Head of Safety Operations - London / Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom - Civil Aviation Authority

Civil Aviation Authority

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London / Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom

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Description

Date:15-Feb-2023

Location:
Gatwick, GB

Company:
Civil Aviation Authority

Salary:
Up to £160,000 depending on experience

Contract Type:
Permanent - Full time
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

The main purpose of this role is to manage the Flight Operations, Airworthiness, Medical and Flight Crew Licensing operations in Safety and Airspace Regulation Group (SARG).

This role is primarily a leadership role rather than a technical role.

It has a broad remit and impact on the delivery of the regulatory book of work and the CAA's ability to be compliant with and oversee international safety regulations.

Collaboration is key to the success of this role - particularly the working relationship with the Head of Future Safety and Innovation.

Focus is on the management of resources, budget management for their teams, risk and business processes including the governance of the operational teams to ensure assurance actions are delivered and performance both individual and Group.

The role holder will look to drive continuous improvement through the processes used within the business and manage day to day operational activity across the teams.

This is a developmental role and as such the role holder will be expected to develop themselves with a view to progressing to an ExCo level position.

Core Accountabilities

Working with the Chief or Heads of Flight Operations, Airworthiness and Aviation Medicine (who report into this role) to identify resource requirement.
Manage the budget to effectively meet the needs of the department and in particular in its ability to meet regulatory requirements.
Working closely with the Chief or Heads of the capability units reporting into them to ensure that the teams are adequately resourced, trained and qualified to undertake oversight and other regulatory activity, and that the departments fully discharge their regulatory duties.
Working with the Head of Safety Strategy this role will contribute to the development of the Group strategy.
The role holder also has joint responsibility with the Head of Airspace, Air Traffic and Aerodrome (AAA) for crisis and incident response drawing input from the Future Safety and Innovation expert where appropriate.
Evaluating system, personnel and entity risks in conjunction with the Head of AAA and ensuring these are captured in the system.
Work alongside counterpart in the Head of Future Safety and Innovation to create and nurture a culture within SARG that is aligned to the direction the business is heading.
The primary safety accountabilities sit with the Chief or Heads of capability units, but this role will oversee the efficacy of the decisionmaking model including the safety business cycle outcomes (e.g., Safety Risk Panel outcomes) and making sure the correct level of technical input is made and that these decisions are presided over initially by the Chief or Head of the capability area.
The role holder will act as deputy for the Group Director Safety and Airspace Regulation as required.
Working with the other Heads of functions within SARG, Shared Service Centre, CAA Strategy and Policy and International Group in terms of joint accountabilities influencing counterparts so that resources are deployed to optimum levels will be essential

About You

You will be able to work effectively with heads of areas to ensure the department is operating at optimum levels, and meeting safety accountabilities.
You will be able to manage workload effectively.
You will have experience in effective management of the departmental budget working with the relevant Business Partners in planning, Finance and HR.
You will be an experienced manager from an operational background where you have managed multiple diverse teams.
You will have proven track record of delivering through other people and the ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels.

Additional Information
For many appointments within the CAA, these roles require access to operationally sensitive infrastructure and/or Nationally Protected information. For these roles the post holders must undergo National Security Vetting and achieve the appropriate level of clearance.

The CAA values high ethical standards and personal integrity among employees. If invited for interview you will be asked to complete a declaration of interest.

Working With Us
We offer a range of excellent benefits such as flexible working arrangements, free onsite gym at Gatwick, discounted gym membership for London, 28 days annual leave, additional 5 days leave purchase scheme, a generous pension scheme and much more

We are on a journey towards being increasingly adaptable, where our colleagues collab