Job Details of Chief of unit Air Operations

Job description

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before May 21, 2024.

The United Nations Regional Service Centre in Entebbe is United Nations Peacekeeping office based in Entebbe, Uganda that provides services, such as administrative, logistics and information and communications technology to various United Nations missions.

Responsibilities

The Chief of Air Support Unit performs the following duties:

Management of air operations:

• Manages and supervises activities of the Air Support Unit within the FSDH.
• Provides advice to management about the efficient, economical and safe use of the UN air assets.
• Establishes and maintains regional scheduled passenger and cargo movement flights and coordinates with Movement Ops & Freight Forwarding Support Unit in FSDH, Air Transport Service and Movement Control Section in HQ and client missions.
• Supervises the provision of reliable, cost effective and efficient ad-hoc air transport services for the transportation of passengers and cargo (including dangerous goods requiring special handling), VVIP, cargo, MedEvac, and other support flights on behalf of the LD/OSCM resolving conflicting priorities of supported missions.
• Analyzes client missions’ air support requests and provides guidance and decision in regard to the air transport feasibility of the requested task.
• Develops plans for the efficient and cost-effective utilization of UN long and short-term air charter and standby air charter agreements (SACA) as well as the air assets of missions in the region.
• Identifies air tasks and determines how best to meet them utilizing available air charter agreements and missions’ air assets.
• Coordinates ground handling services with UN missions and commercial service providers.
• Plans, reviews and develops air operations in close coordination with supported missions and UNHQ.

Position in Organization:

• Job Opening ID: 215769
• Job Network: Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain
• Job Family: Transportation
• Category and Level: Professional and Higher Categories, P-4
• Duty Station: ENTEBBE
• Department/Office: Regional Service Centre at Entebbe
• Date Posted: Apr 22, 2024
• Deadline: May 21, 2024

Qualification:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent degree) in Air Transportation/Aviation Management, Aviation Safety management, Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, or graduation from an equivalent military educational establishment is required. A first level university degree in combination with professional Training, certification in air transport operations, and two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience in air transport or in a related field, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible work experience in air transport operations or aviation safety, with at least three (3) years of managerial experience in a position directly related to the coordination of complex air transport operations in the international environment is required.
• The minimum years of relevant experience are reduced to nine (9) years for candidates who possess a first-level university degree.
• Experience in safety and quality management is desirable.
• Knowledge of UN financial regulations and rules is desirable.
• Experience in the use of ICAO standards and recommended practices is desirable. Experience in international operations in a post conflict environment is desirable.    Experience in supply chain and logistics is desirable.
• Experience working with data analytics and visualization tools and developing data analytics and visualization reports and dashboards is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable.

How To Apply

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/215769?language=en

The Closing Date: May 21, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews