Aviation Quality Assurance Officer P3

The Aviation Quality Assurance Officer supports the implementation and continuous improvement of WFP Aviation's quality assurance, compliance monitoring, and environmental sustainability programme. The role contributes to safe, efficient, accountable, and compliant aviation operations worldwide by providing technical support in monitoring aviation quality standards, regulatory compliance, operational performance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of WFP Aviation's Quality Assurance Framework, contributing to the consistent application of aviation standards, compliance requirements, and assurance processes across Headquarters, Regional, and Country Offices.
• Conduct and coordinate quality assurance and compliance monitoring activities, including the analysis of audits, assessments, inspections, investigations, and compliance reviews; monitor the implementation of corrective and preventive actions and support continuous improvement initiatives across aviation operations.
• Contribute to the development, review, harmonization, and maintenance of aviation policies, procedures, standards, guidance materials, and quality assurance documentation, ensuring alignment with WFP requirements, ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), applicable regulations, and industry best practices.
• Analyze operational, safety, compliance, quality, and environmental performance data to identify trends, emerging risks, systemic issues, and opportunities for improvement, and provide recommendations, reports, and management information to support evidence-based decision making.
• Serve as a technical focal point for the implementation and continuous improvement of WFP Aviation's Environmental Management Programme, supporting the integration of environmental sustainability principles into aviation activities, monitoring environmental performance indicators, and contributing to the achievement of organizational environmental objectives.
• Support the development and maintenance of environmental sustainability initiatives, tools, guidance materials, reporting mechanisms, awareness activities, and performance monitoring processes, promoting compliance with relevant environmental standards and the adoption of industry best practices across WFP Aviation operations.
• Provide technical support and guidance to Headquarters, Regional, and Country Offices on quality assurance, compliance monitoring, environmental management, and continuous improvement practices, promoting consistency, standardization, and knowledge sharing across the organization.
• Maintain effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and contribute to reporting, training, knowledge management, and programme support activities related to aviation quality assurance, compliance, and environmental sustainability, and perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced University Degree in Aviation Management, Aeronautical Engineering, Aviation Safety, Air Transport Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Alternatively, a First University Degree combined with additional years of relevant professional experience and recognized aviation qualifications, such as an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL), Commercial Pilot License (CPL), Air Traffic Control License, Flight Operations Officer/Flight Dispatcher License, Aeronautical Engineering qualification, Remote Pilot License, or equivalent professional aviation certification.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in aviation operations, aviation safety, aviation quality assurance, compliance monitoring, environmental management, operational support, or other related aviation functions.
• Experience in aviation quality assurance, compliance monitoring, audits, inspections, assessments, investigations, or safety oversight activities is desirable.
• Experience supporting the implementation and continuous improvement of aviation procedures, standards, guidance materials, management systems, or operational frameworks is desirable.
• Experience monitoring operational, safety, quality, compliance, or environmental performance and preparing analyses and reports to support decision making is desirable.
• Experience supporting environmental sustainability initiatives, environmental management systems, performance monitoring programmes, or related compliance activities within aviation or transport operations is desirable.
• Experience working in humanitarian, international, regulatory, commercial aviation, or multi-country operating environments is desirable.
• Experience coordinating and collaborating with aviation operators, Civil Aviation Authorities, UN agencies, governmental organizations, or other aviation stakeholders