AddressSalary: up to £37,492 depending on experience
Contract Type: Full Time Permanent
Security Level Required: BPSS
We are the UK's aviation regulator and recognised as a world leader in its field. Our activities are diverse, enabling the aviation industry to meet the highest safety standards, and we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to the constantly evolving aviation environment.
The Role:
Working as part of a small team of technical experts, charged with shaping the future airspace and Air Traffic Management operating environment, to ensure that it meets international requirements and delivers the objectives of the Airspace Modernisation Strategy (AMS). Close co-ordination and collaboration with the other elements of Airspace, Air Traffic Management & Aerodromes (AAA) will be essential, as will engagement with other Capability Teams across the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The Airspace Modernisation Delivery (AMD) Team has responsibility for providing regulatory and policy application and implementation, of proposed future UK airspace arrangements and for providing aviation stakeholders, and any other interested parties, with advice and guidance on airspace issues related to operations conducted within UK Airspace.
Key Accountabilities
- Collation, analysis and display of safety and intelligence information.
- Identify trends from safety data or airspace usage data, to identify airspace for review.
- Conduct detailed analysis of airspace under review and representing findings.
- Cross departmental collaboration, ensuring data sources and intelligence gathered are, appropriately captured and shared.
- Assist in preparing the analysis of consultations undertaken by the AMD Team.
- Collation of safety information derived from Mandatory Occurrence Reports, particularly those relating.
- Collate airspace access data, received from airspace users and analyse the data to determine trends and safety concerns.
- Support colleagues in identifying priority plans, milestones, and regulatory enablers for airspace modernisation in the UK.
About you:
You will have the confidence to work effectively across multi-discipline groups, structures, and stakeholders. In many cases it will be necessary to negotiate effectively and will require high levels of intuition, diplomacy, and tact.
Some of the areas covered by this role will be at the cutting edge of future airspace integration, relying upon your willingness to embrace new concepts and learn about emerging technologies.
Essential Skills:
- Confident communicator across all levels, internally and externally.
- Be reliable, flexible, organised and committed and to enjoy creating collaborating working relationships and being part of a team.
- Able to work with minimum supervision, have a pro-active approach, meeting timelines.
- Confident to take on some Project management.
- A good general knowledge of developments in aviation and aerospace, with an airspace focus.
- Confident with current IT office applications.
Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge of European and International institutions and their working arrangements.
- Understanding of the UK’s AMS and related aims and objectives, along with the CAAs structure, working practice and procedures.
- Awareness of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and other Air Navigation Service providers (ANSPs) and their structures related to Airspace Modernisation.
- Understanding of UK General Aviation stakeholders’ needs and operations.
- Broad knowledge of the wider UK aviation industry.
- Awareness of the needs and impacts of a growing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) market.
- Demonstrate knowledge or experience in a technical/engineering field (preferably Aviation).
Working With Us:
We are on a journey towards being increasingly adaptable, where our colleagues collaborate as part of cross-functional teams. This approach ensures we never stop learning together. It also means that you may become involved in activities that take you out of your day-to-day role, providing you with opportunities to develop and grow your career with us.
We have embraced hybrid working and offer flexible working patterns, being open to having a conversation about what works for you. We know where and when we work is important in achieving a work-life balance.
We are passionate about diversity and ensuring all are included at the CAA. We are an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We use fair and inclusive selection approaches to hire the best person for the job based on merit alone.
Our Values:
Do The Right Thing, Never Stop Learning, Build Collaborative Relationships, Respect Everyone – For more information please visit the CAA Values channel in Teams.
Additional Information:
The CAA values high ethical standards and personal integrity among employees. If invited for interview you will be asked to declare any interests that may be become relevant owing to the role change.
Closing Date: 10 Mar 2024
Interview Date; TBC, Virtual
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