Training Lead (Project Quality)

Job Description Training and Requirements Lead Salary: £55,000 – £65,000 dependent on experience Location: Portsmouth / Hybrid Working arrangement: Hybrid, with travel to other sites as required Security Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain SC clearance and willing to undergo DV vetting The Opportunity An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Training and Requirements Lead to support the development and delivery of innovative training solutions within the defence and wider regulated sectors.
Working alongside experienced training and systems engineering professionals, you will help translate customer needs into clearly defined requirements and deliverable training solutions. The role offers exposure to the full training lifecycle, from initial customer engagement and training analysis through to solution acceptance, evaluation and through-life support.
This position would suit someone with experience in technical or operational training who is looking to develop their expertise in training requirements, systems approaches to training and simulation-based solutions.
Support customer discovery activities, workshops and the capture of user needs and training requirements. Contribute to Training Needs Analysis (TNA), including role analysis, training gap assessments and evaluation of training methods and media. Apply relevant defence training methodologies, including DSAT and JSP 822, or equivalent approaches. Draft user, system and service requirements, acceptance plans and supporting project documentation.
Contribute to the analysis, design, evaluation and assurance of simulation-based, virtual, immersive and conventional training solutions.
Work collaboratively with customers, project managers, systems engineers and delivery teams. Identify and escalate technical, training design and acceptance risks as appropriate.
Essential Skills and Experience Experience contributing to the analysis, design or delivery of technical or operational training within defence or a comparable regulated environment. Working knowledge of DSAT and JSP 822, or an equivalent systems approach to training. Experience writing requirements or supporting acceptance activities, with an understanding of requirements traceability. Understanding of simulation, virtual and conventional training solutions.
Experience working with customers and multidisciplinary project teams. An organised and analytical approach, with the ability to manage assigned tasks and contribute to project delivery.
Skills and Experience Formal training in DSAT, Defence Train the Trainer or an introduction to defence simulation. Experience using requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS or ReqView. Experience with synthetic training environments, simulation technologies or extended reality (XR). Experience supporting bids for training solutions and consultancy services. Hybrid working with flexibility. 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday. Option to purchase up to five additional days of annual leave after one year. Family medical and dental cover. 7% pension contribution through NEST. Cycle to Work and electric vehicle schemes. Five additional paid reservist volunteering days and two paid volunteering days.
Employee assistance programme and wellbeing initiatives. A supportive working environment with opportunities for professional development and career progression. The opportunity to help shape processes and practices within a growing technology-focused organisation. Apply Now If you have experience in technical training, training analysis or requirements management and are looking to develop your career in defence training and simulation, we would welcome your application.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries.