Senior Training & Requirements Specialist

📍 Portsmouth / Hybrid
💰 £75,000 - £85,000 + Excellent Benefits
🔒 SC Clearance Eligibility Required
🕒 Permanent | Full-Time

Are you an experienced training professional with a strong background in Training Needs Analysis (TNA), DSAT, and defence training programmes? We are seeking a Senior Training & Requirements Specialist to play a key role in shaping innovative training solutions for complex technical and operational environments.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence the design, development and assurance of cutting-edge learning solutions, working at the intersection of training, technology and systems engineering.

The Role

As a Senior Training & Requirements Specialist, you will be responsible for translating customer requirements into effective, deliverable training solutions across the full training lifecycle. You will provide expert guidance on training analysis, solution design, acceptance and assurance activities, while acting as a technical authority within assigned projects.

Working closely with customers, project teams and subject matter experts, you will ensure training solutions are aligned to operational needs and underpinned by clear, traceable requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Specialist Training Needs Analysis (TNA) activities in line with recognised defence training standards.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions to capture training requirements.
• Develop high-level training solution designs and recommendations.
• Define training requirements and ensure traceability through design, development and acceptance stages.
• Support verification, validation and acceptance activities to demonstrate training effectiveness.
• Provide technical oversight and assurance across training programmes and projects.
• Advise on the selection and application of simulation, synthetic and immersive learning technologies.
• Review customer feedback and evaluation data to support continuous improvement.
• Mentor and support junior training specialists where required.
• Contribute to bids, proposals, innovation activities and organisational improvement initiatives.

Essential Experience

• Extensive experience delivering Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and training solution design within Defence or similarly regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of DSAT and JSP 822, or comparable training methodologies.
• Experience defining training requirements, acceptance criteria and assurance processes.
• Understanding of verification, validation and evaluation of training solutions.
• Experience Specialisting multidisciplinary teams, projects or workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior customers and subject matter experts.
• Ability to challenge requirements, influence decision-making and provide expert recommendations.

Desirable Experience

• Simulation, synthetic training or immersive/XR technologies.
• Requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS or ReqView.
• Bid support, proposal writing and solution development.
• Professional qualifications in Learning & Development, Defence Training, Project Management or Systems Engineering.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies (e.g. CIPD, APM, INCOSE, LPI).

Personal Attributes

• Collaborative and relationship-focused.
• Analytical and detail-oriented.
• Adaptable and comfortable working with emerging technologies.
• Customer-focused with a passion for quality and continuous improvement.
• Professional, credible and confident working in highly regulated environments.

Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Private medical and dental cover.
• Enhanced pension contribution.
• Generous annual leave entitlement with additional leave purchase options.
• Career development and progression opportunities.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Regular social and wellbeing initiatives.

Security Requirements

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance, with willingness to undergo higher levels of vetting if required.