Senior Manager - Policies, Certifications and Approvals

Strategy

• Develop and align the section’s strategy with the functional strategy to coherence across GCAA.
• Ensure implementation of sectional strategies and strategic plans that reflect GCAA’s vision and mission.

Leadership

• Coordinate with the Director in achieving departmental objectives through goal setting, staff recruitment, performance management, motivation, and ongoing development.
• Monitor and evaluate section performance against pre-determined measures and standards.
• Lead and mentor team members of the business units by instilling the values of the “Corporate Path”, ensuring clarity in roles, performance monitoring, and continuous feedback.
• Oversee compliance trends and provide strategic recommendations for policy updates and improvements.

Budget and Plans

• Consolidate and recommend the section’s annual budget and monitor expenditures to ensure cost-effectiveness and financial alignment.

Performance Monitoring

• Track section performance against pre-determined measures and recommend corrective actions, including resource optimization, training, and process realignment.

Aviation Security Policy

• Oversee the development, review and update of Aviation Security policies and National Civil Aviation Security Programmes in line with ICAO Annex 17 and national standards.
• Provide technical expertise on national aviation security programmes, especially regarding airport screening equipment in the UAE.
• Approve operator security training programmes and ensure national compliance.
• Ensure dissemination of aviation security requirements to stakeholders and maintain the Aviation Security Affairs library.
• Oversee the review of stakeholder enquires on aviation security related issues and ensure that they are resolved within specified time frames.

Aviation Security Planning

• Manage the development of annual and technical training plans within the section.
• Oversee certification and approval-related training efforts.
• Coordinate planning activities related to the National Civil Aviation Security and Facilitation Committee and Technical Civil Aviation Security and Facilitation Committee.
• Advise on national and international issues related to aviation security and adjust planning needs accordingly.

Aviation Security e-Services and Publication

• Manage aviation security documentation systems, libraries, e-services, and the AVSEC web platform.
• Ensure content on the GCAA portal remains current and accurate.
• Oversee timely updates to aviation security publications and documentation on the GCAA portal for knowledge sharing.

Operational Oversight

• Manage the certification and approval processes, ensuring adherence to risk-based methodologies and international standards.
• Approve submissions from team members and ensure compliance with national and international standards.
• Facilitate technical agreements, including MoUs, in coordination with internal and external stakeholders in accordance with defined standards and procedures, to optimise and secure GCAA’s business interests.

Internal & External Audits & Surveillance Programs

• Ensure timely closure of findings from internal audits and surveillance programs.
• Coordinate audits by external entities on the section such as ICAO and IMS, and ensure preparedness and cooperation.

Aviation Security Culture and Coordination

• Promote aviation security awareness and foster a safety/security culture across the UAE aviation sector.
• Coordinate with international partners (e.g., ICAO, US TSA, EU/ECAC, UK DfT, Australia OTS) on aviation security matters.
• Contribute to the preparation and delivery of speeches, presentations, for events and technical publication on aviation security.
• Oversee the GCAA contributions on aviation security matters for various meetings, progress reports etc., in coordination with relevant business units.

Work Programme for USAP-CMA

• Contribute to continuous and in-depth assessment of the Aviation Security Regulatory System in the UAE based on ICAO USAP CMA PQs and Compliance Checklist, to comply with ICAO Annex 17 – Aviation Security SARPs and the AVSEC related provisions of Annex 9 – Facilitation.
• Propose the necessary amendments of the UAE Civil Aviation Law, CAR Part VII, national aviation security…