Russell Brinkworth

I have been in the RAF for 22 years and have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunities, challenges, experiences and responsibilities it has given me. Being in the military, however, does create disruption and uncertainty to my personal and family life. I am ready for a new challenge, and I have decided to end my career in the RAF and seek new opportunities with a more settled working pattern.

Having worked in a very Diverse and Inclusive environment(D&I), I have a vast amount of leadership and management experience with an open, approachable and committed attitude. I communicate daily with team members and colleagues managing and monitoring their welfare, morale, discipline and administrative tasks. This includes ensuring their compliance with a D&I policy and local and operational orders in addition to setting SMART objectives and writing appraisals.

My current role is an Identification Officer, identifying aircraft in UK airspace. I routinely analyse vital data and information from various sources such as radars, radios, tabular information and multi nation messaging systems providing information on air activity, which often requires me to assesses, monitor and report the information.

My main strengths are my positive mindset, my ‘can do attitude’ and my resourcefulness. Throughout my career in the RAF, I have worked in many different areas, demonstrating my ability to adapt to different situations which has given me an array of life experiences which I believe will benefit me in any future role.

I would like this role, as I believe it will be challenging and offer a variety of work which I will enjoy. I have a number of transferable skills that make me well suited to this position. I am also close to completing a Level 5 Diploma in People Management with CIPD which I have undertaken as part of my resettlement.

Royal Air Force Boulmer, Air Surveillance,​​​​2019 – 2024

Daily leadership and management of diverse teammembers, supporting their administration, development, setting SMART objectives, suggesting options for career paths, providing encouragement and motivation. This included monitoring progress and writing appraisalswhich were recorded by HR and sent to external promotion boards.

Management and monitoring of the welfare, morale and discipline of team members ensuring their compliance with the Diversity & Inclusion Policy, Equal Opportunities Directive and Local and Operational Orders.

Identifying aircraft in UK airspace, monitoring any suspicious activity and communicating with UK agencies and partner nations to share information on air activity.

​​Royal Air Force Fylingdales, Space Surveillance,​​​2017 – 2019

Routinely collaborated with the United States Space Control Centre on changes to scheduled maintenance, suspected space activity and unusual or unexpected operational incidents.

Maintained an accurate log of significant space events and ensured team members compliance with space net and operational procedures to ensure essential tasks were completed.

 Royal Air Force Boulmer, Air Surveillance Headquarters, ​​2016 – 2017

Managed system change requests for in-service equipment from initial submission to completion. This required regular and clear liaison between operational users and external contractors.

Attended regular meetings with Engineering Headquarters, Delivery Teams and civilian contractors to provide updates on issues, concerns and to discuss progress updates to ensure the sustainment and operational availability of in-service equipment as well as the integration of future equipment.

Royal Air Force Boulmer, Exercise Design Team Manager,​​2014 – 2016

Planned, created and provided quality assurance of simulated exercises to support the UK and NATO operations.

Management and mentoring of team members by assigning them a range of tasks that kept them focused and tested their abilities. This was essential to ensure the UK planning for Pan-European exercises remained on target.

CIPD Level 5 Diploma in People Management – expected verification date August 2024

Level 5 Award in Leadership & Management

BTEC Level 4 Certificate in Teaching on the Lifelong Learning Sector

Level 3 NVQ Certificate in Management

Level 3 NVQ in Business & Administration

Level 3 Certificate in First Line Management (QCF)

5 GCSEs at grade C including, English, Geography and Maths