Officer Innovation

UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA); Dubai; On-site; AED 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is seeking an Innovation & Compliance Lead to drive initiatives in collaboration with the Mubader Team and to implement the innovation framework across the organization.

You will manage the Aeronnovation website, UAE Innovates Month activities, and nurture partnerships with industry, universities and others to promote research and innovative practices aligned with GCAA strategy. A focus on governance and reporting is required.

Responsibilities

• Seek opportunities at GCAA level in collaboration with Mubader Team to introduce innovations.
• Propose best innovation practices and manage idea management platforms.
• Organize workshops to brainstorm ideas and document them for the organization.
• Support open innovation activities to improve strategic KPIs.
• Implement the innovation framework to promote innovation within the organization.
• Administer the Aeronnovation website and UAE Innovates Month activities.
• Maintain industry and academic networks to identify research partnerships.
• Monitor progress of innovation KPIs and recommend improvement plans.
• Develop policies, systems, and processes for management approval in innovation.
• Maintain records of reports, certifications, and general correspondence.
• Ensure timely and accurate functional reports meeting GCAA requirements.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, quality and environmental procedures.

Job description

Job Description:

Stimulate Innovation

• Seek opportunities at GCAA level in collaboration with Mubader Team to introduce innovations, which will in turn improve GCAA’s performance in line with GCAA strategy
• Explore and propose best innovation practices and enhance and manage the idea management platforms that reflect the ideas of employees and external crowdsourcing for the benefit of the organization and to pave the way for more creative ideas.
• Support the business units and teams in developing their ideas from a wide variety of sources through organizing workshops for brainstorming and using innovation tools to drive and document idea from these activities
• Support the open innovation activities to improve GCAA’s strategic innovation KPIs
• Participate in Mubader Team to support the innovation function and activities to comply with strategic direction
• Implement the innovation framework requirements to promote innovation within the organization
• Administer the Aeronnovation website and UAE Innovates Month activities for the approval of the innovation CEO .
• Maintain a network of contacts with the industry, organisations, universities and others in order to identify and foster suitable partnerships to promote research in areas of interest to the organization
• Monitor and evaluate the progress of innovation SKPIs and recommend improvement plans

Policies, Systems, Processes and Procedures

• Develop policies systems, and processes for management approval in the area of innovation so that all relevant procedural requirements are fulfilled.

Document Management

• Maintain records of relevant reports, certifications and general correspondence to ensure proper document management

Reporting

• Ensure that all functional reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet GCAA requirements and quality standards.

Health, Safety and Environment within GCAA

• Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, quality and environmental management procedures and controls to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high quality products/services and a responsible environmental attitude as per IMS available standards

Other Tasks/ Accountability

• Perform additional tasks relevant to the role / area of expertise as requested by the management to be able to achieve the objectives/commitments.