UK CAA – Coverage Specialist (RPAS) – sUAS Information

Wage: £55,000 to £65,000 – (relying on expertise)

Contract Sort: Everlasting – Full time

Location: Gatwick – Hybrid

Visa Restrictions: This place doesn’t supply visa sponsorship.

We’re the UK’s aviation and aerospace regulator and recognised as a world chief in its subject. Our actions are various, enabling the aviation business to fulfill the best security requirements, and we pleasure ourselves on our skill to adapt to the continually evolving aviation setting.

The Position

You’ll be answerable for main and contributing to quite a lot of key initiatives while managing your day-to-day duties inside the Future Security and Innovation (FS&I) Coverage workforce. This additionally consists of offering recommendation and experience to colleagues within the wider RPAS workforce, different areas of the CAA and externally, each nationally and internationally.

You’ll have to continually develop your understanding and interpretation of RPAS regulatory frameworks and infrequently cope with a sure degree of ambiguity. Extra particularly it will contain figuring out and understanding rising points, what they imply in context and what impression they could have.

A key a part of this function is the power to speak, in each written and verbal codecs. Because of the regulatory element of the subject material, and the number of companions each nationwide and worldwide, it can be crucial that you’re assured in your skill to simply interpret, specific and clarify advanced ideas and data. Moreover, the capability to have interaction with, and develop, different individuals’s understanding of those ideas will serve you and the workforce nicely within the improvement of complete coverage.

The FS&I workforce is all the time in search of new methods to enhance and construct worth for the CAA’s companions. You must also inhabit this strategy and continually search new methods and strategies to extend the effectivity of not solely our processes however our coverage and steerage supplies as nicely. That is by no means extra necessary than in a sector the place technological innovation could be speedy.

About You

Minimal important necessities for the function:

• Operationally skilled inside both the civil or army RPAS area
• Information and understanding of any of the next areas: airspace, guidelines of the air, human components in aviation and their software, the SORA methodology
• Have a confirmed grasp of aviation primarily based regulatory coverage or framework
• Have undertaking administration expertise, demonstrated by working inside, main, or planning undertaking work
• An open, collaborative and steady enchancment centered mindset
• The power to analyse advanced issues, suggest options and talk them in a transparent and concise approach to a wide range of stakeholders
• Sturdy analytical expertise with a capability to attract and develop perception from all kinds of subject material and data
• Glorious verbal and written communication expertise with expertise within the drafting of technical paperwork or coverage
• In a position to produce correct briefing materials, developed with a concentrate on brevity and readability, with a eager eye for element
• An appreciation of danger or performance-based analysis frameworks

What Can We Supply You?

The RPAS business is a wholesome, quick paced and extremely modern section. In case you are the sort of individual that enjoys a broad spectrum of novel and thrilling challenges, then it is a phenomenal workforce to affix. As an SME you’ll be on the coronary heart of coverage choice making and, if you happen to really feel you’ve gotten the data base to contribute, then this function presents you a implausible alternative to be instrumental to this burgeoning business’s improvement and success.

Extra Data

For a lot of appointments inside the CAA, these roles require entry to operationally delicate infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected data. For these roles the submit holders should bear Nationwide Safety Vetting and obtain the suitable degree of clearance.

BPSS – To be vetted it’s essential to have the correct to work within the UK in order that significant checks could be undertaken.

If you don’t meet these necessities, we might not have the ability to settle for your software.

For extra data on BPSS clearance please go to – BPSS clearance

The CAA values excessive moral requirements and private integrity amongst staff. If invited for interview you’ll be requested to finish a declaration of curiosity.

Relocation & Property

The CAA will likely be relocating from Aviation Home (Our Gatwick Workplace) to new premises in just a few years’ time. Our transfer is pushed by strategic, operational and environmental concerns.

We will likely be shifting to a brand new native dwelling, as much as a 15-mile radius of Aviation Home, to minimise disruption for our valued colleagues and prospects.

We at the moment are working with colleagues and guests to know what we want in our new workplace, earlier than we begin our property search. We are going to promote Aviation Home and land, vacate the location and transfer to new premises, however we don’t anticipate to maneuver earlier than 2028

Inclusivity

We’re proud to be an equal alternative employer and have fun our variety making certain all are backgrounds included right here on the CAA. As a member of the Incapacity Assured scheme, candidates who meet the minimal standards for a job with us will likely be assured an interview.

Our Advantages

We provide a spread of wonderful advantages similar to:

• Versatile & hybrid working preparations out there
• 28 days annual go away + public holidays (extra 5 days go away buy scheme)
• Beneficiant pension scheme (As much as 12% employer contribution)
• Wellbeing Room at Gatwick
• Psychological Well being and Suicide First Aiders
• Worker Help Programme, speaking therapies and neurodiversity help by way of Occupational Well being & entry to Headspace for colleagues and 5 dependents
• Free onsite health club at Gatwick or discounted health club membership for London
• EV charging factors
• Worker Growth programs internally and by way of Skillsoft

Our Values

Do The Proper Factor, By no means Cease Studying, Construct Collaborative Relationships, Respect Everybody – For extra data please Click on Right here

Closing Date: Friday eleventh April 2025

Screening Calls: We are going to look invite shortlisted people to preliminary briefing calls to debate the function and their expertise in additional element.

Interview Date: w/c Monday twenty eighth April 2025

We reserve the correct to shut this emptiness early if we obtain enough purposes for the function. Due to this fact, if you’re , please submit your software as early as doable.

No recruitment businesses please.

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