The Organisation

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team keep are helping to secure the future of Australia’s skies and keep it amongst the safest in the world.

We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful.  We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

The Role & The Team

This exciting opportunity is part of a team transforming how Airservices quantifies and reports on safety performance and risk. You will contribute to the understanding of risk; using data to develop new insights and identifying solutions to inform decision making. You will analyse safety and risk related data from multiple datasets, including occurrence reporting, aircraft trajectories, and much more, to create a holistic risk picture.

The team also runs the Australian Airspace Monitoring Agency, which analyses airspace risk, coordinating with other international monitoring agencies. A core part of the role will be maintaining the activities of this agency.

You will assist the team coordinating with internal, national, and international stakeholders; seeking out and verifying data; maintaining databases; visualising data; and drafting reports and documentation.  You will have the opportunity to gain experience in programming (in Python), creating dashboards (in Power BI), and learning automation methods.

The role will also require you to learn and appreciate the systems underneath the data and analysis. There is scope for this role to adapt to your strengths or to those areas you wish to grow in.

The Person

This role would suit a recent university graduate in a quantitative field; or someone with experience in managing data, dealing with stakeholders, and drafting reports and documentation.

You will need to be comfortable responding to and working with stakeholders (usually via email) and enjoy ensuring data is accurate and maintained.

You will need to be able to work independently, under some supervision, and as part of a diverse team. You will also need well developed written and verbal communication skills.

The successful applicant will have either:

1. tertiary qualifications in mathematics, computing, science, engineering, statistics or a related quantitative discipline,

or

2. experience in managing data, liaising with stakeholders, and writing reports and documentation.

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description:

 PD Risk Intelligence Assistant.pdf

At Airservices Australia, we embrace and thrive on diversity of thought, perspectives, and capabilities because we know the benefits of having a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve. We appreciate everyone is unique and acknowledge diversity in thought leads to greater transparency and improved consideration in our decision making.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success. We actively encourage and welcome candidates from all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, people living with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian Citizen or a Permanent resident as an Airservices Background check is required for this role. Please refer to the security check requirements successful applicants will be required to undertake as part of the recruitment process.

Should you require any further information please contact Dr Steven Barry at steve.barry@AirservicesAustralia.com

How to Apply

To apply for this position please lodge an application online via the “apply link” attaching your resume and a cover letter outlining your skills and experience and how they relate to this role.

As an attachment to your cover letter, clearly and separately address each of numerical points detailed in the position description under ‘Skills, Competencies and Qualifications’.

Applications close 11.55pm (AEST) 12^th May 2024