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• Ensures
  successful and faultless business performance in the absence of the
  Managing Director
• Motivates
  all the Directors and Senior Managers and the rest of staff in the absence
  of the Managing Director.
• Fully
  takes over all functions of the Managing Director in his absence or
  whenever he is engaged elsewhere.

• Implements
  directives of the Managing Director as given, and ensures that the
  Managing Director is fully satisfied with the level of performance
  achieved.
• Fully
  assists the Managing Director on a day- by-day basis in a collegial way

• Assists
  the Managing Director and ensures the preparation of strategic and
  operating plans.
• Assists
  the Managing Director in presenting and gaining agreements to business
  plans of management, the Board, the Ministry and any other stake holders.
• Assists
  the Managing Director and ensures that CAA directorates write and
  implement appropriate policies and procedures that govern Authority’s
  daily work and relationships with third parties.

• Ensures
  productive intervention in the day-to-day running of the various
  Directorates and any other positive contribution on behalf of the
• Managing
  Director and/or the Board.
• Deals
  with conflict resolution and conflict avoidance amongst the Directorates.

• Liaises
  with the suppliers of services at the Airports and Aerodromes in order to
  ensure they provide efficient services and goods to Aviation customers.
• Solicits
  support from the Government, the private sector or any other Public institutions
  in order to give any Aviation customer or supplier support in any way,
  i.e. in case of emergency.
• Liaises
  with the Government in order to introduce motivating taxes and levies,
  such as custom duties, in order to encourage Aviation service customers to
  transport their goods by air.

• Encourages
  the increase of users of the Airport by encouraging investors that carry
  out business in Airport facilities
• Provides
  leadership to Marketing and Commercial sections.
• Establishes
  measurement methods for determining the level of business growth at the
  Airports.

• Ensures
  development of work plans by all directorates.
• Monitors
  achievement of work plans
• Evaluates
  and reports achievements of work plans and projects every six months.

• Ensures
  that work plans for the implementation of Board decisions are made by the
  directorates.
• Liaises
  with every Directorate in order to follow up their activities with a view
  to ensuring the timely and quality delivery of Board decisions.

• Ensures
  that the loan allocation is equitable and meets financial limits.

• Ensures
  that staff training facility is utilized efficiently and effectively.
• Ensures
  that staff training facility is utilized to train and develop equitably
  across the Authority.

• Ensures
  that the disciplinary policies, procedures and processes are adhered -^to
  and strictly followed across the Authority.

• Leads
  the Authority to embrace new technologies.
• Ensure
  that IT becomes a regular tool of work in CAA.

• Ensures
  accurate compilation of the reports for consolidation.
• Ensures
  timely compilation of the final reports.

• That
  relate to Management of Airports and Aerodromes.
• That
  relate to the Aviation Industry.
• As
  continuously recommended by ICAO and other related Regulatory bodies.
• That
  relate to international relations and agreements within the Aviation
  Industry
• That
  ensure effective deputization for the Managing Director.

• The
  applicants for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Deputy Managing Director
  job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s Degree plus a Master’s degree in
  any of the following: Aviation, Engineering, Aeronautical/Aerospace,
  Communications, Business, Economics or Management, Law, Administration and
  other relevant qualifications from a recognized University.
• A
  minimum of twelve years of management experience in aviation,
  administration, industry, engineering, accounting, law or management, Six
  (6) of which should be at a strategic Management level;
• Membership
  to a respective professional body is an added advantage;
• Prior
  service in a successful business enterprise would be an added advantage;
• Previous
  experience in carrying out negotiations at high Government and Business
  levels backed with strong methods and networking skills.
• Experience
  in conducting meetings.
• Experience
  and skills in reporting
• Ability
  to lead and manage change;
• Proven
  managerial competence coupled with high strategic orientation and
  leadership skills with clean record of service;
• Familiarity
  with ICAO Regulations. Procedures and Practices would be advantageous:
• Age: A mature person of at least 35 years.
  CAA mandatory retirement age is Sixty (60) years.

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