Media Capability Manager

This is a key leadership role responsible for the governance, standardisation and continuous improvement of the Media capability across geographically distributed MOD sites. Operating within a matrix organisation, the Media Capability Manager will provide functional leadership for media and courseware development processes, infrastructure, quality assurance and technical governance, ensuring delivery is consistent, compliant, scalable and aligned to Defence and organisational standards. Working collaboratively with Business Partners, Team Leads and various stakeholders, the role will support both Training Design (TD), Core Service delivery and customer change activity by co-ordinating technical media solutions and driving common ways of working across the enterprise. The role acts as the functional owner for media governance, standards and assurance across the wider programme landscape, ensuring that aligned programmes, projects and future growth activities adopt common media processes, standards and ways of working that support enterprise-wide consistency. Responsibilities

• Act as the functional lead for the Media capability across multiple sites, ensuring consistency across media and courseware outputs, processes, standards and quality assurance procedures.
• Own and maintain the enterprise media governance framework, ensuring that Core, associated programmes and future programme activity operate to common media standards, processes, quality requirements and technical governance arrangements.
• Oversee the drafting of training media specifications and lead the process of design, development and deployment.
• Proactively manage potential risks, working with the Integrated Training Design Service (ITDS) Manager and Leadership Team and wider stakeholder community, develop effective project delivery or change solutions that eliminate or mitigate risks to the solution delivery date.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve media governance, procedures, templates, quality documentation and ways of working.
• Ensure media and courseware activities align with Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) and Media Quality Management System (QMS), contractual requirements and Defence policies.
• Provide governance and assurance across the media delivery lifecycle, ensuring outputs are compliant, accessible, learner centred and fit for purpose.
• Support matrix delivery teams by influencing and coordinating delivery standards across portfolios and functions.
• Oversee media infrastructure and enabling services, including repositories, Media LAN services, systems and content management approaches.
• Lead the media technical input into customer change requests and transformation activities, coordinating Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP) to support solution development and delivery.
• Collaborate with Business Partners, Team Leads and various stakeholders to support delivery, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Provide key data and detail to inform the media development status to the ITDS Manager, Programme Management and Customer
• Monitor quality metrics, lessons identified and assurance activity to improve capability performance and consistency.
• Mentoring, coaching, on-job or in-classroom training for Media staff.
• Ensure that any changes derived from internal and external validation are incorporated into media design activity to ensure that training remains up-to-date and satisfies operational / workplace performance requirements.
• Support the effective use of Learning Management System (LMS), Virtual Learning Environment) (VLE) and Defence Information Systems (DIS) to maximise accessibility and exploitation of learning content.
• A good understanding of creating and developing graphic design and media content with Adobe Creative Cloud suite of design tools, 2D, 3DS Max, Blender, Unity and / or Articulate 360.
• Experience in Motion / Graphic / video content creation and Illustrator development (e.g. Storyline or 3D).
• Ability to use MS Office (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint).
• Champion Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS), security and information compliance standards.
• Any other duties required to support the Integrated Training Design Service.
  
  Demonstrate leadership experience within a learning, media or courseware development environment.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of media development processes, governance, quality assurance and standardisation.
• Training and/or Instructional Design Detailed knowledge and practical experience of: UK Ministry of Defence procedures and policies Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) or the ADDIE Model.
• Demonstrate experience implementing and improving processes, procedures and operational ways of working across distributed teams.
• Demonstrate knowledge of training design methodology and core media design principles
• Demonstrate excellent communication collaboration and stakeholder management skills at all levels both internally and within the customer organisation
• Demonstrate experience in training media development and delivery environments, including contribution to the design of significant media-based training and a sound understanding of training design and development processes.
• Demonstrate experience working within matrix organisations, influencing stakeholders and coordinating delivery across multiple functions.
• Demonstrate experience supporting technical media solutions, change activity or transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrate knowledge of media tooling, repositories, LMS/VLE environments and digital learning technologies.
• Demonstrate strong leadership behaviours that support accountability, professional growth and continuous improvement across training media development activities.
• Demonstrate effective planning, prioritisation and problem-solving skills, adapting to evolving priorities and organisational requirements within complex delivery environments.
• Have familiarity with traditional and modern training methods
Desirable experience
• Experience in the use of programme management tools and applications
• Training and/or Instructional Design Detailed knowledge and practical experience of: UK Ministry of Defence procedures and policies Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) or the ADDIE Model.
• Royal Navy, Defence or Further Education training environments.
• Learning Management Systems (LMS), Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) and Defence Information Systems.
• Blended, digitally enhanced and modern learning delivery approaches.
• Programme, portfolio or multi-site delivery environments.
• A qualification in Leadership & Management (ILM) or People/Learning & Development (Assoc CIPD) or a related field at the minimum grade of QCF Level 5 (Degree) or equivalent.
• A qualification in Digital Media, Graphic Design or a related field at the minimum grade of QCF Level 6 (Degree) or equivalent.
  
  At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.
As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers' toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers. With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development. Through advanced technology and our people's expertise, our Training Transformation Services is modernising what's possible in the training and preparation of our armed forces. With a real blended approach to learning and using the latest innovative systems and technology, we ensure our service men and women really are prepared for any situation.


• £: Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
Work Culture
• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
• Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.