Inspector Of Air Accidents (Operations)

Job summary

Are you passionate about aircraft accident investigation?

Are you looking for a high profile role at the leading edge of aviation safety?

If so, this is a unique opportunity to join the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) as an Inspector of Air Accidents (Operations), and we’d love to hear from you.

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Job description

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department for Transport (DfT). The AAIB’s purpose is to improve aviation safety by determining the circumstances and causes of Aircraft accidents and serious incidents and promoting safety action to prevent re-occurrence. We investigate accidents and serious incidents to civil aircraft in the UK (including UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) and overseas where there is a UK interest.

You will be responsible for investigating the operational aspects of an occurrence as part of a multi-disciplinary team, including interviewing witnesses and exploring relevant human factors.

For further information about our work please visit www.aaib.gov.uk

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• You will be instrumental in determining the operational circumstances in which civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents take place worldwide, identifying factors that influenced the outcome and highlighting areas where change would improve safety.
• You will help the international safety investigation community to improve aviation safety globally by supporting foreign safety investigation authorities and by conducting investigations in the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
• You will produce reports of the operational aspects of an event and promote action to improve safety through discussion with relevant parties and by making sound safety recommendations.
• Following fatal accidents in the UK or involving UK citizens overseas, you will keep the families of victims informed of the progress of the investigation and you will brief them on its findings and conclusions. You will also be required to give technical evidence at the coroner’s inquest to explain the findings of the report.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction.

Contact point for applicants

Eileen Collins, Recruitment@aaib.gov.uk
Recruitment team, dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.u