About the opportunity The Office of Airspace Regulation (OAR) is within the ANAA Branch and assumes responsibility and accountability for the review of all Australian-administered airspace, delivering CASA's obligations under the Airspace Act (2007), Airspace Regulations (2007), the Civil Aviation Act (1988) and the Australian Airspace Policy Statement 2021 (AAPS). The OAR has an immediate, ongoing, permanent vacancy for the position of an Airspace Project Specialist. This position will be offered at the Aviation Safety Regulator 1 (ASR1) level and based in Canberra or Brisbane with other CASA office locations considered. The Airspace Project Specialist is accountable to the OAR Team Leader Airspace Planning for the day-to-day conduct of airspace risk profiles, airspace reviews, airspace studies and other airspace related tasks including availability to perform OAR on-call delegate duties. This is a technical position operating with a significant degree of independence within a multi-disciplinary team. Some intrastate and interstate travel will be required. Some overseas travel may be necessary. This recruitment activity may also be used to create a merit pool to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies. The key duties of the position include Our ideal candidate Our ideal candidate for ASR1 must demonstrate the following: Understanding of the issues associated with airspace classification, risk assessment, and emerging communications, navigation and surveillance technologies used in air traffic management. Applied knowledge of regulatory frameworks including Australian civil aviation legislation and Australia's obligations to ICAO. Understanding of the structure and operation of the Australian and international aviation industry. High level written and verbal communications skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office. Strong stakeholder engagement skills. The following ideal candidate requirements are highly desirable for the ASR1 classification: Demonstrated skills and capabilities in project management particularly an aviation discipline and/or an aviation safety role. An aviation industry background with a focus on aviation safety. Tertiary qualifications in an aviation related field. Qualifications or experience in ICAO PANS-OPS Instrument Flight Procedure Design and/or Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Airspace Design.
