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Simulator Instructor Job Bandari Maritime Academy

Job Title: Simulator Instructor
Date Posted: 08/09/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Job Level: Entry
Employer: Bandari Maritime Academy
Industry: Teaching
Salary: Open
Location: Mombasa
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 29/09/2026

Engineering Jobs. Bandari Maritime Academy Jobs. Simulator Instructor delivering maritime simulator training, designing simulation scenarios, and evaluating trainee competencies, requiring Certificate as simulator instructor & experience in maritime simulation or navigation instruction.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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.

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

How to Apply

Once you have filled the above application form, please submit the required documents via email to recruitment@bma.ac.keclearly indicating the Job Reference Number and Title as the subject of your email, so as to reach the Academy not later than Tuesday 29th September, 2026, 5pm Kenyan time.

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