Senior level executive position that provides comprehensive assistance to the Airport Executive Director to include operational, administrative, and general support tasks. Responsible for a broad range of duties such as providing professional advice, intellectual capital, and assisting with problem solving, planning and resolving complex issues. Works aggressively to assist in achieving established goals and vision. Manages the Airport’s administrative support, information technology, communications, and customer service functions. Represents and has decision-making authority in the absence of the Airport Executive Director. Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field.
Experience: A minimum of 10 years of progressive commercial service Airport experience to include at least 5 years of supervisory and/or management experience.
This position requires: Must pass Criminal History Record Check and Security Threat Assessment.
Must maintain appropriate security status at all times.Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Leadership: the ability to positively influence others towards organizational goals.
• Knowledge of pertinent Federal Aviation Regulations.
• Broad understanding of core Airport business/enterprise practices.
• Must be able to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to conduct interviews, speak at engagements, write reports, and make presentations before various groups.
• Ability to train, develop, and lead employees.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and develop solutions.
• Ability to manage change; comfortable with change.
• Possess above average computer/technical skills including proficiency utilizing social media platforms.
• Ability to work with Airport tenants, federal regulatory agencies, local government officials, and the public.
• Strong business acumen.
• Strong communication skills (oral, written, interpersonal).
• Customer service focus (internal and external).
• Problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Adaptability, resilience, and flexibility.
• Introspection/Inquisitiveness; continual pursuit of knowledge and self-development.
  
  Licensing/Certification: Possession of a valid driver’s license with good driving history. If State license is other than Georgia or South Carolina, applicant must obtain a license in Georgia or South Carolina within 30 days of employment.
  OTHER:
  This position requires staff call up in an emergency situation and travel from office to other locations.
  PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:
  • Data Utilization: Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data according to a prescribed schema or plan. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.
  • Human Interaction: Requires the ability to exchange information for the purpose of clarifying details within well-established policies, procedures and standards.
  • Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
  • Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
  • Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
  • Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
  • Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
  • Physical Abilities: Tasks require the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of heavy objects and materials (less than 75 pounds).
  • Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
  • Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, hazardous materials, heights, confined spaces, machinery, toxic agents, animal/wildlife attacks, or animal/human bites.