Senior Strategic Advisor - Aeromedical Training Modernization

Adecco is currently hiring a full-time experienced Senior Strategic Advisor - Aeromedical Training Modernization to support a major transformation initiative focused on the modernization of aeromedical training capabilities within a complex defense and aviation environment.
This role is ideal for a senior consultant, project leader, defense advisor, or capability development professional with extensive experience in military aviation, training modernization, organizational design, infrastructure planning, simulation technologies, and Government project delivery frameworks.
You will play a key role in assessing current training systems, engaging stakeholders across Canada and internationally, developing modernization strategies, and providing decision-support recommendations to senior government and defense leadership.

• Pay Rate: $90, 000 - $150, 000
  
• Location: Ottawa, ON
  
• Shift: Monday to Friday
  
• Job type: Temporary | Full-time | 1-year contract
  
• Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy .
  

Here's why you should apply:

• Paid weekly accurate and on time
  
• Strong health and safety programs
  
• Medical and dental benefits once qualified
  
• Free training programs
  
• New and quicker onboarding process
  

Responsibilities:
Strategic Assessment & Discovery

• Assess existing aeromedical training programs, curricula, syllabi, training volumes, throughput rates, learner profiles, and operational requirements
  
• Document current training devices, simulation capabilities, maintenance status, lifecycle considerations, and infrastructure requirements
  
• Review staffing models, scheduling practices, facility utilization, and operational effectiveness
  
• Conduct interviews, workshops, focus groups, working groups, and stakeholder consultations
  
• Develop and maintain collaboration platforms and information repositories
  

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with military, aviation, medical, operational, academic, and research stakeholders across Canada and allied nations
  
• Coordinate discussions with military wings, training establishments, instructors, aeromedical specialists, researchers, and industry partners
  
• Conduct site visits to training facilities, simulation centres, and aeromedical training environments
  
• Gather user feedback, lessons learned, operational requirements, and best practices
  

Requirements Analysis & Modernization Planning

• Define operational, training, medical, technology, infrastructure, and information management requirements
  
• Analyze current-state capabilities and identify deficiencies, gaps, risks, and opportunities
  
• Develop and evaluate multiple modernization options and future-state delivery models
  
• Assess cost, schedule, operational readiness, sustainability, and implementation risks associated with each option
  
• Develop recommendations for simulation technologies, XR/VR/AR capabilities, learning analytics, and digital training platforms
  

Future-State Design

• Develop recommendations for:
  
  • Aeromedical training systems
    
  • Simulation and physiological training capabilities
    
  • Digital learning technologies
    
  • Infrastructure modernization
    
  • Staffing and governance models
    
  • Training delivery frameworks
    
  • Lifecycle management strategies
    
• Define integration approaches for secure digital and enterprise platforms
  
• Recommend cybersecurity, accessibility, privacy, sustainability, and compliance standards
  

Program Planning & Governance

• Develop phased implementation roadmaps and investment strategies
  
• Prepare business cases, implementation plans, governance frameworks, and decision-support materials
  
• Develop benefits realization plans, performance measurement frameworks, and change management strategies
  
• Support senior-level decision-making through presentations, reports, and recommendations
  
• Produce comprehensive project documentation and final reports outlining findings, recommendations, and next steps
  

Qualifications and Skills:

• University degree (Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD) in:
  
  • Business Administration
    
  • Computer Science
    
  • Engineering
    
  • Electrical Engineering
    
  • Public Administration
    
  • Or a related discipline
    
• Professional Certifications
  
• The following certifications are considered strong assets:
  
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
    
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
    
• Strategic Advisory & Defence Experience
  
• Minimum 10 years of combined experience providing advisory, project leadership, strategic planning, or analytical support in one or more of the following:
  
  • Defence programs
    
  • Aerospace and aviation
    
  • Military training systems
    
  • Aeromedical programs
    
  • Infrastructure modernization
    
  • Simulation and training technologies
    
  • Government of Canada capital projects
    
• Demonstrated experience in:
  
  • Evaluating workforce structures, staffing models, and organizational effectiveness
    
  • Developing future-state operating models and governance frameworks
    
  • Assessing readiness, sustainability, affordability, and operational impacts
    
  • Supporting civilian, military, contractor, and blended workforce environments
    
  • Minimum 24 months of experience within the past 60 months providing strategic advice to senior Government of Canada officials
    
• Experience supporting decisions related to:
  
• Military aviation programs
  
  • Aeromedical capabilities
    
  • Defense training systems
    
  • Aviation infrastructure
    
  • Capability development and modernization
    
• Experience preparing and supporting government project approval documentation, including several of the following:
  
  • Business Cases
    
  • Project Charters
    
  • Statements of Operational Requirements (SOR)
    
  • Treasury Board Submissions
    
  • Memoranda to Cabinet
    
  • Project Briefs
    
  • Strategic Context Documents
    
  • Senior Review Board Presentations
    
  • Defense Capability Board Briefings
    
  • Briefing Notes and Executive Presentations
    
• Minimum 24 months of experience supporting options analysis, project definition, or capability modernization initiatives
  
• Experience evaluating:
  
  • Costs
    
  • Risks
    
  • Performance
    
  • Readiness
    
  • Sustainability
    
  • Implementation approaches
    
• Minimum 36 months of experience supporting complex modernization initiatives involving:
  
  • Military training systems
    
  • Aviation programs
    
  • Aeromedical programs
    
  • Simulation technologies
    
  • Infrastructure planning
    
  • Operational readiness initiatives
    
• Knowledge of military aviation and aeromedical operations
  
• Experience with XR, VR, AR, digital learning, and simulation technologies
  
• Understanding of NATO standards and military training frameworks
  
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement abilities
  
• Experience working with senior leadership and governance boards
  
• Excellent report writing, analytical, and presentation skills
  
• Strong change management and strategic planning expertise
  
• Mu st be legally eligible to work, and reside in Canada
  

Are you interested in this position? Apply now! Our dynamic team of recruiters will reach out if you qualify for this role.
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