Assistant Scheduling Specialist
BALPA, One Heathrow Boulevard, 286 Bath Road, West Drayton. BALPA’s hybrid working policy applies to this role which allows working from home up to 3 days per week. Posted 2 weeks agoThe Assistant Scheduling Specialist’s role is to assist the BALPA Scheduling Specialists in providing scheduling expertise and support to the Association in all areas of Flight and duty Time Limitations (FTL), scheduling and fatigue risk management.
The Scheduling team works in a number of bargaining areas and provides expert and high-level technical and specialist knowledge and guidance to the staff team and Company Councils in their bargaining, so that BALPA is able to influence positive change in the deployment of FTL schemes and fatigue risk management systems (FRMS).
The Assistant Scheduling Specialist is expected to deputise for the Scheduling Specialists on occasion including representing BALPA at industry forums and events relating to FTL, scheduling and fatigue risk management.
BALPA is currently in a period of reform and modernisation. All BALPA staff are expected to show willingness to learn, change and develop and contribute to a positive, supportive and collaborative workplace culture.
You can apply for the role by sending your CV and a covering letter (no more than two sides) setting out why you would be a great fit for the role to recruitment@balpa.org by midday Friday, 29 August.
Benefits
- Reports to the Director for Flight Safety, Policy and Regulation.
- Defined contribution pension scheme
- 30 days of annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years’ service).
- This post is entitled to a BALPA lease car under BALPA’s car allowances and mileage policy.
Qualifications & Experience
- Extensive experience of providing operational scheduling expertise and support in the aviation industry or other similar industries.
- Strong working knowledge of crew management systems and fatigue risk management techniques in the aviation industry or other similar industries.
- Strong negotiation skills with proven successes.
- Active experience within an operational Rostering/Crewing department in the Commercial Air Transport sector of aviation, or similar (desirable).
- Excellent technical knowledge of UK and international flight safety and occupational health and safety policy and regulatory systems (desirable).
- Previous exposure and involvement in Trade Union discussions and negotiations (desirable).
For full details, see the job description linked below.