Assistant Director, Associate General Counsel Advocacy and Industry Regulation

Why you will love working here

At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.

• Our values are not just words on a page – they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA – we collaborate across teams, TRUSTED – we do the right thing, INNOVATIVE – we make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE – we embrace diverse perspectives.
• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever‑changing industry.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family‑friendly policies.
• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.
• We promote work‑life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous "work from abroad" policy, and you get your birthday off.

Permanent

Permanent – no fixed contract period.

The Assistant Director, Associate General Counsel (AGC) – Advocacy and Industry Regulation (AIR) is a senior legal professional with significant knowledge, airline industry regulatory matters. The role provides advice, support, and research on diverse subject areas to support IATA’s advocacy, government affairs and industry legal activities, both internally and externally. The AGC – AIR has direct managerial responsibility for the AIR stream of the Advocacy, Governance and Regulatory Workstream and for team delivery, and reports to the Director Legal Services (Deputy General Counsel) Regulatory and Governance.

• Provides independent advice on substantive and procedural questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to international air law, administrative law, litigation, dispute resolution, economic and technical regulations and policy relevant to the airline industry and related questions of administration and management.
• Primary lawyer responsible for providing advice on (AIR) Advocacy and Industry Regulation matters for IATA and its industry activities as applicable, including the component AIR portfolios of AIR Industry Litigation, AIR Industry Regulation and Policy, and AIR Charges and Regulated Infrastructure.
• Responds to requests for legal assistance from clients and work assignments referred by Deputy General Counsel or General Counsel.
• Manages, leads and mentors direct reports as well as having supervisory and primary responsibility for direct reports’ work product and work assignments, to ensure performance aligned with IATA’s statutory obligations and strategic objectives.
• Member of the leadership team of the Regulatory and Governance Legal (RGL) Workstream and collaborates closely with the Deputy General Counsel (DGC) and General Counsel on management issues relating to the Legal Team.
• Peer reviews work of other team members.
• Contributes to the development of team members.
• Collaborates with other LSCS team members.
• Works collaboratively with the DGCs and other AGCs to adapt to change and develop and implement improvements within and across the Legal Work streams.
• Leads client relationships on relevant Workstream portfolio work.
• Leads the development of training and guidance material on various topics.
• Delivers training to IATA staff.
• Drafts material on legal subjects for dissemination to airline legal members including case reviews, summaries of legal developments.
• Delivers presentations to airline members and other external audiences in various IATA governance council meetings, taskforces and working groups.
• Manages, instructs, and approves the budget for external counsel in accordance with LSCS team processes.
• Monitors and reviews performance of external counsel.
• Collaborates with other LSCS team members across the work of LSCS and with IATA staff, external counsel and airline members.
• Communicates directly with IATA staff, external counsel, and airline members.
• Maintains strong relationships with specialist legal communities relevant to IATA’s…