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Role and Responsibilities
About the role
We are looking for experienced former Naval Operations Officer who has served onboard modern midsized or larger naval warships, to join our Instructor team where you will be responsible for the design, delivery and execution of a variety of training in our naval simulators, working alongside UAE Navy Officers and other expatriate Instructors.
This role is based at the Naval Doctrine and Combat Training Centre (NDCTC) for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy as the first element of a distributed and networked naval training system. The UAE NDCTC is located in Taweelah with future plans to connect to other distributed sites. The purpose-built NDCTC facility features a range of integrated ship simulation-based training suites, as well as maritime aircraft sensor stations to enable individual, team, whole-ship, and collective/ joint mission training.
Responsibilities will include
Assisting in the design, planning, accreditation, and execution of all individual training within the Operations Specialisations, in line with UAE Systems Approach to Training (SAT).
Assessing and reporting on individual, team, and unit performance (if appropriate) in the conduct of relevant specialist training
Instruct/provide SME (subject matter expertise) in operations subjects within their specialist field
Knowledge transfer (train the trainer)
Coordinator of collective training events, e.g. Flotilla or task group exercises, which includes preparation, briefing, debriefing and post-processing/follow-up
Scenario development and maintenance of the scenario library
Presenter / Moderator of Tactical Floor exercises
Exercise Controller or role player in support of Command Team & course training in Tactical simulators.
Assisting with the development of training references and courses for new navigation systems.
Supervising UAE instructor training and maintaining the currency of instructor knowledge and qualifications.
Personal Attributes
Aside from excellent knowledge/experience in his professional field, the Navy and training in general, key personal attributes will include:
Maturity, honesty, patience, persistence, and a good sense of humour.
Personable nature, though of very high personal and professional standards
Ability to work with minimal direction, to maintain a focus on the aim and to adapt a plan when it appears not to be working
An excellent ability to forge relationships across all ranks and within a complex
cross-cultural environment
Astute and perceptive communicator
Physically fit and of sound military bearing
Understanding of and interest in Arabic culture and sensitivity to the Muslim
environment
Qualifications
Essential
Principal Warfare Officer/Senior Operations
Rank / NCO (or equivalents)
Fluent English (Speaking and writing
Desirable
Understanding and familiarity with SAT
Colloquial Arabic
Experience
Essential
Recent experience in modern warships (FS/FF/DD/CV)
Computer literate (standard IT hard-/software: PC,
MS Windows, MS Office)
Desirable
Command experience
Sea Training Staff Searider
Minimum 2 years instructional experience as a
instructor at a Naval / Sea Training Establishment
Recent experience in the Middle East
Position Type
Regular
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We’re investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.