Manager Air Traffic Services: Wonderboom Airport (Designate) at ATNS

Major Activities

• Align daily operations with Regional Operations goals and objectives, ensuring multidisciplinary coordination across the entire Air Traffic Services Unit
• Provide operational leadership to the Air Traffic Service Unit to ensure achievement of Air Traffic Management Service Delivery, and overall ATNS business strategy.
• Provide operational Air Traffic Service Unit input and insights into the operations and long-term ATNS strategy.
• Support the Head and other thought leaders in the development, implementation and management of the Operations strategy aligned to the vision, culture, and business strategy of ATNS.
• Lead the design, implementation and management of the Air Traffic Service Unit business plan, aviation safety strategy including governance and service management capabilities, along with the service catalogue and service level agreements.
• Drive delivery of the required projects/initiatives within the Air Traffic Service Unit strategy to be on time, within budget and to the required standard.
• Analyse trends and metrics in partnership with the Head to develop the required solutions, programs, and policies aligned to the business needs and strategies.
• Support co-ordination and implementation of the corporate transformation strategy in the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit in line with relevant policies and legislation.
• Build and maintain strong business relationships with customers to understand their strategies and plans to ensure alignment of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit operations to their needs.
• Ensure continuous collaboration for conducting of research and development to enable continuous enhancement of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit’s operating model, products and services aligned with trends, technological advances, and changes in business strategy.
• Ensure the effective integration and implementation of all Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit ’s resources to meet the required service delivery capability aligned to customers’ requirements.
• Actively contribute to building a high-performing and collaborative culture with customers being at the heart of the company’s offerings. 
• Partner with the wider business to build and foster innovation in our culture of service excellence.
• Manage and implement a robust governance framework for the Air Traffic Service Unit.
• Continuously monitor and measure compliance of the Air Traffic Service Centre/Unit to all ATNS policies and procedures and relevant legislation.
• Manage the Air Traffic Service Unit’s performance against strategy and set targets and corporate objectives.
• Lead the Air Traffic Service Unit’s projects' overall risk assessment and issue management.

Minimum requirements
Minimum Qualifications

• Air traffic control qualification (aerodrome control, and approach control)
• Formal leadership (Management Development Program) and or Business management qualification.  

Added Advantage:

• Post graduate qualification in Business Management, Aviation Management, Operations, or any relevant fie

 Minimum Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in conceptualising, designing, implementing, and managing air traffic management Operations or functions of which at least 5 years must be at Pool Manager and/or Office in Charge level within a complex air traffic services / air traffic management environment

Alternative qualification and experience for designate

Minimum Qualifications

• Air traffic control qualification (aerodrome control, and approach procedural control).
• OJTI
• Current rating in aerodrome and approach control.

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and managing air traffic management Operations or functions of which at least 5 years must be at Pool Manager/OIC level within a complex air traffic services / air traffic management environment.