Under the supervision of the Air Operations Manager, the Air Operations (Air-Ops) Officer 2 is responsible for coordinating ground operations to ensure proper transport of passengers, luggage, cargo, and diplomatic mail.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Receive/filter and respond to messages regarding flight bookings for fixed wings and UNHAS, including and sharing with concerned units/departments. Respond to visitor’s enquiries as required.
- Ensuring all ATRs are booked timely and accurately with the correct passenger information, luggage booked and routing on AOMS3 for timely flight planning. Book passengers and cargo on UNHAS when required.
- Establish and distribute flight manifest as required and respecting set timelines and ensuring that all passengers and cargo booked for fixed wings are captured in the final manifest
- Follow-up weather trends, obtain and provide to crew and AirOps team required METAR-TAF as well as all required operational information, to allow safe flight planning and dispatch.
- The day of the flight perform flight following to monitor the position of the aircraft, react to operational issues and communicate to all involved focal points and suppliers (fuel, handling, etc)
- Coordinates as necessary with other services at the airport, such as intelligence officials, airport authorities, security personnel and humanitarian officers.
- As main focal point for UNHAS in Nigeria, ensuring that information such ATRs and tickets of passengers booked on UNHAS are documented for proper accounting purposes and in compliance with finance requirements for settling of UNHAS account payments on monthly basis
- When required, issue field assessment reports for RED768 destinations, and participate to ramp, aircraft and spare part maintenance, and any other inspections with AOM
- On monthly basis, perform quality check on RED768 flight folios, to ensure that documentation is correct and filed properly.
- As IATA DGR Cat 6 certified personnel, fill, issue and distribute Dangerous Goods documentation for any shipment of DGR scheduled to fly on RED768
- As required, ensure that all DGR intended to fly on RED768 are packed and marked as per IATA regulations
- Coordinates the movement of passengers, luggage, cargo, and diplomatic mail through the airport, and processes them through customs and immigration.
- May be asked to perform tasks not covered in this job description and to provide support to other departments when necessary.
Education and Experience Required
- University Degree in Aviation Management and combination of education, professional training, certification in air transport, and experience in air transportation related occupation required.
- A minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible flight operations work experience with an Airline, Flight Briefing Office, Ground Handling Company, or Airport Operator.
- Previous experience with a Humanitarian agency would be an added advantage.
- Additional vocational training in logistics or aviation, air transportation is an asset.
- Advanced level in computer skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) including working knowledge of Flight planning systems.
- General knowledge of the Aviation industry and technical aviation terminology.
- Good command of written and spoken English.
- Driving licence
How to apply
- Click on the application link or scan the QR code below to access the application page. Application Link
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- Send Curriculum vitae, and Certificates to ABJ_Recruitment_Services@icrc.org
- Clearly indicate “ABJ202300392 Air-Ops Officer 2 ABJ" as the subject of your application (Applications for this position that do not include this subject and do not use the online Ms form will not be taken into consideration.)
The deadline for the submission of applications will be 21.8.2023, 16:30hrs. Late applications will not be considered.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Equal opportunities shall be provided to all employees and applicants for employment based on their demonstrated ability and competence without discrimination based on race, colour, religion, gender, nationality, status, disability etc.
(The ICRC values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive working environment)
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates; Female & People Living with Disability applicants are encouraged to apply.
ICRC will not request any monetary payments from applicants at any stage of the recruitment process