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IPAV - 189-2 CNS/Surveillance Systems Expert (Prospective Post)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Roster/Talent Pool
Expired
Posted 4 years ago
Job Description

ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING

The ICAO Programme for Aviation Volunteers (IPAV) provides a framework for the deployment of aviation professionals, working as volunteers, to respond to emergencies affecting the aviation system in a State, to develop capabilities in the implementation of ICAO SARPs, and to foster self-reliance and growth. Volunteerism is universal and has been used as a powerful tool to make significant contributions to economic and social development. As with other volunteer programmes, volunteerism in the aviation sector seeks to accomplish the goal of bringing benefits to both the client States and the volunteers. The client States will benefit from the wealth of experience of the volunteer. The volunteer on the other hand will have the opportunity to maintain and possibly update his/her skills and make valuable contributions to the development of civil aviation. Activities under this programme are intended to complement other initiatives that address the challenges faced by some States in meeting their obligations under the Chicago Convention.

The ICAO Programme for Aviation Volunteers, is part of a larger ICAO strategy for assisting States in addressing shortcomings identified during audits, in order to achieve high levels of effective implementation of ICAO SARPs.

Under the direction of the Director, Technical Cooperation Bureau/ICAO, the Field Operation Section is the responsible for the strategic planning, development, execution, evaluation of Projects in TCB. The Section assists with the identification of priority development requirements across civil aviation and with technical cooperation to recipient States. It carries out resources mobilization with multilateral and bilateral development partners and industry and develops regional and country specific technical cooperation programme and projects. The Section executes these programmes and projects in accordance with the polices of ICAO.

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QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

1. University degree in electronics engineering or equivalent technical qualifications.

2. Managerial experience in the CNS technical/operational field within the civil aviation authority and/or air navigation service provider of a country with a well developed CNS infrastructure.

3. Ten years minimum background experience in complex CNS systems with specialization on surveillance systems; i.e., primary and secondary radar/ADS/SMR and ACAS..

4. Five years of background experience at supervisory or managerial level in CNS planning, installation and maintenance of surveillance systems.

5. Knowledge of ICAO CNS/ATM documents.

6. Good command of oral and written English, French or Spanish is essential.

COMPETENCIES

Core Competencies:

Professionalism: Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations.

Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style, and format to match the audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

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Planning and Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

Accountability: Takes ownership of all responsibilities and honours commitments; delivers outputs for which one has responsibility within prescribed time, cost and quality standards; operates in compliance with organizational regulations and rules; supports subordinates, provides oversight and takes responsibility for delegated assignments; takes personal responsibility for his/her own shortcomings and those of the work unit, where applicable.

Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients ” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; Identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Technological Awareness: Keeps abreast of available technology; understands applicability and limitations of technology to the work of the office; actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate tasks; shows willingness to learn new technology.

Commitment to Continuous Learning: Keeps abreast of new developments in own occupation/profession; actively seeks to develop oneself professionally and personally; contributes to the learning of colleagues and subordinates; shows willingness to learn from others; seeks feedback to learn and improve.

Managerial Competencies:

Vision: Identifies strategic issues, opportunities and risks; clearly communicates links between the Organization’s strategy and the work unit’s goals; generates and communicates broad and compelling organizational direction, inspiring others to pursue that same direction; conveys enthusiasm about future possibilities.

Judgement/Decision-making: Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; gathers relevant information before making a decision; considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization; proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information; checks assumptions against facts; determines that the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; makes tough decisions when necessary.

DUTIES

1. Formulation of national objectives, plans, policies, programmes and procedures concerning installation. construction and maintenance of CNS equipment and facilities.

2. Development of total installation work programme to meet the country's requirements and assignments of approved programme for accomplishments.

3. Monitor and control the scheduling of the requirements for acquisition, construction, and dismantling or relocation of equipment and related structure in accordance with validated requirements, and manage the in-transit material for construction and installation.

4. Analyze financial and physical progress against established goals and provide reports.

5. Prepare procurement specifications for use in the production and procurement of equipment for the country's airspace system.

6. Prepare detailed engineering specifications for the production and procurement of equipment approved for inclusion in the airspace system.

7. Develop and recommend the total installation work programme to meet the requirements and assigns approved programmes for accomplishment.

8. Maintain capability to: estimate life cycle costs; predict, review, assess, and monitor systems development, engineering, design, demonstration, test, production, operation, and support; assess schedules and performance experience against predictions and provide such assessments for consideration by top management officials at key decision points; make new determination where significant schedule or performance variance occur.

9. Review reprogramming proposals submitted by other offices to determine impact on programme. Initiate, recommend, and submit reprogramming actions for revisions in the basic programme when funds available for approved projects are not sufficient to complete the assigned or required additional facilities or projects not in the basic programme; provide authorities with impact statements and recommendations.

10. Review system plans in such programmes from a technical and planning viewpoint to help resolve problems arising from conditions peculiar to the country or locality involved; as assigned, provide for equipment acquisition and shipment and determine feasibility of diversion of needed equipment, with later replacements from planned national programmes.

11. Conduct engineering analysis of commissioned field air navigation system/facility operations to identify significant problems or trends, prepare technical reports of nature and scope of these problems or trends, the anticipated impact, and provide engineering analysis and recommendations for corrective action.

12. Provide technical maintenance instructions and standards for the airway facilities by equipment and system type; develop standards for content and format of technical handbooks, manuals, and related documents necessary for effective and efficient maintenance of the airways facilities.

13. Provide the engineering effort for, and authorize the modification of subsystems and component equipment to ensure compliance with prescribed standards and to effect needed improvement in maintainability and personal safety.

14. Develop maintenance standards and validate maintenance requirements for field maintenance programme.

15. Review and validate maintenance technical requirements for airways facilities field programme to ensure conformance with DGCA’s standards; develop and monitor the accomplishment of the DGCA Technical Inspection Programme.

16. Develop technical standards for maintenance and certification of airways facilities, systems and equipment.

17. Perform other related duties as may be required.

SALARY

Nominal Fee of USD 1. DSA and Airfare apply if required to be on mission.

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