TECH ACADEMY MANAGER

Job Purpose: Leading the IT Tech Academy, this role is accountable to drive a
culture of continuous learning within the IT organisation to ensure internal
employee skills are developed in line with departmental requirements.
Technical Knowledge is an essential asset of the IT organisation; the
increasing complexity and fast-moving trends within the IT industry requires
full dedication to ensure the capabilities of staff grow in line with these
developments. And this role owns the overall IT skills framework and ensures
this is implemented and executed consistently within all departments in IT to
ensure the continuous development of ‎2000+ of our permanent staff allowing
them to progress their career in line with their personal development. Job
Accountabilities: - Develop and implement a comprehensive IT Technical Skills
framework that covers all skills requirements and progression for all roles
within IT. Ensure the model is adopted by all departments and is used as basis
for the development of our staff in IT. Overall responsibility and governance
of the IT pay for skill framework to drive skills development and internal
capability. - Continuously leverage the technical know-how from our with IT
suppliers to ensure IT staff maximize the learning capabilities on the
solutions they provide. - Maintain a curriculum of all learning events that
provides employees to the latest trends and technologies in IT facilitating
their continuous education. - Coordinate and organise external speaker events
to present use-cases and new trends. On a regular basis, organize CodeFests
and Hackothons with maximum participation - Facilitate knowledge sharing
within IT offering colleagues a platform where they can educate on topics of
their expertise with others. - Act as promotor of the culture of continuous
learning within IT, what is seen as one of the core pillars driving our
employee engagement. Emirates IT should be known as the workplace to grown
their knowledge in TravelTech. - Work closely with Emirates Learning & Talent
and ensure the IT training curriculum is fully aligned with their offering. -
When required develop technical training content and deliver this to
participants from within the Emirates Group IT community. - Develop
relationships with local and international universities that are mutually
beneficial. - Lead, coach, and mentor a small team of high performing
individuals (max ‎5), providing servant leadership and continuous feedback,
whilst facilitating professional development. Foster a climate of
systematically embedding a culture of faster delivery, quality and continuous
improvement, ensuring customer needs are met and expectations exceeded, whilst
supporting the team through continuous transparency and openness to grow and
maintain trust with the wider business.
Qualifications & Experience: Qualifications: Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3 or
equivalent) Bachelors Degree in Information Technology (or preferred
specialism in education, communication, engineering, training and development,
or instructional design) Experience: ‎8+ years training experience, including a
minimum of ‎5 years in a managing role. ‎5 years experience with skills and
framework management in a large technical workforce. Knowledge/Skills:
Knowledge of various Skills Management frameworks Strong inter-personal skills
Ability to drive implementation of Skills Framework in a large enterprise
Proven experience of driving a culture of skills development that is linked to
reward Proven experience to develop training programmes Strong communication
and presentation skills to employees at all levels Ability to create an
academic network and utilize that to the benefit of the Emirates Technology
Academy Leadership Role: YES
Salary & Benefits: Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-
free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted
flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an
excellent leave and healthcare package. That's on top of transport benefits,
life insurance and more.