training in accordance with organizational standards

·         Supervise training by providing direction, input and feedback

Management Team Activities

·         Work under the direction of the General Manager alongside others on the management team to maintain a set of shared goals and co‐ordinate efforts towards attaining those goals

·         Take direction from the General Manager and Board of Directors

·         Contribute to the development of inter‐departmental processes as required or directed. As one of many examples, develop and maintain a process where dispatchers may identify a proposed pilot mission that constitutes a higher than average risk, and provide them a means to involve an instructor in the mitigation of the risk.

·         Report to the Board of Directors as required

General

•  Ensure that safety is always the highest job, departmental and company priority

•  Carry out duties as described in the Canadian Aviation Regulations 426.22 and 426.14 personally where required, but most often by delegation to staff, support systems or others in the organization

•  Maintain a strong working knowledge of all applicable parts of the Canadian Aviation Regulations

•  Work alongside operational staff to ensure that VFC resource utilization including fleet utilization is optimized

•  Develop and maintain a good working knowledge of the FleetCaptain operational support system (training will be provided)

•  Maintain personal qualifications as required to perform CFI duties

•  Work with marketing personnel to best position VFC training strengths in promotions and marketing efforts

Member Services

•  Aim to continuously raise the number of hours flown on VFC aircraft each year, by providing the best training and membership experience possible

•  Act as a resource to VFC members who present or escalate problems or desire assistance Together with the General Manager, establish, maintain and enforce policies and procedures

•  Oversee student access to flight tests, language proficiency tests, written tests, and licensing services

External

•  Act as a primary VFC interface to Transport Canada (CAR 406)

•  Liaise with the Victoria Airport Authority as required to ensure smooth operations at the airport and in the surrounding airspace

•  Liaise with NavCanada as required to ensure a smooth working relationship with ATC Represent VFC on matters of community interest (for example noise complaints)

Qualifications:

•Class 1 Flight Instructor

•Valid Class 1 Medical

•Must be able to meet all Canadian Aviation Regulations 426 requirements for Chief Flight Instructor

•Experience in program management

•Experience in curriculum development

•Experience in flight instruction unit

•Experience in commercial aviation or military aviation training development and instruction

•Keen interest in safety

•Keen interest in business development and customer satisfaction

•  Word processing

•  Maintaining student records

•  FleetCaptain (training will be provided)

•  Learning Management Systems or Education system such as Moodle

•  E‐mail

•  Internet

Personal Characteristics

•  Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behaviour and professional practices, and ensure that own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization

•  Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve the goals of the organization.

•  Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.

•  Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to improve programs and to create new opportunities.

•  Situational Awareness: Recognize that VFC is neither an aviation college, nor is it simply a club, and develop solutions that bring sustainable positive changes while incrementally building on the strengths of the existing organization

•  Focus on Student and Member Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to meet or exceed their expectations within the organizational parameters.

•  Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.

•  Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization.

•  Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency, safety and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.

•  Organize: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and activities.

•  Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.

•  Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem making safety the first priority.

How to Apply:

Please forward your resume, cover letter, and not less than three aviation and academic references by email to the attention of Victoria Flying Club Board of Directors, at jobs@flyvfc.com.