Programme Strategy Officer

Special Notice: The ICAO Assembly recently reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing gender equality and the advancement of women by supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”
  Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for ICAO positions, especially in the Professional and higher level categories.
                                            ICAO Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity.
  THE ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING

The Air Navigation Bureau (ANB) in ICAO is responsible for providing technical guidance to the Air Navigation Commission (ANC), the Council, and the Assembly. The Air Navigation Bureau provides technical expertise in aviation-related disciplines to States, industry and all elements of the Organization. The Bureau is also responsible for maintaining and implementing the Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) and Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP), including its aviation system block upgrades as well as producing yearly safety and air navigation status reports. The Bureau develops technical studies and proposals for Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), and Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS) for further processing by the governing bodies of ICAO. The Bureau also develops related procedures and guidance material. The Bureau also manages the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) using a Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA) that monitors all States on a continuous basis.

Monitoring, Oversight and Coordination (MOC) is responsible for the evolution and execution of the USOAP CMA as well as the Regional Safety Oversight and Accident Investigation Organizations Assessment Programme (RRAP). These programmes monitor Member States and regional organizations using primarily web-based platforms – the ‘online framework’ (OLF) and the RSOO/RAIO Cooperative Platform to determine States’ effective implementation of safety oversight systems, validate their progress in addressing identified deficiencies, and assessing the level of implementation of their State Safety Programmes (SSP) and also assessing the effectiveness of the RSOO/RAIO services to their Member States. The USOAP also reports on audit findings and on their impact to aviation safety arising through different means, including its triennial report. MOC is responsible for partnerships relevant to ANB, and provides data and support to the analytic functions of the Bureau and information sharing with partners. MOC oversees the planning, development and coordination of implementation support activities, including regional cooperation, for safety and air navigation to better support the ICAO implementation strategies and results and to solve deficiencies identified by the USOAP-CMA and RRAP Programmes.

The Implementation Support Planning and Coordination (ISPC) Section is responsible for managing and coordinating implementation support activities developed and designed by the Bureau. Coordination of such activities involves interaction with other Sections, Bureaus as well as the Regional Offices. ISPC directly supports the regional offices in their work related to development of projects and activities to build capacity. ISPC also supports the funding of activities by managing implementation support related voluntary contributions and provides contribution management support to donors.

The incumbent reports to the Chief, Implementation Support Planning and Coordination (ISPC). The Officer will produce strategies for implementation support and safety oversight activities. She/he will review information and produce reports on a regular basis, maintain country profiles and perform capacity building needs assessments at the level of civil aviation authorities. The work is accomplished in collaboration with other Section Chiefs, Unit Heads and Technical Officers in the Air Navigation Bureau as well as the Air Transport Bureau (ATB), the Capacity Development, and Implementation Bureau (CDI) and Regional Offices.

Prepares evidence-based reports and briefing materials to inform ANB leadership and governing bodies on implementation progress, risks, and priorities, achieving results such as: 

Develops and maintains country profiles to provide a consolidated view of each State’s oversight and support needs, achieving results such as: 

Conducts needs assessments using monitoring and stakeholder inputs to identify and prioritize areas requiring ICAO implementation support, achieving results such as: 

Coordinates with ANB Sections, Regional Offices, and partners to ensure alignment and coherence in the delivery of implementation support strategies, achieving results such as: 

Promotes and embeds processes and cultural practices for data-driven decision-making to shift organizational planning from expert-driven to evidence-informed approaches, achieving results such as: 

Performs other related duties, as assigned.
  QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Education

Essential

Desirable

Essential

Desirable

Professionalism: Knowledge of international civil aviation regulations and standards relevant to implementation support and oversight activities. Knowledge of statistical techniques and reporting methods for monitoring civil aviation authority performance. Knowledge of capacity building assessment methodologies and country profile management in the context of civil aviation development. Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.

Planning and Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

Accountability: Takes ownership of all responsibilities and honours commitments; delivers outputs for which one has responsibility within prescribed time, cost and quality standards; operates in compliance with organizational regulations and rules; supports subordinates, provides oversight and takes responsibility for delegated assignments; takes personal responsibility for his/her own shortcomings and those of the work unit, where applicable.

Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients ” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; Identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Technological Awareness: Keeps abreast of available technology; understands applicability and limitations of technology to the work of the office; actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate tasks; shows willingness to learn new technology.

Judgement/Decision-making: Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; gathers relevant information before making a decision; considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization; proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information; checks assumptions against facts; determines that the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; makes tough decisions when necessary.   CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT It should be noted that this post is to be filled on a fixed-term basis for an initial period of 3 years (first year is probationary for an external candidate).
ICAO staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Secretary General and may be assigned to any activities or offices of the Organization, in accordance with the provisions of the ICAO service code.
ICAO staff members are expected to conduct themselves in a manner befitting their status as international civil servants. In this connection, ICAO has incorporated the 2013 Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service into the ICAO Personnel Instructions.
ICAO offers an attractive benefit package to its employees in accordance with the policies of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).
The statutory retirement age for staff entering or re-entering service after 1 January 2014 is 65. For external applicants, only those who are expected to complete a term of appointment will normally be considered.
  Remuneration:  Level                               Net Base Salary                      +                            Post Adjustment(net)                           P-3                                 per annum                                                            per annum(*)                                                                   USD $70,212                                                             USD $26,400 (*) Post Adjustment is subject to change.
  HOW TO APPLY Interested candidates must complete an on-line application form. To apply, please visit: ICAO Careers website.
  NOTICE TO CANDIDATES ICAO does NOT charge any fees or request money from candidates at any stage of the selection process, nor does it concern itself with bank account details of applicants. Requests of this nature allegedly made on behalf of ICAO are fraudulent and should be disregarded.