Flight Operations Officer at Amref Kenya

OBJECTIVE/PURPOSE OF JOB

The job holder is responsible in ensuring adherence of flight safety procedures during service delivery as guided by the Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs) and AMREF Flying Doctors (AFD) standard procedures.

 Responsibilities

•  Flight planning and dispatch of AFD active flights in accordance to AFD standards and
  Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs).
•  Relay departure, arrival, delay of aircraft and airfield status and other pertinent information to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Head of Operations (HoO) the Operations & Network Manager (OM) and medical team for both sub-charter and AFD flights
• Conducting departure and arrival briefings to crew as well as communicating relevant
  information to patients or those accompanying them.
•  Implementing airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for
  personnel and aircraft operation.
• Maintaining air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders and
  record the same as per AFD standards
•  Monitoring the arrival, parking, refuelling, loading and departure of both sub-charter and
  AFD flights
• Procuring, producing and providing information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as
  flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps and weather
  information;
•  Providing both AFD aircrew with information and services needed for airfield
  management and flight planning.
• Coordinating with the applicable agencies to meet aircrew requirements for refuelling,
  ground services, crew transportation and accommodation.
•  In conjunction with the Senior Flight Operations Officer and medical team, answer
  telephones and respond to operational queries as required to the satisfaction of the client
  in accordance to the AFD standards.
• Ensuring data entry of all relevant flight information into the company database system
  as well as post flight filing of flight operations documents for monitoring purposes by the Operations & Network Manager and Chief Pilot as required by the regulator.
•  Any other work related activity as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Diploma in Flight Operations/Dispatch
• Current KCAA Flight Operations (FOO) License
• Knowledge in radio communication

Experience

• A minimum of 4 consecutive years of work experience in an active flight operations and
  dispatch department.
•  Excellent communicator with good command of English language
•  ICT proficiency

 Essential skills & competencies

•  Knowledge of KCAA Regulations to enable one comply with aviation industry regulations
• Knowledge of IATA policies to enable one comply with international aviation rule
•  KAA Policies to help understand the airport rules
•  Knowledge of ICAO policies to enable one comply with international navigation rules
•  Basic knowledge in First Aid is an added advantage
•  Ability to interpret regulations in support of the business
•  Ability to work with teams and within a team
•  Ability to plan effectively and multitask with minimum supervision
•  Ability to follow instructions