Program Team Lead - Air Pilot Training Program

• Build quality relationships with faculty, students, and industry clients, fostering trust, respect, and empathy towards team members.

• Effectively serve both assigned students and instructors, providing comprehensive guidance.

• Recruit and retain a highly qualified faculty team using statewide qualification standards, support faculty development, and cultivate a learning environment that engages and develops students as productive workforce members.

• Establish clear performance expectations for faculty, manage instructors' performance to achieve organizational goals and initiatives.

• Create a culture of feedback among the team and within the learning environment.

• Develop a team environment focused on trust, accountability, candor, commitment, and results.

• Communicate regularly and purposefully with faculty and faculty teams to ensure engagement and accountability.

Program Recruitment & Marketing

• Participate in the program's sales and marketing efforts.

• Assist with recruiting efforts, coordinating with campus and statewide recruiting campaigns and engaging faculty in student recruitment.

• Represent the program to stakeholders.

Student Success

• Monitor student learning outcomes and leading indicators, coordinating with faculty, campus, and statewide resources for evaluation and intervention.

• Monitor student persistence to identify and remove systemic barriers.

• Manage student and faculty grievance processes in collaboration with shared service providers and local leadership.

Local Industry Relations

• Serve as the primary coordinator for local industrial employer engagement.

• Form and cultivate local industrial employer councils, facilitating annual workshop meetings to align curriculum with labor market trends.

• Research and apply industry trends and emerging technology.

Management

• Coordinate program resources for recruiting, safety, and course scheduling.

• Participate in budget development with statewide partners and manage ongoing operational budgets.

• Collaborate with shared services on curriculum and content development, ensuring industry and community relevance in the vetting and submission of statewide advisory committee membership based upon local employer council membership and contributing to the mission of placing more Texans in great-paying jobs.

Education/Experience/Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Demonstrated leadership and guidance in enhancing student achievement in a competency-based learning environment.

• Effective coaching and communication skills with a diverse student population.

• Successful communication and collaboration with diverse professional colleagues, partners, and stakeholders.

• Understanding of a competency-based education model.

• Experience leading a team focused on student support and instruction.

• Proficient in technology-based educational delivery systems.

• Proven ability to work with struggling or at-risk students.

Minimum Qualifications:

We are seeking a qualified candidate with a strong background in the aviation industry, possessing the following qualifications, skills, and abilities:

• Substantial experience in the aviation industry.

• Proficient understanding of 14 CFR 61, 91, and 141 regulations.

• Prior experience working in a Part 141 flight school environment.

• Familiarity with TSA regulations pertaining to flight school records.

• Collaborate with the Chief Pilot and Assistant Chief Pilot to implement positive changes to the flight program.

• Efficiently coordinate with the Chief Pilot and maintenance team to ensure the safe and timely maintenance of aircraft.

• Provide valuable guidance to students regarding their future careers in aviation.

Additionally, the ideal candidate will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Demonstrated leadership and guidance in enhancing student achievement in a competency-based learning environment.

• Effective coaching and communication skills with a diverse student population.

• Successful communication and collaboration with diverse professional colleagues, partners, and stakeholders.

• Understanding of a competency-based education model.

• Experience leading a team focused on student support and instruction.

• Proficiency in technology-based educational delivery systems.

• Proven ability to work with struggling or at-risk students.

If you possess these qualifications and are passionate about contributing to the success of our aviation program, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience recruiting and developing a team.

• Experience with profit and loss responsibility and accountability. 

• Experience working with adult learners and distance learning environments preferred.

• Experience with Change Management and leading change.

• Experience working as faculty within TSTC or a similar environment.

• Demonstrated project management experience or experience keeping tasks organized while keeping others informed of progress with a meaningful size team and/or a project.

• Current possession of a CFI certificate (preferred)