AddressSenior Project Manager – Flight Operations
Contract Type: 12-18 Month FTC / £49,007 to £65,343
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:
Flight Operations (FO) is a capability team within the Safety and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG) responsible for the regulation and oversight of UK approved public transport and police operators. The Flight Operations team are focused on creating a proportionate regulatory framework in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, promoting safety and contributing towards a vibrant aviation industry.
This role, which is a vital part of the Flight Operations team for Dangerous Goods and Ground Handling, will be leading projects relating to the risk posed by undeclared or counterfeit lithium batteries as carried as air cargo, and assisting in the development of the UK’s mitigation measures to manage this risk to aviation.
Core Accountabilities:
- Leading complex projects, ensuring the deliverables, timescales, cost, and quality measures are met.
- Developing project plans and project initiation that includes definition of scope, background, success criteria, timelines, requirements, milestones and deliverables, risks, assumptions, and dependencies.
- Full project governance and progress reporting, covering risk, issue, dependency management, impact assessment and focus on business delivery and outcomes.
- Financial management of project budgets, as required.
- Overseeing the production of impact assessments for proposed risk mitigation measures, by third parties.
- Manage procurement for research projects, including tender creation, pre-qualification questionnaire, and tender evaluation.
- Develop projected costings of research.
- Line management of one Business Analyst.
About You:
You will have strong decision-making skills and be comfortable in making informed recommendations, which are evidence based and technical in nature, to Senior Stakeholders.
Essential Skills:
- Experienced in Waterfall or Agile project methodologies, ideally with a formal project Management (PM) qualification such as Prince 2 and/or Advanced project Management (APM).
- Previous experience of working collaboratively on challenging projects.
- Confident and proven ability to present and provide evidence-based proposals for consideration by senior stakeholders.
- Established and confident in communicating and engaging with all levels of Stakeholders to Director level and associated Ministerial and leading industry subject matter experts.
Desirable:
- Established manager of people, capable of creating and developing a collaborative workforce, along with ensuring continual support, coaching, and mentoring to ensure personal growth personally and to the wider team.
- Procurement and tendering experience would be highly desirable.
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: 11 Feb 2024
1st Interview Date: WC 26 Feb 2024, via Teams. We anticipate this to be a 2-stage interview process.
