Bauspengler/in

About the job

Employment Type: Permanent

Contract Duration:

Why you will love working here

At IATA, we represent over 350 airlines worldwide, striving to make

aviation safer, smarter, more sustainable, and inclusive.

• Our Values are not just words on a page - they are the energy behind everything we do: ONE IATA - We collaborate across teams, TRUSTED - We do the right thing, INNOVATIVE - We make tomorrow better, INCLUSIVE - We embrace diverse perspectives.

• With over 30,000 courses available, we believe in continuous learning and support your growth in an ever-changing industry.

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion are our priorities. We are certified by the Equal Salary Foundation, offering equal pay and family-friendly policies.

• We encourage community involvement through volunteering and strive to make tomorrow better for aviation and our communities. We offer time off so you can support causes important to you.

• We promote work-life balance with flexible work options, including remote and hybrid work, a generous 'work from abroad' policy, and you get your birthday off!

About the team you are joining

The Assistant

Director, Associate General Counsel (AGC) - Advocacy and Industry Regulation

(AIR) is a senior legal professional with significant, knowledge,

skills, experience and expertise in relation to airline industry regulatory

matters and is responsible for providing advice, support, and research on

diverse subject areas to support IATA’s advocacy, government affairs and

industry legal activities, both internally and externally. The AGC – AIR demonstrates

managerial expertise and has direct managerial responsibility for the AIR stream

of the Advocacy, Governance and Regulatory Workstream and for team delivery.

The AGC – AIR reports to

the Director Legal

Services (Deputy General

Counsel) Regulatory

and Governance.

What your day would be like

• Provides independent advice on substantive and procedural

questions of considerable complexity, which may include those related to

international air law, administrative law, litigation, dispute resolution,

economic and technical regulations and policy relevant to the airline

industry and related questions of administration and management.

• Primary lawyer responsible for providing advice on (AIR) Advocacy and Industry Regulation matters for IATA and its industry activities as applicable, including the component AIR portfolios of AIR Industry Litigation, AIR Industry Regulation and Policy, and AIR Charges and Regulated Infrastructure.
• Responds to requests for legal assistance from clients and

work assignments referred by Deputy General Counsel or General Counsel.

• Manages, leads and mentors direct reports as well as having supervisory and primary responsibility for direct reports work product and work assignments, to ensure performance aligned with IATA’s statutory obligations and strategic objectives.
• Member of the leadership team of the Regulatory and Governance Legal (RGL) Workstream and collaborates closely with the Deputy General Counsel (DGC) and General Counsel on management issues relating to the Legal Team.
• Peer reviews work of

other team members.

• Contributes to the

development of team members.

• Collaborates with other LSCS

team members.

• Works collaboratively with the DGCs and other AGCs to adapt to change and develop and implement improvements within and across the Legal Workstreams.
• Leads client

relationships on relevant Workstream portfolio work.

• Leads

the development of training and guidance material on various topics.

• Delivers training to IATA staff.
• Drafts material on legal

subjects for dissemination to airline legal members including case

reviews, summaries of legal developments.

• Delivers presentations to

airline members and other external in various IATA governance council

meetings, taskforces and working groups.

• Manages,

instructs, and approves the budget for external counsel in accordance with

LSCS team processes.

• Monitors and reviews

performance of external counsel.

• Collaborates with other

LSCS team members across the work of LSCS and with IATA staff, external

counsel and airline members.

• Communicates directly

with IATA staff, external counsel, and airline members.

• Maintains strong

relationships with specialist legal communities relevant to IATA’s work.

We would love to hear from you if you have

• Advanced University degree in law, (LLB, JD, LLM) from an internationally recognized university,
• Admission to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction, preferably the UK, EU member state, Canada, US, Australia or New Zealand.
• Fifteen years post legal qualification experience in increasingly responsible positions in an organization, government department or law firm.
• Demonstrated legal management experience, with a record of guiding and mentoring specialist lawyers to high levels of team delivery.
• Significant legal professional knowledge, skills and experience.
• Excellent command of English.
• Superior written and oral communication skills.
• Effective, confident communicator and a team player.
• Time management.
• Demonstrates ownership of tasks.
• Establishes strong supervisory and team relationships.
• Demonstrates initiative.
• Strong legal research skills.
• Committed to personal development and continued learning.
• Proactively ensures their own continued professional development.

Travel Required: Y 5%

Learn more about IATA’s role in the industry, our benefits, and the team at iata/careers/. We are looking forward to hearing from you!