Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia
ICAO Senior Technical Officer- Affirmative Measures - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or DisabilityCanberra ACT
About the opportunity
The Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs (LIRA) Division has oversight of CASA's legal affairs; development and oversight of CASA's international strategy; and overarching regulatory policy.
The Advisory and Drafting Branch is currently responsible for the provision of legal advice, drafting legislative and legal instruments, monitoring international compliance, and strategic engagement on international policy and programs including coordination with Australian Government stakeholders. CASA's ICAO and international responsibilities will transition to the Internal Audit and International Affairs Branch in the coming months, following completion of a LIRA divisional reorganisation.
The ICAO Technical Coordination Section is responsible for managing and coordinating CASA's responsibilities under the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA), as well as all ICAO matters for CASA areas with ICAO Annex responsibilities.
The ICAO Senior Technical Officer will undertake tasks related to coordinating the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Protocol Question (PQ) Review program within CASA, as well as a range of other activities pertaining to CASA's ICAO obligations. This position will interact closely with multiple areas of CASA to ensure delivery of team objectives.
The ICAO Senior Technical Officer under general direction is responsible for the following deliverables, which represent an ongoing body of work:
Assisting with the coordination and management of CASA's Protocol Question (PQ) Review Program for both the regular and State Safety Program Protocol Questions.Utilising innovation to coordinate with the appropriate subject matter experts (SMEs) at various levels across all areas of CASA and with external stakeholders (as required) to engage on the CASA PQ review program.Supporting the Manager ICAO Technical Coordination in the delivery of CASA's ICAO responsibilities, producing high quality reports, briefing papers and providing Branch and Executive reporting summaries and updates on CASA's obligations.Liaising with CASA regulatory change project leaders on ICAO annex amendments impacting on rule changes and the effect on protocol questions.Establishing and maintaining working level relationships and effective communication with Government agencies under the Memorandum of Understanding of Australian agencies involved in Civil and Defence Aviation and the Tripartite Agreement for Australia's participation in ICAO on all CMA matters, including participating in the USOAP CMA Working Group.Exercise professional judgement to identify opportunities for any improvement strategies for updating existing policies and procedures as required.Deliver training and ongoing technical support to internal stakeholders in the use of the CASA PQ Management System.Responsible for the achievement of own and team outcomes, monitoring team progress and following through to deliver quality outcomes.Provides feedback, support, advice and guidance to peers when required.Promote workplace safety, equity and diversity and participative management and environmental management practices in the workplace and act in accordance with CASA values and behaviours.The key duties of the position include:Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:
Demonstrated high level written skills including preparation of technical responses, briefing papers and reports, ensuring technical and non-technical audiences are considered.Develops and implements work plans, sets work area priorities and evaluates activities and working methods, whilst ensuring effective coordination and planning skills to meet key timelines.Demonstrated working knowledge of the Australian aviation safety legislation as relevant to the role.Demonstrated experience in researching and interpreting technical information with a high level of attention to detail.Excellent communication (oral) skills with the ability to develop and manage relationships with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders at various levels.Experience in liaising and negotiating with various levels of internal and external key stakeholders including senior executives and representatives from other agencies.Demonstrated ability to work effectively with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and present specialist technical advice to staff at all levels in a clear and concise manner.Demonstrated knowledge of ICAO activities/functions, in particular the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme - Continuous Monitoring Approach is highly desirable or ability to learn this quickly.Employment with CASA is subject to conditions prescribed within the Civil Aviation Act 1988. The following eligibility requirements apply to this position:
Must be an Australian citizenUndergo pre-employment screening including a Police CheckWe encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people of the LGBTIQA+ community, including transgender, gender diverse and intersex people.
NotesAffirmative Measures
This vacancy is being advertised concurrently under a general and an affirmative measure recruitment process.
Affirmative measures is only available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait people or people living with a disability; evidence will be requested if your application progresses under an affirmative measures process.
The filling of this vacancy is intended to constitute an affirmative measure under section 8(1) of the 'Racial Discrimination Act 1975'. This vacancy is only available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait people.
The filling of this vacancy is intended to constitute an affirmative measure under Section 33 of the Australian Public Service Commissioner's Direction 2022. This vacancy is open only to people with disability.
Getting to know the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Australia"Safe skies for all—it begins with you."
CASA is established by and operates under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the Airspace Act 2007. CASA's primary function is to conduct the safety regulation of civil air operations in Australia and the operation of Australian aircraft overseas. We license pilots, register aircraft, oversee aviation safety and promote safety awareness. We are also responsible for making sure that Australian airspace is administered and used safely. CASA is a Corporate Commonwealth entity and is subject to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 which deals with a range of matters, including reporting and the use of and management of public resources. We employ over 800 people working across Australia. We are an engaged team and proud to work for CASA. We strongly believe in the vision, mission and goals of our agency. We are highly connected to CASA's Values and Regulatory Philosophy that underpin all we do. We understand how our roles directly contribute to aviation safety. We are a relationship-based organisation and value the input and ideas of others.
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