Aviation Security Manager

• Leading and managing AVSEC team members, developing their skillset, and regularly 

reviewing their individual development. 

• Maintain relationship with key, innovative stakeholders 

• Promoting and promulgating Group AVSEC security standards; 

• Coordinating compliance of AOC security programs, policies and procedures to Group security standards; 

• Ensuring an effective risk analysis, threat assessment and response capability; 

• Providing an oversight and support to AOC with the security assessment and compliance level of airports and 3rd party providers of Wizz Air network; 

• Preparing and coordinate, with line management, security procedures, relevant to specific fields of operations and/or processes; 

• Managing No-Fly list related matters; 

• Arranging security measures for high-risk flights and high-risk passengers (INAD/DEPO) including related risk assessments; 

• Coordinates aircraft protection procedures in cooperation with security managers of AOCs and in accordance with Group security standards; 

• Following up security and compliance trends in accordance with the established KPIs; 

• Provides regular security updates to company management and crews in case of elevated security threat 

Subsequently as an AOC Security Manager is responsible to the Accountable Manager for: 

• Promoting and promulgating Wizz Air Hungary security standards; 

• Formulating an overall security policy for acceptance by Accountable Manager; 

• Establishing, maintaining and continuously improving an effective security management system; 

• Maintaining effective security liaison with Civil Aviation Authority of Hungary; 

• Establishing and maintaining effective security liaison with governments, airport authorities and law enforcement agencies; 

• Ensuring an effective risk analysis, threat assessment and response capability; 

• Accepting or rejecting the risk and take action according to company risk tolerability matrix; 

• Preparing and coordinate, with line management, security procedures, relevant to specific fields of operations and/or processes; 

• Preparing and coordinate security part of training for flight, cabin crew and office employees; 

• Monitoring effectiveness of the Wizz Air Hungary Security Program according to security quality control program; 

• Conducting threat assessment and make special security measures operational during periods or incidents of increased threat; 

• In conjunction with the Security Regional Specialist managing mid/ long term projects and maintaining continuous oversight of deviations from company standards, ensuring the on-time execution of security corrective and improvement actions, and the systematic risk assessment; 

• Liaison with the Functional Heads Wizz Air Central and other AOCs of Wizz Air Group on security matters; 

• Develops, updates and manages Wizz Air Hungary security contingency plan;  

• Reporting all actual or suspected acts of unlawful interference with A/C operations and Mandatory Occurrences (Security) to the appropriate authority; 

MEETINGS 

Participating in: 

• Security Council meeting - attend 

• Weekly Security meeting – attend (chair in case Head of Security and Central Services or Senior Security Manager is not available) 

• Operation Policies and Procedures Group meetings - attend 

• Safety and Quality Council - attend (optional) 

• D15 & AOG meeting - attend (optional) 

• Regulation tracking working group - attend (optional) 

• Weekly Operational Heads - (optional) 

• Weekly Network development and Ops - attend 

• Weekly 1 on 1 with Accountable Manager - attend 

AUTHORITIES OF THE FUNCTION 

The Security Manager has the authority to: 

• Approve security assessment for new base/station opening; 

• Approve security related part of company manuals; 

• Request and approve immediate termination of operations in certain geographical location of Wizz Air Hungary network or network-wide in case of imminent security threat. 

• Approve adding or deleting No Fly List record for unruly passenger 

• Computer proficiency 

• ICAO ASTP/Management or IATA Management; 

• Security audit and Quality Control 

• SMS 

• SeMS 

• Threat assessment