Ground Engineering Electrical Apprenticeship Assessor (Specialist Instructional Officer)

£30,740

£6,000 Recruitment & Retention Allowance (subject to annual review), Civil Service Pension and excellent benefits

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £30,740, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,905 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Do you have an engineering background and a passion for helping others succeed?

We are looking for an experienced engineering professional to join the RAF Apprenticeship Management Team as a Ground Engineering Electrical Apprenticeship Assessor (Specialist Instructional Officer).

This is a rewarding opportunity to use your knowledge, skills and experience to support RAF apprentices as they develop into qualified engineering technicians. Every apprentice you work with contributes directly to future Defence capability, making this role both highly visible and professionally rewarding.

Working as part of a supportive team, you will coach, mentor and assess apprentices throughout their apprenticeship journey, helping them develop the technical knowledge, practical skills and professional behaviours required for success within the Royal Air Force.

If you enjoy developing people, building relationships and sharing your engineering expertise, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Ground Engineering Apprenticeship Assessor, you will work with apprentices both at MOD Lyneham and across RAF Stations throughout the UK.

• Make a genuine difference to the lives and careers of RAF apprentices.
• Use your engineering expertise in a developmental and rewarding environment.
• Build professional relationships across Defence.
• Travel to RAF Stations throughout the UK.
• Develop instructional, assessment and quality assurance skills.
• Access excellent Civil Service benefits, pension arrangements and flexible working opportunities.

Travel and occasional overnight stays will be required depending on your apprenticeship caseload.

• Supporting apprentices throughout their learning and development journey.
• Conducting workplace review visits at RAF units across the UK.
• Assessing apprenticeship portfolios and evidence against national standards and awarding organisation requirements.
• Providing coaching, mentoring and professional guidance to apprentices and workplace supervisors.
• Supporting apprentices to achieve recognised qualifications and apprenticeship standards.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of apprenticeship delivery and assessment processes.
• Maintaining accurate assessment records and supporting quality assurance activities.
• Delivering training and instructional activities where required.

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Compressed hours

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Remote working (anywhere in the UK)

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 15th November 2026

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Executive Officer

Specialist Instructional Officer

Permanent

Education and Training
Engineering

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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Leadership

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Engineering Technical Knowledge
• Presentation / Lesson delivery Skills

• The post does not offer relocation expenses.
• External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
• Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
• Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
• Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

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Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

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This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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• Name : Stuart Martin
• Email : stuart.Martin713@mod.gov.uk
• Telephone : +44 303 382 0094

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