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"Our people are the heart of Norwegian.

We embrace a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion.

Embracing this culture is critical to our business success and makes us stronger together.

Our people have different knowledge, experiences, and backgrounds,

but all share a passion for our vision; to become the most loved and trusted airline in Europe".

Are you our new Director Compliance?

Norwegian is a leading operator in the aviation industry, committed to meeting and exceeding regulatory standards.

Our team is dedicated to ensuring safety, compliance and operational excellence.

As a Senior Compliance Monitoring Manager, you will play a central role in maintaining our impeccable track record.

Reporting directly to Accountable Manager, you will monitor compliance ensuring adherence to EASA Basic regulation, including Part-ORO, Part-ORA, Part-CAMO, Part-145 and Part GH.OPS In Norwegian we keep on taking care of our people.

We can offer:

• Impact: You work directly contribute to aviation safety and excellence.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside passionate professionals who share your commitment.
• Market-aligned compensation
• Employee priced tickets
• Passionately colleagues and a energetic and innovative work environment

You are our ideal candidate if:

• You have a bachelor's degree or equivalent in Aviation / Business desirable.
• You have minimum 5 + years of experience in a senior management role within the airline industry.
• You have proven leadership skill to manage a remote workforce and executing performance management and development.
• You have at least 5 years quality related experience in Operation, Maintenance or Production (EASA or AS9100) organization, or equivalent.
• You are Certified Lead auditor (IRCA / AS9100/ ISO19011) with minimum 5 + years' experience as Lead.
• You have experience as auditor within EASA regulatory requirements.
• You have experience in stakeholder relationships and the ability to influence and make change.
• You have strong business acumen and experience in developing lean processes and change management in complex environments.
• You have experience in budget forecasting and control.
• You have analytical reasoning skills related to process and value chain systems.
• You have strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with individuals and groups, ensuring effective flow of information in terms of awareness and understanding.
• You have ability to work effectively with peers and other business.

In this role you will be responsible for:

The Compliance Monitoring Manager remains responsible to ensure and control that all personnel carrying out audits, inspections or issuing release certificates, including any external auditors working within our approvals; are appropriately assessed and authorized to the activities within our approvals, and having the knowledge and experience in compliance monitoring/auditing skills. Authorizations are valid for 2 years, and can be renewed, amended to include or remove additional scope or suspended, removed or revoked by the Compliance Monitoring Manager.

You will:

• Managing the budgets associated within the department.
• Be responsible for monitoring that the activities of the Operator pertinent to the approvals are in compliance with the applicable regulatory requirements, and any additional requirements as established by the Operator.
• Monitoring that the activities are carried out properly under the supervision of the relevant head of functional area.
• Be responsible for establishing and execute a robust monitoring and auditing program to assess compliance with policies and regulations, covering all relevant approvals and adherent requirements and ensure that the program is maintained, continually reviewed and improved.
• Conduct regular internal audits to ensure compliance or identify areas of non-compliance.
• Ensure that allocation of time and resources for training in relation to compliance monitoring is tailed of time and resources to the Operator's size and complexity.
• Be responsible to allocate authorized staff to comply with Compliance Monitoring Program accepted by the Authorities.
• Liaise with aviation authorities on regulatory matters and organizational approval/compliance matters. Build relationships with regulatory agencies, industry associations, and other external stakeholders.
• Stay informed about industry best practices and benchmark against peers.
• Ensure any audits carried out by external auditors identify any concerns or findings and the evidence necessary to substantiate such concerns or findings.
• Ensure that root cause, corrective actions and preventive actions submitted by the auditee sufficiently address the area of non-compliance.
• Ensure any audits carried out by external auditors verify the implementation of solutions with specific timescales.
• Ensure corrective action closure recommendation are reviewed, accept or reject and the decisions are communicated to the auditor and auditee.
• Be responsible for fostering a culture of compliance throughout the organization, including overseeing the company's Safety, Security and Compliance assurance policies.
• Be responsible for independent review and amend NOA Maintenance Capability List
• Be responsible for approving or reject any concessions required for any deviation to procedure or requirement or pertaining to staff training/authorization.
• Ensure that investigations and implementation of corrective and preventive actions relating to audit findings are closed in an adequate and appropriate manger.
• Provide compliance monitoring surveillance of contracted and subcontracted activities.
• Monitor audit findings for adverse trends and risks, and report findings to responsible department managers, Nominated Person, or the Accountable Manager.
• Be responsible for reporting analysis of trends, repetitive findings, and concerns in monthly SRB/CRB meetings, and thereby an independent assessment of effectiveness of processes for following up corrective and preventive actions.
• Regularly review and update compliance programs in response to changing regulations and organizational needs.
• Seek feedback and assess the effectiveness of compliance initiatives, making improvements as necessary.
• Be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive records of compliance activities

So, what are you waiting for?

If you love the thought of working with us, we encourage you to click the Apply Now button to complete our online application. You will need to upload a recent copy of your resume with a cover letter and tell us why you want to join us.

Please note: We can only accept applications that have been submitted through our recruitment system. We will accept Your CV and Cover letter, in both English or in a Scandinavian Language

We hope to welcome you on board!