Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview),

Bandari Maritime Academy (BMA) is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a fair, inclusive, and non-discriminatory recruitment process. All qualified candidates are welcome and encouraged to apply.

We particularly encourage applications from women, youth, persons with disabilities, and candidates from marginalized and other underrepresented groups.

Responsibilities or duties,

Duties and Responsibilities entail

• Plan, prepare and deliver maritime simulator-based training in accordance with approved curricula.
• Design simulator exercises and scenarios that develop trainees’ technical competence, decision-making, situational awareness, communication and teamwork.
• Brief trainees before each exercise, monitor their performance during simulation and conduct structured debriefing sessions afterwards.
• Assess trainees’ competence using approved assessment tools, maintain accurate training records and provide constructive feedback.
• Operate all bridge simulators, including main bridge, mini-bridges, Liquid cargo handling, Vessel Traffic Services and their respective instructor stations as available.
• Conduct routine pre-use checks and promptly report faults requiring technical support.
• Develop and regularly review simulator lesson plans, exercise manuals, assessment instruments and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure simulator training complies with quality-management requirements, occupational safety standards and applicable regulatory and institutional policies.
• Support curriculum development, course reviews, audits, inspections and approval processes relating to simulator-based maritime training.
• Coordinate simulator scheduling, utilisation and resource management while supporting the professional development of instructors in simulator-based teaching and assessment.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills),

Required Qualification

For appointment to this grade, a staff must have: -

• Certificate as simulator instructor.
• Diploma in any relevant field
• Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) approval as Trainer and Assessor would be an added advantage
• Experience as simulator instructor would be an added advantage

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes).

BMA is ISO 9001:2015 Certified Providing Competent Human Resource for sustainable Blue Economy

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Bandari Maritime Academy (BMA) is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a fair, inclusive, and non-discriminatory recruitment process. All qualified candidates are welcome and encouraged to apply.

We particularly encourage applications from women, youth, persons with disabilities, and candidates from marginalized and other underrepresented groups.

• Plan, prepare and deliver maritime simulator-based training in accordance with approved curricula.
• Design simulator exercises and scenarios that develop trainees’ technical competence, decision-making, situational awareness, communication and teamwork.
• Brief trainees before each exercise, monitor their performance during simulation and conduct structured debriefing sessions afterwards.
• Assess trainees’ competence using approved assessment tools, maintain accurate training records and provide constructive feedback.
• Operate all bridge simulators, including main bridge, mini-bridges, Liquid cargo handling, Vessel Traffic Services and their respective instructor stations as available.
• Conduct routine pre-use checks and promptly report faults requiring technical support.
• Develop and regularly review simulator lesson plans, exercise manuals, assessment instruments and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure simulator training complies with quality-management requirements, occupational safety standards and applicable regulatory and institutional policies.
• Support curriculum development, course reviews, audits, inspections and approval processes relating to simulator-based maritime training.
• Coordinate simulator scheduling, utilisation and resource management while supporting the professional development of instructors in simulator-based teaching and assessment.

• Certificate as simulator instructor.
• Diploma in any relevant field
• Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) approval as Trainer and Assessor would be an added advantage
• Experience as simulator instructor would be an added advantage