Line Manager: Special Operations Director and Special Operations Assistant Director
Description: Supporting IVAO’s Special Operations Department
Regional Special Operations Advisors
- Take proactive steps in ensuring that there are no divisions within their area of responsibility without divisional SO staff:
- Provide Divisional HQs with appropriate assistance, such as suggesting criteria lists for candidates, suggesting possible known candidates, suggesting means of advertising vacancies through different channels, providing template text for vacancy announcements, and other suitable assistance.
- Approach Divisional HQs and suggest revising the approach on advertising or positioning the vacancy.
- Monitor divisions within their area of responsibility for compliance with Special Operations Regulations.
- Ensure that divisions within their area of responsibility are continuously complying with Special Operations Regulations.
- Report gross violations of Special Operations Regulations to the SOD and SOAD.
- Support divisional Special Operations departments within their area of responsibility:
- Contact newly appointed SOCs and invite them to the HQ Special Operations Department Discord server, explain the responsibilities of divisional Special Operations departments, and offer help, guidance, and assistance.
- Assist in developing the Special Operations Order.
- Promptly assist in developing a divisional manual on controlling military units and other Special Operations units.
- Promptly assist in developing Special Operations events, including guidance on drafting an Event Master Plan or Briefing Information, development of scenery files, and other event related materials.
- Provide a competent answer to queries.
- Emphasise to divisional Special Operations departments the importance of Special Operations Groups in the Special Operations community.
- Approach divisional Special Operations departments within their area of responsibility and emphasise the need to encourage the formation (registration) of new Special Operations Groups and suggest various techniques to achieve that, such as identifying groups of people performing Special Operations flights together and assisting them in registering a Special Operations Group or starting a Special Operations Group.
- Process submitted Special Operations Orders, handle administrative matters on Special Operations Groups, and handle administrative matters on international Special Operations events.
- Process Special Operations Group registration applications, head of Special Operations Group change requests, and Special Operations Group data change requests.
- Process applications for international Special Operations events, data change requests and participation reports for international Special Operations events.
- Monitor Special Operations Groups registered within their area of responsibility for compliance with Special Operations Regulations.
- Perform audits of SOGs: verification of compliance with specific clauses of SO Regulations.
Community Engagement Special Operations Advisors
- Create and administer an annual Special Operations World Tour:
- Work with all divisions to find suitable airfields and airspace for the Special Operations World Tour.
- Work with the World Tours Department to ensure smooth implementation of the tour.
- Ensure to highlight all areas of Special Operations in the tour.
- Assist in the validation of tour legs if required.
- Source or create the required scenery for the tour.
- Create, administrate, and operate Special Operations Events:
- Find suitable locations for Special Operations Events and liaise with the host divisions.
- Source or create the required scenery for the events.
- Ensure the host division provides suitable ATC coverage.
- Ensure that all administrative duties are completed in due time regarding the event.
- Create, and administrate content for the Special Operations Social Media platforms in conjunction with the Public Relations Department.
- Regularly post content on the department's Facebook and Twitter.
- Ensure critical notices and events are visible to all IVAO users.
- Create graphics and other related content.
- Create and administrate a Monthly Special Operations screenshot competition across all network platforms.
- Regularly highlight all areas of SO through the theme of the contest.
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