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International Civil Aviation Organization · 1 month ago

ICAO Roster-iPACK-Government Safety Inspector — Personnel Licensing

Home, KS

Contract

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is dedicated to promoting safe and efficient civil aviation. They are seeking a Government Safety Inspector — Personnel Licensing to lead a team in establishing and maintaining a CAA Personnel Licensing system, ensuring compliance with international standards and effective oversight of licensing activities.

Association

Responsibilities

Explain to the iPack team the personnel licensing requirements of Annex 1 and familiarize them with related guidance material

Lead the iPack team in either drafting or reviewing and refining the national stakeholder management strategy that addresses the five functional areas of personnel licensing, which are examination, licensing, training, regulation, and administration

Guide the iPack team in either drafting or reviewing and refining of appropriate regulations, procedures, and guidance materials for inspectors to conduct their certification and oversight activities

Head the iPack team in identifying and addressing deficiencies in the personnel licensing system

Lead the iPack team in the development or refinement of internal guidance, policies, and procedures that address the delegation of specific testing functions, creation of effective knowledge tests, training for staff, and creation or refinement of knowledge test guides

Lead the iPack team in administering, grading, and documenting the results of knowledge tests

Guide the iPack team in the development or refinement of internal guidance, policies, and procedures that address the responsibilities of the PEL office, creation and updates to the knowledge testing bank, establishment of applicant performance standards, and system to record testing results

Lead the iPack team in conducting flight crew licence and maintenance technician skill tests

Guide the iPack team in the development or refinement of internal guidance, policies, and procedures that address the standards for skill testing, skill test design, issuance, and applicant performance standards, language testing procedures and applicant performance standards, and qualifications for testing staff and examiners

Lead the iPack team in evaluating a licence application for completeness and accuracy and determine if an applicant is eligible

Guide the iPack team in the development or refinement of internal guidance, policies, and procedures that address notifying applicants of the CAA’s documentation requirements, PEL inspector job aids and check lists, applicants’ ID requirements, standardized application forms for flight crew and non-flight crew applicants, and detailed review of each application

Lead the iPack team in determining the appropriate document to be issued based on the skill test results

Guide the iPack team in the development or refinement of internal guidance, policies, and procedures that address the issuance, renewal, and reissuance of a licence, rating, or authorization, issuance of a letter of discontinuance. issuance of a letter of denial, format of the licence, and determination whether a licence, rating, authorization, or certificate may be issued

Head the iPack team in the validation and conversion of foreign licences

Guide the iPack team in the development or refinement of internal guidance, policies, and procedures that address four ways to convert a flight crew licence, three ways to convert an AMT licence, verification of a licence issued by another State, and identification of licences, authorizations, or ratings that are eligible for conversion

Lead the iPack team in suspending or revoking a licence

Guide the iPack team in the development or refinement of internal guidance, policies, and procedures that address eight elements of an effective safety oversight system, investigative process, collection of evidence, risk evaluation and potential enforcement actions, and administrative and civil penalties

If necessary, provide advice to the authority on the composition of the PEL iPack team

Prepare for the successful start of the iPack deployment such as gaining access to all iPack materials and information, familiarize with all iPack materials, and gather stakeholders’ contact information

Obtain briefings from ICAO HQ. Operational Safety Section of the Air Navigation Bureau (ANB), Capacity Development and Implementation (CDI) Bureau, ICAO Regional Technical Officers, and iPack State Focal Point

Prepare presentations, organize and conduct the kick-off meeting and closing meeting

Analyse the needs survey and prepare the iPack work plan accordingly in coordination with the Regional Technical Officers for the approval and signature by the Senior Manager of the authority to which the iPack is deployed

Coordinate the list of GSI PEL course participants with the State Focal Point and submit it to ICAO CDI

In addition to regular work sessions, upon request from the iPack team, prepare for and conduct meetings

Prepare the iPack Deployment Report on the objectives achieved, lessons learned, and additional deficiencies identified

Define follow-up actions required and suggested approaches to achieve objectives for implementing the State’s PEL system

Ensure that the iPack Deployment Report is well edited and formatted

Obtain the approval of the iPack Deployment Report from the ICAO Regional Technical Officer(s), ICAO HQ. PEL iPack focal point, and iPack State Focal Point

Debrief ICAO at the end of the assignment and provide recommendations for improving the iPack delivery model

Performs any other related tasks, as required to address the objectives of the assignment

Qualification

Personnel LicensingAviation SafetyCertification OversightAir Transport OperationsTraining DevelopmentRegulatory CompliancePlanningOrganizingClient OrientationTechnological AwarenessProfessionalismCommunication

Required

A first-level university degree, preferably in Aviation, Engineering, or in a related technical discipline

Considerable experience (ten years or more) in senior position in a CAA Department of Personnel Licensing

Significant experience (three years or more) working as Personnel Licensing Inspector with a CAA

Experience in certification and oversight of Approved Training Organizations (ATOs), qualification and approval of flight simulation training devices (FSTDs)

Experience in all aspects of staff development, licensing and licence issue or renewal

Sound knowledge of Annex 1, Annex 6, and guidance material

Sound knowledge of PEL policies, regulations, procedures, and practices

Experience in air transport operations

Fluent reading, writing, and speaking abilities in English

Preferred

Technical qualification in aviation such as an Airline Transport Pilot License, Air Traffic Control License, Airframe and Power Plant Technician Certification, or Civil Aviation Safety Inspector may be accepted in lieu of the first-level university degree

Certificate in ICAO's Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme, Continuous Monitoring Approach (USOAP CMA) Computer Based Training (CBT) course before being assigned to the position

Participation in PEL-related subject matter expert groups

Experience in developing and implementing programmes to enhance safety in civil aviation

Experience in international technical assistance or cooperation projects

Knowledge of any of the other languages of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish)

Benefits

ICAO CDI offers an attractive benefit package to its consultants in accordance with the policies of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).

Company

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICAO is funded and directed by 193 national governments to support their diplomacy and cooperation in air transport as signatory states to the Chicago Convention (1944).

Founded in 1944

Montréal, Quebec, CAN

501-1000 employees