Airport Services Officer in Birmingham

A winner of more than 500 international awards, Emirates operates one of the aviation world’s youngest, most environmentally-friendly and technologically advanced fleets of over 250 aircraft. Its rapidly expanding network spans 145 destinations in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Asia Pacific. The airline is an employee-focused company with a commitment to providing staff with excellent working conditions and competitive salaries.

Responsibilities

• Deploy available resources to best advantage in order to satisfy Customer and operational requirements arising during each duty period.
• Analyze anticipated operational problems such as overbookings, adverse weather conditions, delays, cancellation of flights, crew flight time limitations etc., undertaking necessary remedial action to ensure disruptions are minimized and the customer service levels are not impacted.
• Ensure that Handling Agent, caterers and other service providers are fully briefed regarding Emirates’ requirements for the day’s operation including any special handling and update this information as necessary in order to ensure a smooth operation and avoid unnecessary expenditure and inconvenience to our customers.
• Control expenditure on damaged baggage replacement and lost baggage claims. Delegate some of the baggage claims processing to the Supervisors/ASAs, to ensure all of the baggage services aspects are processed effectively and in a timely manner.
• Assist the Airport Services Manager in preparing and maintaining the staff duty roster and in preparing the staff annual leave plan as necessary and ensure staffing levels are optimized.
• Undertake various administrative duties delegated by Airport Services Manager including attending various meetings as directed and ensure Emirates interests/requirements are appropriately represented at such meetings.
• Assist the ASM in Employee Regulation Programme and in conducting staff performance reviews in line with Performance Matters (i.e. setting staff’s objectives and development plan) and support, coach and guide staff members to ensure maintenance of customer service and other standards such as grooming.
• Manage and administer all operational/supervisory activities on a shift basis and ensure appropriate control of processes related to document and information consolidation (revenue documents, cargo, handling reports etc.) in order to safeguard revenues; operational data and avoid discrepancies.
• Monitor all operational units (Customer Services, Ramp and Lounge). Establish a regular reporting mechanism to ensure there is a timely and consistent monitoring of service delivery, across operations. Monitor KPI’s for service performance and ensure that these KPI’s are met consistently by each unit.
• Undertake projects from time to time as advised by the Airport Services Manager in relation to operational standards and procedures thereby improving efficiency and quality of service delivered at the station. Assist ASM in ERP (Emergency Response Planning) and other related tasks.
• Ensure Passenger Service and Ground Operations Manual updates are communicated and adhered to, internally and by relevant service providers.
• Promote a continuously improving culture of safety, with open reporting of safety deficiencies, human factor issues and compliance with local laws to uphold the delivery of safe and secure operations.
• Adhere to the relevant health and safety requirements and safe working practices applicable to their employment.

Qualifications/Experience

• Minimum ‘A’ Level or equivalent.
• Must have completed relevant and recognized professional training courses and have experience working in Customer Services and Ground Operations.
• Given the specific requirements at outstations, must have experience in Airport Customer Handling / Operations including supervisory experience.
• Experience in guiding, coaching and motivating staff.
• A working knowledge of Reservations/Fares and Ticketing, Departure Control System.
• Knowledge of Dangerous Goods Regulations & Weight & Balance.
• Knowledge of Baggage Tracing and Claims Handling.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word/ E-mail / Excel advantageous.
• Advanced skills in customer service delivery.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Information

• Staff can only apply if they have completed a minimum of 1 year of service in the Company.
• Applicants must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom. The Company will not provide assistance with obtaining work permits.

Salary & benefits

At Emirates, we believe it is important that we reward our colleagues for helping us to be the largest and one of the most successful airlines in the world. Some of the benefits you can look forward to include a competitive basic salary along with allowances including shift pay, transport and meal allowances. Every November we will reward you with a guaranteed bonus and each May we operate a non contractual profit share scheme. Of course we want to make sure you are happy and healthy so we have a host of benefits, such as private medical insurance, a health cash plan, employee assistance programmes and generous annual leave benefits available to you from day one. You will also be able to spend your time off travelling the world as you will have access to discounted flights and hotels all around the world.