Contract Duration: 6 months
At IATA, we speak for the airlines of the world, serving and supporting over 300 of them across all continents. We are passionate and knowledgeable about the aviation industry, and we strive to make it safer, smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in our workforce, and we respect and value the different backgrounds, perspectives and skills of our employees. We also care about our employees’ wellbeing, and we provide flexible work arrangements, travel benefits, family-friendly policies, equal pay and a day off on your birthday. We believe in giving back to the community and encourage our staff to participate in volunteering activities that support causes they care about. We encourage you to join our global community of aviation enthusiasts, and we will do our best to make you feel comfortable during the interview process. IATA is more than a trade association; it is a vision of a better future for air travel.
About the team you are joining
The Department of Flight and Technical Operations (FTO) is part of the IATA Operations, Safety and Security (OSS) Division. Reporting to the Head of Technical Operations and based in Montreal the successful applicant will contribute to or be responsible for:
- supporting all Technical Operations focused activities, including organization of Technical Operations Working Group (TOWG) meetings, its reporting Task Forces meetings, and related IATA events
- participating in daily management of IATA specific project activities by completing administrative and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) tasks, including the processing of domain tailored surveys, data, information and drafting of IATA documents.
What your day would be like
- You will be involved in the follow-up of actions agreed during specific calls and meetings initiated by the technical operations team, keeping track on their progress and visibility to the concerned IATA internal stakeholders.
- You will be tasked with pursuing the collection, centralization and appropriate visualization of data, information and feedback related to above, including their readiness for and upload to corresponding IATA internal databases and intranet pages.
- Your day would occasionally involve ad-hoc research in aviation technical operations’ areas and issues emerged during progress of projects which IATA FTO initiates, contributes/participates to or follows-up.
- You will be required to prepare, contribute to or coordinate, as applicable, initial or final draft of meeting minutes (MoM), presentations, survey reports, white papers, guidance material and best industry practices manuals under FTO mandate.
- In close collaboration with the technical team, you will carry out, as assigned, the tasks required to support on-going or new initiatives and projects involving FTO contributions at the IATA core or regional level.
We would love to hear from you if
- You’ve recently graduated (i.e. within the last 12 months) a University with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering (e.g., Aviation, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer) or Business Administration.
- You are employing a high level of interpersonal and communication skills with a positive and persistent can-do attitude in the interface with internal and external stakeholders.
- You have a demonstrated ability to interact effectively in an international and multicultural environment, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
- You have very good English language skills (verbal & written) with a reasonable command of aviation specific vocabulary; knowledge of other languages is an asset.
- You are highly computer literate with strong user capabilities of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and you are conversant with using Teams, SharePoint and PowerBI.