Sling Pilot Academy in Santa Monica, CA is looking for a diligent and detail-oriented Hangar Front Desk - Aircraft Dispatcher to handle our flight training academy admin, basic book-keeping and hangar 'front of house'. Sling Pilot Academy is a great place to get a wide range of administration experience and have fun at the same time!
What we do:
We manage a flight school with an accelerated airline pilot training course. We operate about 50 airplanes and have hundreds of pilots in training, and flight instructors and maintenance personnel.
Job Type:
- Full-Time only
- Weekends need to be available
The Job:
- Hangar front of house, sales, walk-ins and phone calls
- Setting up new student files in document management systems (scan/upload)
- Registering new students in the various training/scheduling/aviation programs we use
- Scheduling introductory flight lessons, and dealing with walk-ins
- Diligently billing each flight correctly
- Interfacing with Maintenance to balance aircraft load and schedule maintenance
- Maintaining a clean and workable space
- Ensuring all students and employees comply with all company SOPs
- Monitoring the location’s schedule to maximize flight time
- Communicating location needs with the Facilities Manager
- Continuing to build Sling Pilot Academy’s open and friendly community-oriented atmosphere
- Clarifying procedures and rules with the Flight Operations Director and/or Chief Instructors
- Administrative Tasks: Data entry, answering phones/emails, customer service, and document adherence
- Customer tours
- Operate the Fuel Truck (training/certifications are provided by company)
Education:
- High School or Equivalent
Applicant Qualities:
The successful applicant will have the following qualities:
- Leadership experience preferred
- Customer service at least 1 year+
- A confident, engaging, and positive personality is crucial.
- Sales experience is a plus.
- Primarily, be a diligent and conscientious worker
- Pay attention to detail and be accountable
- Organized worker who can maintain priorities while switching between various tasks
- Good familiarity with Windows PC, Excel, Dropbox, etc
- Willingness to learn and take instruction
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Why are you interested in working at Sling?
Experience:
- Administration: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Santa Monica, CA 90405 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Santa Monica, CA 90405: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
