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The Organisation
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission's visionary goal is “No Repeat Accidents – Ever!”. In pursuit of this goal, the Commission (TAIC) inquires into significant transport accidents across the three modes of aviation, rail, and marine, with a view to avoiding similar occurrences in the future.
TAIC's multi-disciplinary teams investigate and analyse the circumstances of these occurrences, supporting the Commission to consider the facts, and make findings and recommendations to improve transport safety, rather than to ascribe blame.
TAIC is hiring - Senior Aviation Advisor - ICAO Safety Audit Programme
- Key role leading TAIC’s ICAO USOAP New Zealand audit responsibilities
- Apply your aviation investigation experience
- Fixed term or secondment – 12 months, Wellington based
The role
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will undertake a full-scope Universal Safety Oversight Programme (USOAP) safety audit of New Zealand in 2025. Its wide ranging scope covers the New Zealand civil aviation system as a whole.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is the workstream lead for Audit Technical Area 6 – Accident and Investigation (AIG), within the wider safety audit programme, with the technical area relating to ICAO Annex 13.
We’re seeking a Senior Aviation Advisor to lead this important work.
The project will be divided into three phases: audit preparation, audit participation, and post-audit follow up.
In this role you will:
- Take the lead as TAIC’s primary ICAO safety audit programme subject matter expert (SME), coordinating a comprehensive review of TAIC, covering the 84 Protocol Questions relating to Annex 13, AIG audit technical area 6,
- In collaboration with aviation investigation leaders, play a key role as the SME in delivering to the ICAO audit team,
- Co-ordinate the post-audit follow up actions.
In addition, you’ll provide SME input to support TAIC investigations on request.
This is a fixed term position of 12 months. We’re able to consider applications for a public sector secondment.
About you - skills and experience
Key to this role is experience within aviation investigation and ICAO aviation safety audit programmes.
In addition, you’ll have:
- tertiary and/or industry qualifications in an aviation area
- excellent project management skills
- a very high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- the ability to anticipate and identify issues and risks
- excellent communication skills including very strong technical writing capabilities
- the ability to collaborate with a wide range of people to meet objectives.
This role is based in our central Wellington office.
Apply now
This is an excellent and infrequent opportunity to lead a vital piece of work. If you believe you have the skills, experience and energy to lead this piece of work, we’d like to hear from you, apply now!
For more information and a detailed job description please contact our consultants at Talent International:
- Jacaleen Williams 021 732 996 or
- Nicci McQueen 07 297 8075
Applications close 5pm Friday 29 November 2024.
- We may review applications as they come in and begin shortlisting, so we encourage early applications.
- Applicants must already have the ability to live and work in New Zealand to be eligible.
The accident investigation role - general
Accident investigation is specialised and time-critical work that requires broad proven expertise and skill, including:
- Excellent communication, both verbal and written, dealing all social tiers
- Logical and analytical capability, with very strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Anticipate risk and identify mitigations
- Problem solving
- Project teamwork
- Relationship management
- Energy, diplomacy and tact.
The Accident Investigators team is small and close-knit. investigators attend accident sites throughout New Zealand and undertake thorough site examinations and evidence collection, review, research, and analyse the evidence, before drafting inquiry reports, findings and recommendations for consideration by the Commission. Each investigation process leads to a detailed final report report outlining the findings and safety recommendations to the sector.
Accident investigation work is be interesting and varied, involves a wide range of vehicles and technology, requires engagement with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. investigators need an agile mindset, to be able to work collaboratively and positively with like-minded professionals, and have high levels of diplomacy, tact, and professionalism, particularly when deployed to accident sites.
It can be demanding work that necessitates medical and physical fitness (accident sites can be anywhere) and resilience in stressful and emotionally difficult circumstances.
While relevant investigative qualifications are desirable, the successful candidate will undergo extensive, world class specialised training in accident investigation. This is part of TAIC's supportive and development-focused environment. A typical job description for a Transport Accident Investigation Commission Investigator is available at right in the Document Downloads box.
Investigator positions are based in Wellington, New Zealand, and involve travel and overnight stays.
Only people with the right to work in New Zealand may apply. For advice on obtaining a New Zealand work or residence visa visit www.immigration.govt.nz.