Head of Aviation Business Continuity Section
Job Description
Job Description
Role Purpose:
To lead and govern the Aviation Business Continuity Section as the central coordination function for civil aviation continuity and resilience within the Emirate of Dubai, ensuring that sector-wide business continuity arrangements are established, maintained, and continuously enhanced in line with applicable legislation, ISO 22301, NCEMA requirements, and approved frameworks.The role is responsible for overseeing risk-informed continuity planning, business impact analysis, readiness testing, and sector oversight programs, while ensuring effective coordination with Dubai Resilience Center, relevant regulators, and aviation stakeholders, and providing structured assurance and reporting to senior leadership on sector preparedness, response, and recovery capability.
Key Responsibilities/Duties:
- Functional:
- Sector Business Continuity Governance
Lead and govern the civil aviation sector business continuity framework within the Emirate of Dubai, ensuring the establishment, maintenance, and periodic enhancement of sector-wide continuity arrangements covering critical aviation services and infrastructure.
- Standards and Regulatory Alignment
Ensure alignment of aviation sector continuity planning with applicable legislation, ISO 22301, NCEMA requirements, and approved national and emirate-level resilience frameworks, and oversee compliance follow-up with relevant sector entities.
- Risk-Informed Continuity Planning
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Oversight
- Exercises, Testing, and Readiness Assurance
- Oversight Programs and Sector Readiness Evaluation
Direct periodic oversight programs, including inspections, audits, and evaluations, to verify the adequacy and effectiveness of continuity arrangements across sector entities, and ensure findings, recommendations, and follow-up actions are formally reported.
- External Coordination and Emirate Resilience Integration
Lead structured coordination with Dubai Resilience Center, relevant regulators, and government entities to ensure aviation sector continuity planning is aligned with emirate-level resilience objectives, escalation mechanisms, and reporting requirements.
- Awareness, Capability, and Preparedness Development
- Continuity Documentation and Executive Reporting
Ensure continuity policies, plans, exercise results, and readiness reports are properly governed, maintained, and stored within approved systems, and provide structured, periodic assurance reporting to senior leadership on sector continuity posture.
- Other Duties:
- Managerial:
- Section Strategy and Planning
- People Leadership and Capability Development
- Performance and Quality Discipline
- Resource and Budget Coordination
- Stakeholder and Cross-Unit Coordination
- Governance Culture and Continuous Improvement
Promote a culture of governance discipline, documentation integrity, process consistency, and continuous improvement across office operations and sector coordination activities.
Qualifications
A.Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Continuity, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Aviation, Engineering, Safety, or a related discipline relevant to civil aviation resilience and continuity planning.
- Master's degree in Business Continuity Management, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Resilience, or a related field is considered an advantage.
B.Certifications:
- ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management Training (Lead Implementer / Lead Auditor preferred)
- NCEMA continuity / emergency preparedness alignment training (or equivalent awareness)
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Training
- Exercise Design and Evaluation / Crisis Management Training
- Cyber Resilience / ICT Continuity Awareness Training (relevant to scenario and emerging risk planning)
C.Professional Experience:
- Minimum 14 years of relevant experience in business continuity management, emergency preparedness, resilience planning, or operational risk management within regulated, critical infrastructure, or aviation-related environments, with a Bachelor's degree; or 12 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree.
- Demonstrated experience leading or overseeing sector-level continuity planning, including development and maintenance of continuity plans, BIAs, and recovery strategies.
- Experience managing or coordinating continuity exercises, testing programs, and readiness assessments, including documentation of outcomes and implementation of improvements.
- Proven experience coordinating with government entities, regulators, and critical infrastructure stakeholders on continuity, resilience, or emergency preparedness matters.
- Prior people management or section-level leadership experience within continuity, resilience, or risk functions is required.
Job Category
Administration
Advertiser
Dubai Civil Aviation Authority
Required Nationality
UAE Only
Monthly Salary
Unspecified
Schedule-Time
Full time
Job Posting
09/04/2026
Unposting Date
Ongoing