TRAINEE AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (AIM) OFFICER x 6 – Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe 695 views

VACANCY NOTICE Ref: CAAZ/20/2024

Reports to: Principal AIM & PANS-OPS Officer
Location: Head Office x 1, R.G. Mugabe Airport x 2, J.M Nkomo Airport x 2, and Victoria Falls Airport x 1.

Job Purpose
The position exists to manage, collate, and disseminate aeronautical information necessary for use in aircraft operations, accurately and timely to ensure the safety, regularity, economy, and efficiency of air navigation in accordance with the national aeronautical information management regulations and ICAO Standards.

Duties and Responsibilities
⦁ Originates, collates, processand disseminates
aeronautical information, Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Preflight Information Bulletins (PIB) to facilitate safe operation of aircraft in Zimbabwe Flight Information Region.
⦁ Maintains an updated technical library of foreign Integrated Aeronautical Information Products and ICAO documents to ensure current aeronautical information is provided to internal and external users.
⦁ Prepares pre-flight, in-flight and post-flight information bulletins to ensure orderly conduct of flights and critical decision making by pilots in all phases of flights.
⦁ Briefs pilots and aircraft operators on current aeronautical information for the route intended to be flown by an aircraft and aviation regulations for total compliance.
⦁ Accepts and processes flight plans in accordance with national and ICAO standards to ensure safe flight operations in the Zimbabwean airspace up to the destination airports.
⦁ Issues landing and over-flight permits to foreign aircraft, non-scheduled and private operators.
⦁ Coordinates with the finance department to ensure that air navigation fees are paid prior to issuance of all flight permits and clearances according to the standard operating procedures.
⦁ Calculates and disseminates air navigation fees invoices payable to flight permits applicants to ensure that correct revenue due to the Authority is received from the airspace users.
⦁ Facilitates the expeditious clearance of Presidential and diplomatic flights to obviate delays.
⦁ Records and compiles monthly statistics for passenger and cargo aircraft landing at all airports and overflying the Zimbabwean airspace for use by management in strategic decision making.
⦁ Assist in the conduct of aeronautical surveillance and auditing activities to update the aeronautical information management products.
⦁ Monitors, repairs, accepts, rejects and re-routes aeronautical messages in the Aeronautical Information Massage Handling
System to ensure coordinated management of the airspace.
⦁ Maintains the Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network database to ensure a robust backup for the Aeronautical Information Massage Handling System in case of system crash.
⦁ Receipts and collects revenue due to the Authority at airports.
⦁ Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications
⦁ At least 2 “A” level passes in Mathematics and Physics or Geography or Computer Science.
⦁ 5 “O” level passes including Mathematics,
Science and English Language.
⦁ Must be aged between 18 years and 25 years.
⦁ Candidates aged over 25 years will be considered if they possess cartographic qualifications and experience in aeronautical maps production.
⦁ Studying towards a degree in Geographic Information Systems or Geospatial Intelligence is an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies
⦁ Must be computer literate.
⦁ Attention to details and raw data management skills.
⦁ Sharp computational and mathematical
skills.
⦁ Good communication and interpersonal
skills.
⦁ Tact and diplomatic skills.
⦁ Analytical and Geodesy skills.
⦁ Team player and fast learner.

NB: Appointment to AIM Officer position is subject to successful completion of one (1) year intensive AIM training comprised of three (3) months theoretical training and subsequent nine (9) months On -the – Job Training (OJT).