Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Contract Duration: 3-Year
At IATA, we speak for the airlines of the
world, serving and supporting over 300 of them across all continents. We
are passionate and knowledgeable about the aviation industry, and we strive to
make it safer, smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive. We celebrate
diversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we respect and value the
different backgrounds, perspectives and skills of our employees. We also care
about our employees’ wellbeing, and we provide flexible work arrangements,
travel benefits, family-friendly policies, equal pay and a day off on your
birthday. We believe in giving back to the community and encourage our staff to
participate in volunteering activities that support causes they care about. We
encourage you to join our global community of aviation enthusiasts, and we will
do our best to make you feel comfortable during the interview process. IATA is
more than a trade association; it is a vision of a better future for air
travel.
About the team you are joining
Reporting to the Regional Director Operations Safety
and Security (OSS) – North Asia, the incumbent will be
responsible for driving activities in the North Asia Region to support continuous improvement in regional aviation safety.
Specifically, the Senior Manager, Safety will be
responsible for utilizing centrally coordinated IATA policies and procedures to
support advancements in regional safety performance; will take a proactive role
to identify new, and emerging, regional issues impacting aviation safety and,
collaborating with head office IATA safety team, determine whether these issues
are systemic or local in nature; lead the delivery of regional safety initiatives
to support capacity building across industry.
What your day would be like
Leverage
the IATA Safety Strategy to deliver on safety priorities, identified though
IATA safety management activities and/or IATA governance groups, to achieve the
timely implementation of IATA global programs or locally targeted action plans
across North Asia.
Promote IATA safety policies and strategies with
Government Authorities and Agencies, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP)
and Airport Authorities responsible for the planning, implementation and
operation of air navigation and airport facilities, to deliver safety
improvements.
Identify, develop activities, and deliver safety
improvement programs aimed to rectify any safety deficiencies within the region
collaborating with governments, airlines, ANSPs and airports. This
may include the development of country specific safety strategies.
Engage stakeholders, and actively promote, the IATA
Safety Strategy around the three strategic goals relating to Safety Leadership,
Safety Risk and Safety Connect to drive the:
- evolution of safety culture and reporting;
- prioritization of identifying and addressing safety risks;
- evolution of IATA audit programs;
- growth of a safety community, connecting all IATA airlines, across the region.
Support promotion, and engagement, with the IATA
Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) program whilst looking at new opportunities to expand
the program.
Support the promotion of IATA's regional safety data activities including the
Global Aviation Data Management Program (GADM).
Contribute to the commercial strategy and targets
assigned to the region by promoting IATA products and services.
Deliver regional safety
workshops to the members in the region.
Liaison with IATA Safety
Group to ensure OAC and SG priorities are delivered in the region.
Respond to tactical issues arising in day-to-day
operations in the region as well as provide information and support to IATA
member airlines during periods of disruption/contingency operations.
We would love to hear from you if
Aviation background/experience for at least 5 years in
positions involved in safety, operations, certification and/or regulation of
civil air transport operations.
Technical knowledge and expertise in the provision of air
transport services with understanding of ICAO standards and recommended
practices, industry best practices and civil aviation operational procedures.
An understanding of air safety investigation and/or risk-based
airline auditing in a multidisciplinary environment would be beneficial.
Comprehensive understanding of safety information
sharing programs and data management methodology.
Confident to work collaboratively, and report
regularly, to head office safety team on progress made, and challenges
experienced, against pre-determined metrics for agreed objectives.
Ability to deal with member airlines at a technical,
safety and operational level with a positive approach to problem solving.
Ability to effectively advocate across a wide range of
aviation stakeholders, by promoting IATA activities and the benefits that
desired outcomes will achieve, to gain industry buy-in.
Confident to speak in public to deliver key messages
to a diverse range of stakeholders.
Diplomacy in relationships with contacts in government
and other key organizations.
Fluency in English and Chinese,
whilst knowledge of other regional languages will be an asset.
Able to travel when required whilst managing a large
and dynamic workload.
Travel Required: Y: 50%
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