Regional Officer, Aeronautical Information Management

Regional Officer, Aeronautical Information Management

Salary : $84,672 - 84,672 yearly

Empresa : United Nations Development Programme
Tipo de empleo : Tiempo completo
Mexico

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THE ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING

The NACC Regional Office is primarily responsible for maintaining continuous liaison with 22 States and 19 Territories to which it is accredited and, as appropriate, with international organizations, stakeholder groups, regional and sub-regional civil aviation bodies, service providers, and UN Agencies and Programmes. The Regional Office ensures interregional coordination and promotes the timely and harmonized implementation of ICAO Strategic Objectives, policies and decisions, Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS), Regional Supplementary Procedures (SUPPS, Doc 7030), and the CAR/SAM and NAM Regional Aviation Safety and Air Navigation Plans. The Regional Office also provides technical guidance and assists States in their implementation activities. The office operates in English and Spanish, and all staff are required to be fluent in both languages.

The incumbent reports to the Regional Director through the Deputy Regional Director, with whom the incumbent consults on complex technical issues. She/He also coordinates with other regional officers and the technical officers at the Air Navigation Bureau (ANB) at ICAO Headquarters (HQ) in order to promote the implementation of ICAO SARPs, PANS and regional ANPs and SUPPS with special emphasis on Aeronautical Information Management (AIM), and performs other duties as required. She/He may support the development and implementation of technical cooperation programmes as required.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Function1 (incl. Expected results)

Collaborates closely with ICAO Headquarters for all air navigation matters, and particularly with respect to the implementation of a performance-based approach to air navigation services planning,in order to promote the implementation of the AIM and ATMICAO provisions and prioritized elements of the Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP), including the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBUs), the CAR/SAM and NAM ANPs, SUPPS, and related plans and policies, achieving results such as:

• Coordinate Regional programmes with ANB and within the Regional Office to ensure the implementation of ICAO Strategic Objectives.
• Follow up on responses to State Letters and surveys originating from the Regional Office and HQ in order to close the communication loop and encourage the implementation of the recommended actions.
• Support the efficient functioning of the CAR/SAM Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (GREPECAS) and its contributory bodies, and the NACC/WG and its task forces.
• Ensure coordinated processes between AIM and other air navigation fields within the Secretariat so as to minimize duplication, enable seamlessness in planning and ensure efficiency.
• Process and coordinate proposals for amendments to the CAR/SAM and NAM ANPs and SUPPS.
• Follow up on specific AIM recommendations and priority elements that are deficient and/or unimplemented.
• Maintain the NACC RO electronic data records of AIM data and information.
• Monitor the developments of global ICAO provisions and guidance material concerning AIM and ATM and develop regional initiatives to support implementation.

Function 2 (incl. Expected results)

Serves as ICAO Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) focal point, achieving results such as:

• Assist States in the development of aeronautical information and data safety-related activities are consistent with System-Wide Information Management (SWIM, Doc 10039) concept principles.
• Coordinate on a regular basis with relevant sections in ANB on aeronautical information and data safety issues.
• Assist States to manage the updates of Annex 4 and the associated guidance material and provide technical expertise in Aeronautical Charts (Doc 8697).
• Support on the currency of Annex 15, PANS-AIM (Doc 10066), and PANS-ABC (Doc 8400) and its associated documentation – AIS Manual (Doc 8126), AIM Training Development Manual (Doc 9991), WGS-84 Manual (Doc 9674), providing strategic and techni