Air Operations Officer

Leads OSESGY aviation operations, ensuring safe and cost-efficient passenger, cargo, evacuation and military flights while overseeing tasking, risk management, regulatory compliance, aircraft planning, staff performance and coordination with UN, government and aviation partners.

Department: Aviation Unit

• Manage and supervise the activities of the OSESGY Aviation Unit
• Ensure air operations comply with UN directives, aviation manuals, ICAO standards and host-country requirements
• Review air mission requests and allocate suitable aircraft for safe and cost-efficient delivery
• Coordinate daily air tasking orders, resolve priorities and communicate approved schedules
• Manage passenger, cargo, resupply, evacuation, VIP and military operational flights
• Direct aviation risk management, search and rescue coordination and safety follow-up
• Develop aviation procedures, budget inputs and aircraft acquisition requirements
• Supervise operational planning, performance reporting, audits, staff assignments and training

• Advanced university degree in aviation management, air traffic management, aviation safety management, aerospace or aeronautical engineering, or graduation from an equivalent military establishment
• A first university degree may substitute with relevant professional training, air-transport certification and two additional years of experience
• Training and certification as a commercial pilot, flight operations officer, flight dispatcher, aerospace or aeronautical engineer, air traffic controller or equivalent military specialist
• At least five years of progressively responsible air-transport operations or aviation-safety experience, including three years managing complex international air operations
• Experience handling air operations in the Middle East
• Experience in safety and quality management and use of ICAO standards and recommended practices
• English at UN Level II in reading, writing, listening and speaking

• Temporary appointment is available for 364 days
• Professional-category applicants for this mission post cannot be nationals of the duty-station country