• Join Airservices Australia and be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and the future of aviation
• Two-year Fixed term opportunity with flexible working arrangements
• Location – Sydney or Canberra

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.

Our Leaders

Leaders at Airservices demonstrate our Leadership Standard in the way they Know, Focus and Value our people every day. Our leaders role model our values of Safe always, Service first, Love what we do, Work as one, Own it to connect people with their world safely.

An Airservices leader leads inclusively, thinks strategically, collaborates and communicates with impact to deliver outcomes that support our culture of trust, care and accountability.

The Role & The Team

We are revolutionizing air traffic control with remote digital capability, leveraging internationally proven technology. This cutting-edge system uses state-of-the-art airfield cameras to give controllers an enhanced 360° view with air traffic control located in a secure remote location. Digital Air Traffic Services (DAS) will be implemented at Canberra Airport and in the new Western Sydney International Airport.

As the Interface Lead, you will report to the WSIA Portfolio Lead and work closely with senior leaders across strategy, engineering, program management, and DAS operations. Your role will focus on managing coordination between different teams, ensuring the program runs smoothly and meets stakeholder expectations. You will play a key part in delivering the WSIA and Canberra DAS projects while overseeing connections with the Aviation Rescue Firefighting Service (ARFFS) and Airspace Systems.

The WSIA Portfolio covers Digital Aerodrome and Airfield Systems at WSIA and Canberra, working closely with adjacent portfolios like Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF), Airspace, Enterprise Network Modernisation Program, Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), Enterprise Transformation Office Management (ETOM), and others and to work across disciplines within the WSI Portfolio as well as key external stakeholders.

As the WSIA Interface Lead, you'll support the WSIA Portfolio Lead in building and maintaining a high-performing, accountable team. You will coordinate and integrate across the portfolio’s disciplines, managing impacts to internal and external stakeholders. This role is key to ensuring program synergy and reducing complexity in delivery and reporting.

In this role you are responsible to build strong relationships with stakeholders, managing expectations across groups like the Board, Community, Regulators, Owners, Government, and Airlines. You'll need to stay aware of the political environment and community needs.

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

 WSIA Interface Lead - position description.pdf

The Person

• The successful candidate must have demonstrated tertiary qualifications (or equivalent) commensurate to cross portfolio / program stakeholder engagement and organisational strategy. 
• Mega project and / or Priority project (Government sponsored) experience
• High level report writing skills and professional communication experience reporting into Chief Executive, Ministerial and Government Agency levels of large organisations.
• Diversity of experience across the aviation or government sectors is desirable with 10 years or more experience in comparable senior leadership interface and engagement roles in complex multi discipline environments (government facing)

 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.

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident as an Australian Government Baseline Security Clearance 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 Neethu Stephen – Talent Advisor  neethuanna.stephen@airservicesaustralia.com

How to Apply

To apply for this position please lodge an application online before Applications close 11.55 pm (AEST) Sunday 16^th March 2025