Training Manager (MPL)

Location: Gatwick, United Kingdom; training delivered at the London Gatwick Training Centre in Crawley

Company

hirify.global develops simulation, training, and mission-readiness solutions for critical operations worldwide, with a focus on aviation safety and training innovation.

What you will do

• Deliver and oversee MPL and easyJet platform training in line with ATO approvals, manuals, syllabi, SOPs, customer requirements, and hirify.global standards.
• Maintain assigned courseware, lesson plans, grading forms, briefing materials, and student- and instructor-facing documentation.
• Monitor student attendance, progress, grading quality, and training records for regulatory, graduation, and customer reporting.
• Coordinate instructors, examiners, and standards personnel to maintain appropriate qualifications, authorisations, standardisation, and currency.
• Identify and escalate student progress, safety, compliance, and training performance concerns, including required remedial actions.
• Act as the operational liaison for customer training matters and support Student Training Boards, progress reviews, induction, and ongoing student communication.

Requirements

• Hold or have held an ICAO-compliant professional pilot licence such as ATPL, CPL, MPL, or equivalent.
• Hold an instructor qualification appropriate to the scope of MPL training oversight; EASA and/or UK CAA ATPL experience is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in ATO training delivery, instructor standardisation, and training governance.
• Experience in MPL, ab initio, competency-based training and assessment, or related pilot-training environments.
• Working knowledge of Part-FCL, Part-ORA, ATO manuals, instructor and examiner qualification controls, and student progress governance.
• Experience maintaining training records and collaborating with instructors, examiners, administration teams, standards personnel, courseware teams, and airline representatives.

Nice to have

• Experience working directly with airline customer training programmes.
• Experience supporting regulatory-facing activities or audits.
• Experience contributing to courseware development, training design, manual updates, or standardisation initiatives.
• Experience in multi-site or global training environments.
• Advanced knowledge of competency-based training and assessment methodologies or experience facilitating training review boards.

Culture & Benefits

• Private health insurance and a healthcare cash plan.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan and pension scheme.
• Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• hirify.global Global Flexible Vacation Programme.