Country Manager – East Africa at International Air Transport Association (IATA)

What Your Day Would Be Like

• Work closely with the local and regional offices team to deliver IATA’s agenda in respect of the set objectives.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with both IATA member and non-member airlines’ senior management, ensuring that IATA’s activities, objectives and policies are clearly communicated and that they provide value to members and to the aviation sector.
• Raise awareness and understanding of the importance of the air transport industry amongst industry leaders and key decision-makers, by maintaining productive relationships with government ministers, senior officials and key legislators. Work closely at all levels in the areas of Transport, Aviation Safety, Security, Operations, Finance, Trade, Sustainability and Environment.
• Monitor and report on all aviation-related activities, including but not limited to aero-political, economic, environment, finance and infrastructure matters, providing recommendations and opportunities to the RLT which are consistent with IATA’s policies and objectives.
• Work closely with the RLT to deliver IATA’s global priorities and activities aimed at enabling the airline industry to operate in a more efficient, safe and secure manner in Airport, Passenger and Cargo operations, providing recommendations and opportunities to the RLT that are consistent with IATA’s policies and objectives.
• Liaise and report to the RLT on air navigation, civil aviation safety and other operational/regulatory requirements which impact air navigation service provision and the safe and sustainable operations of IATA’s member airlines. Maintain a close working relationship with all air navigation service providers and State aviation safety regulators, whilst informing the RLT and ensuring that all communication is consistent with IATA’s policies and objectives.
• Identify, support and deliver, in conjunction with the relevant members of the RLT, business development opportunities which promote IATA’s commercial products and services, including the areas of Business Intelligence, Finance, Distribution, Consulting, Operations and Training at a local level, to achieve designated targets.
• Work closely with the Regional Office team, to build and maintain strong, customer-focused stakeholder management with airlines, travel agents and forwarders, by recommending and delivering policies and solutions for IATA Distribution, Payment and Financial Settlement Services.
• Ensure corporate fiscal, legal and regulatory compliance, and perform the necessary fiscal and administrative duties based on the Power of Attorney received from the Corporate Secretary.
• Assist People Performance and Development (PPD) in recruiting, hiring and training, to ensure that employees adhere to company policies and procedures, whilst embracing IATA’s core values.
• Advise Corporate Communications on aviation-related media updates and provide recommendations on press release communications at the country level which support IATA’s objectives, programs and policy positions.
• Support the organization of IATA’s events in the respective country and serve as a facilitator and host for the visits of IATA’s Senior Managers and/or Subject Matter Experts.
• Any ad-hoc tasks or projects, as requested by the Regional Vice-President.

We would love to hear from you if

• University degree in Business Administration, Political Science or any other relevant discipline.
• An advanced University degree would be an asset.
• Minimum of Seven years of professional experience with at least five years of experience in a similar management role.
• Proven experience in leading teams with an exceptional talent for building relationships and managing projects.
• Well-developed negotiation and lobbying skills, and in possession of a high level of cultural intelligence.
• Entrepreneurial flair, with a strong sense of commercial acumen. Prior experience in sales and marketing would be an asset.
• Sound knowledge of information technology systems and their applications in the aviation and finance sectors.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fluency in both spoken and written English is essential, whilst knowledge of other languages would constitute an advantage.