African Civil Aviation Commission Job: Vacancy for Director of Air Transport

 African Civil Aviation Commission Job: Vacancy for Director of Air Transport

The African Civil Aviation Commission wishes suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below at its Headquarters based in Dakar, Senegal.

POST TITLE:  Director of Air Transport   (P/2011/03)

DIRECT LINE SUPERVISOR:  Secretary General

LEVEL: P5

POSITION ASSIGNMENT:

Ensure the monitoring and coordination of activities relating to air transport, aviation security facilitation and Environmental Protection of the benefit of AFCAC.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Ensure the direction and coordination of the activities of the Air Transport Directorate and see to the quality of the documents produced by the latter,

2. Facilitate, coordinate and successfully ensure the  implementation of the  Yamoussoukro Decision in the field of air transport supervision,

3. Contribution to the establishment of an efficient air transport safety system in Africa and work in that line with airline companies and civil aviation stakeholders,

4. Promote and foster a sustainable development of air transport in Africa,

5. Ensure the application and compliance with ICAO standards and recommend practices (SARPs) in the  field of Security. Facilitation and  Environmental Protection,

6. Facilitate and accelerate integration and freedom,

7. Initiating measures aiming at consumer protection,

8. Ensure the settlement of disputes between the stakeholders of the  air transport sector,

9. Make sure all African states have a national security programme,

10. Contribute and establishment of common rues fostering a healthy competition in the sector among operators,

11. Contribute to the development of facilitation measures,

12. Establish measures aiming at protecting the environment,

13. Represent AFCAC in national and international meetings dealing with air transport matters,

14. Carry out others duties assigned by the Secretary General.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

Advanced University degree or equivalent academic qualifications Specialization in aeronautics, economics of air transport or air transport management.

REQUIRED EXPERTISE & SKILLS:

1. Long experience [15 years or more) in management positions with responsibilities including the development of policies and procedures in the field of air transport in  collaboration with government agencies regulating civil aviation or which have equivalent responsibilities,

2. Confirmed managing experience in the planning and conduct of air transport programmed and related activities encompassing a large range of disciplines in the activities of air transport, including high level negotiations with government officials and the regular production of quality reports,

3. Experience in the supervision of complex technical studies and reports to be submitted to representative bodies,

4. Good knowledge of air transport activities, including knowledge international matters and of the leading International bodies, as well as of the works carried out by other relevant international organizations, knowledge  of regional and sub-regional organization and State groupings, as the case may arise,

5. In-depth knowledge of the best leadership and management practices in the industry, including change management,

6. Good communication and writing skills,

7. Quality of listening to partners,

8. Mobility,

9. Fluency in one of the working language of AFCAC,

10. Knowledge of more than one  of the  working languages of  AFCAC (including English) is a highly desirable qualification.

PERFORMANCE INDICATIONS:

1. Number conflicts settled,

2. Quality of measures proposed,

3. Intra African air links,

4. Quality of AFCAC’s representation in international meetings.

FUNCTIONAL LINKS:

1. Secretary General,

2. Other AFCAC Staff,

3. Members of working groups, committees and sub-committees.

EXTERNAL LINKS:

1. African civil aviation organizations,

2. ICAO,

3. Various partners.

MODE OF APPLICATION:

The commission further encourages all applicants to forward their respective application directly to the following addresses.

Email: secretariat@afcac.org or Fax number: +221338232661

Address: 15 Boulevard de la Republique, BP 2356,Dakar, Senegal.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: The Deadline for receiving application is 15^th February, 2011.

Please Note that:

1. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered,

2. Applications not submitted in accordance with the indicated format may also be rejected,

3. Applications submitted  electronically should be in Word format,

4. Qualified African women are strongly encouraged to apply,

5. Only applicants who are under serious consideration will be contacted with interviewed.   AFCAC will not respond to queries regarding information on the status of the vacancies.

DURATION OF APPOINTMENT:

Appointment will be on a three years fixed term non career basis (first year is probationary).

DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS & PRIVILEGES:

1. AFCAC staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Secretary General and may be assigned to any activities,

2. AFCAC staff members are expected to a conduct themselves in a manner befitting their status as internal civil servants,

3. The benefits of AFCAC staff members will be those included in the Seat Agreement between AFCAC and Senegal.

CLASSIFICATION OF POSTS & STAFF:

The classification of posts and staff will be similar to those of ICAO and the United Nations system.

REMUNERATION & ALLOWANCES:

The salaries will be those of ICAO and the United Nations System.

NOTE:

Application form to be filled by applicants on the African Civil Aviation Commission

(AFCAC) website. Deadline for submission is February 15th 2011 and submission is via the AFCAC e-mail address – secretariat@afcac.org