Please join me in welcoming Harry Linsenmayer as the new Denver Deputy Air Traffic Manager! Harry has a proven track record, having served as the ZLC TA, ZDV FE, ZJX FE, and HCF FE over the past years. His passion and vision for ZDV align with ours, and he has made significant contributions to the organization through his writing and input on key documents and facility files still being used today. With a wealth of real-world and VATSIM knowledge and experience, Harry is poised to excel in his new role.

Congrats Harry!

Position Posting: Denver ARTCC Deputy Air Traffic Manager
Date Posted: January 20, 2023
Submission Deadline: February 3, 2023

Purpose:
Denver is looking for a motivated individual that possesses a high degree of energy and commitment to serve as the Deputy Air Traffic Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reports to and serves at the pleasure of the Air Traffic Manager
- Assists in management of ATC Roster, permissions and access, Discord administration, and other general administrative tasks associated with the ATC organization as delegated within the guidance provided by the Air Traffic Manager
- Assists in development of ARTCC SOPs, LOAs, Policies, and more
- Maintains a high online presence and community presence
- Completes other duties as assigned by ATM

Requirements:
-  Supports the Denver ARTCC’s mission of “Community, integrity, and professionalism” while fostering an open and accepting environment.
-  Serves as a leader to coach and motivate controllers while upholding a culture that builds exceptional internal and external pilot experiences.
- Supports and participates in initiatives that give back to the VATSIM community.
- Works in collaboration with Virtual Airlines and other VATUSA ARTCC’s to leverage synergy opportunities across the United States.
- Supports the recruitment, retention, and development of a diverse range of talented people.
- Strengthens others through consistent feedback while driving productivity and morale.
- Manages a group of team leaders to a diverse group of individuals and provides coaching and mentoring to ensure the growth of future managers
- Holds self and others accountable to high performance standards while providing pilots with memorable experiences.
- Partners in the development of strategy and helps to translate into specific priorities, objectives, and action plans.
- Understands and drives appropriate metrics to assess controller performance.
- Ability to listen to feedback and take constructive action.
- Monitors the daily activities of the ARTCC.
- Maintains an online presence on the VATSIM server and Denver ARTCC Discord.
- Assumes the duties of the ATM when he is unavailable.
- Attends periodic meetings to report on ARTCC activities.
- Ensures that Denver is following all VATSIM and VATUSA directives.
- Be able to meet all activity requirements as outlined in ZDV JO 7210.1 and all sections thereof (as appropriate)
- Must hold the rating of Controller 1 (C1) or higher
- This position requires a time commitment of an average of four (4) hours per week working on administrative tasks

Preferred Skills:
- Prior ATC Mentor/Instructor experience
- Teaching/Education experience (on or off VATSIM)
- Leadership, managerial, or supervisory experience (real world or VATSIM applicable)
- Real world aviation/pilot experience
- Familiarity with the Denver policies and procedures
- Demonstrates the qualities of understanding, patience, restraint, and professionalism

How to Apply:
Please note that this position requires a significant time commitment. Interested applicants shall email their application package with the subject title “ZDV DATM Application Package” to [email protected] with the following:

-Full name, CID, and email address
-Resume, including any applicable real world/virtual experience
-Letter of intent explaining “Why Denver and why this position is for you”

Applications must be received by 2359ct on February 3, 2023 to be considered. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered and discarded.

Position Posting: Denver ARTCC Events Coordinator/Department Head
Date Posted: May 20th, 2022
Submission Deadline: June 17th, 2022

Purpose:
Denver is looking for a motivated individual that possesses a high degree of energy and commitment to serve as the Events Coordinator/Department Head.

Key Responsibilities:
- Reports to the Deputy Air Traffic Manager and Air Traffic Manager (ATM as needed).
- Oversees a comprehensive ARTCC events department.
- Manages a team of events team members.

Requirements:
- Supports the Denver ARTCC’s mission of “Community, integrity, professionalism, fun” while fostering an open and accepting environment.
- Serves as a leader to coach and motivate controllers while upholding a culture that builds exceptional internal and external pilot experiences.
- Oversees the Events Department and a team of workers to assist in the planning, creation, and execution of ARTCC events.
- Perform multiple functions, including project management, PowerPoint creation, graphic design, etc.
- Assess learning needs accurately and propose creative and effective learning solutions.
- Supports and participates in initiatives that give back to the VATSIM community.
- Works in collaboration with Virtual Airlines and other VATUSA ARTCC’s to leverage synergy opportunities across the United States.
- Coordinates with neighboring ARTCCs to arrange support for ZDV hosted events, and arranges ZDV support for neighboring events.
- Develops and distributes marketing material (graphics, news posts, forum posts, etc) to promote
events and the ARTCC.
- Understands and drives appropriate metrics to assess controller performance within the Event’s  environment.
- Supports and participates in initiatives that give back to the VATSIM community.
- Supports the recruitment, retention and development of a diverse range of talented people to fill the roles within the events team.
- Holds self and others accountable to high performance standards while providing pilots with memorable experiences
- Ability to listen to feedback and take constructive action.
- Maintains, updates and manages events policies for events team members and department procedures.
- Ensures that Denver is following all VATSIM and VATUSA events directives.
- Be able to meet all activity requirements as outlined in ZDV General Policy 3.5 and all sections thereof (as appropriate).


Preferred Skills:
- Must hold at least an S3 rating (C1 preferred, but not required).
- Leadership, managerial, or supervisory experience (real world or VATSIM applicable).
- Familiarity with the Denver policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates the qualities of understanding, patience, restraint, and professionalism.
- Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Must be able to work in a team environment and lead a team.
- Dedicate 2-4 hours of event management per week, minimum.

How to Apply:
Please note that this position requires a significant time commitment. Interested applicants shall email their application package with the subject title “ZDV EC Application Package” to [email protected] with the following:

-Full name, CID, and email address
-Resume, including any applicable real world/virtual experience
-Letter of intent explaining “Why Denver and why this position is for you”
- Create an event – include in this event the featured fields, marketing strategy, how you would motivate controllers to sign up, banner, which neighboring facilities are needed for support, etc. Show us what you have.
- Your goals and vision for Denver events.

Applications must be received by 0359z on June 17th, 2022 (2359est). Applications received after the deadline will not be considered and will be discarded.

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