Rgional Opportunity
Job Title : Senior Transport Economist
Grade : P4
Division : Infrastructure and Logistics
Duty Station : Lusaka
Basic Salary Scale : COM$ 63, 135. 29 – COM$ 75, 952.73 per annum.
Report to : Director of Infrastructure and Logistics
A. JOB PURPOSE
To facilitate provision of capacity building and technical assistance to develop transport infrastructure in Member States and coordination of transport infrastructure policy and regulatory development, harmonization, and domestication in order to eliminate constraints to improved and integrated physical transport infrastructure within the region in line with Division mandate and COMESA Treaty
B. MAIN DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Under the direct supervision of the Director of Infrastructure and Logistics and the overall supervision of the Assistant Secretary General Programmes, the incumbent of the post will perform the following duties:
- Consolidates transport sector work programs and budget inputs in order to gain management’s approval to allocate resources required to execute work programmes in line with division mandate;
- Prepares bankable projects, programmes and activities for implementation in the transport sector and mobilises the required donor support for these projects/programmes/activities;
- Proposes and coordinates policy reforms for management of various transport infrastructure to ensure domestication of appropriate policy frameworks in Member States according to international best practices;
- Develops and facilitates transport safety management capacity building programs for implementation in member states to ensure programmes are aligned to strengthen the transport safety institutional capacities;
- Coordinates the design, implementation and review of traffic facilitation measures in order to promote efficiency in transport, smooth flow of trade and promote regional competitiveness through reduction of the cost of doing business;
- Integrates transport databases in the COMESA Region in order to facilitate performance tracking, analysis, decision making and information sharing;
- Initiates formulation and adoption of common regulations and standards for various transport subsectors in order to ensure harmonization, among Member States;
- Develops transport sector capacity building programmes for Member States in order to up-skill the Member States’ capacity to implement regional programmes and domesticate regionally agreed policies;
- Advises Member States on technical transport issues in order to support informed decision making, programmes and projects implementation, policy domestication within the legal frameworks of the concerned Member State;
- Manages the performance of subordinates to ensure achievement of Division objectives in support of the COMESA strategy;
- Motivates, engages, and build staff into a high performing team through coaching, effective communication and providing frequent feedback on work; and
- Performs any other job-related duties as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.
C. MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- A Master‘s degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Engineering, Transport Management or Business Administration.
- A Ph.D. in any of the above fields would be an added advantage.
D. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ten (10) years’ experience in road transport management at regional level, international level and or government at senior level
E. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS/QUALIFICATIONS
Certification/Training in the areas of Multimodal Transport Management, Logistics or Project Management.
F. SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE
Policy Analysis and Development, Transport infrastructure development and management.