ICAO Roster-Airport Emergency Planning Expert

Under the direction of Director of the Capacity Development and Implementation Bureau (CDI), the Field Operations Section (FOS) is responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and closure of Technical Assistance (TA) and Technical Cooperation (TC) projects. It drafts agreements and aids in creating country-specific and regional projects and programs by identifying priority areas, developing objectives, activities, and deliverables, setting timelines, and specifying budgetary requirements. 

Additionally, under the direction of the CDI Director, the Field Personnel Section (FPS/FRU) recruits international experts to implement Capacity Development and Implementation projects across various Civil Aviation fields and manages the ICAO Roster of Experts.

 Review the existing RFF and associated emergency services as well as the airport emergency plan.

Plan, organize and impart formal classroom and practical on-the-job training to the rescue and fire-fighting staff and to the assigned counterparts, in the effective utilization of the high-speed search and rescue vessel within the overall search and rescue organizational set up of the DCA.

Conduct a full-scale airport emergency exercise, carry out a detailed critique and assessment of the exercise, hold formal debriefing with the airport emergency planning committee and with individual responding agencies, identify any necessary changes needed for the airport emergency plan (AEP), analyze all the comments and observations, and propose modifications to the AEP as necessary and, together with the DCA counterpart, incorporate the final changes into the airport emergency plan, and impart practical on-the-job training to the assigned counterparts.

Prepare comprehensive reports covering the above aspects.

• A minimum of ten years’ experience as an aerodrome fire-fighter and five years’ experience.
• Supervisory or managerial experience in a rescue and firefighting (R F F) organization at an international airport with various categories of civil aircraft per year; including demonstrated experience in the classroom and on-the-job training to RFF staff and to assigned counterparts and in the preparation of organization and manpower/training plans for airport RFF establishments.
• Experience at a senior level in the management, design, and implementation of airport emergency plan, including simulated training exercises.

• A good command of oral and written English.

• A working knowledge of French or another official language of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Spanish).

It should be noted that this is a prospective position intended for experts interested in consultancy contracts. (short and long term).

Evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.

ICAO CDI consultants are expected to conduct themselves in a manner befitting their status as international civil servants. 

ICAO CDI offers an attractive benefit package to its consultants in accordance with the policies of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).