JOB DETAILS

JOB PURPOSE

To ensure effec­tive imple­men­ta­tion of Board deci­sions regard­ing plan­ning, imple­men­ta­tion, mon­i­tor­ing of con­struc­tion, main­te­nance and reha­bil­i­ta­tion of the pub­lic road net­work of Malawi and pro­vide the day-to-day direc­tion of the busi­ness of the Sec­re­tari­at for the admin­is­tra­tion, orga­ni­za­tion and con­trol of all employ­ees of the Sec­re­tari­at in accor­dance with estab­lished poli­cies and pro­ce­dures made under the Roads Author­i­ty Act.

KEY DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND JOB OUTPUTS

Key Duties and Responsibilities	Job Out­puts
Imple­ment Board deci­sions effectively	Imple­men­ta­tion of Board decisions
Admin­is­ter the Author­i­ty to ensure a moti­vat­ed work­force that will imple­ment the road sec­tor programs	Moti­vat­ed staff
For­mu­late strate­gies for the imple­men­ta­tion of the RA’s Strate­gic plan and oth­er cor­po­rate plans and programs	Strate­gic Plan with updat­ed strategies
Rep­re­sent the Author­i­ty as the offi­cial spokesper­son at meet­ings at the region­al and inter­na­tion­al level	Meet­ing Reports
Liaise with the Min­istry of Trans­port and Pub­lic Works (MoT&PW) and oth­er bod­ies respon­si­ble for trans­port activ­i­ties on trans­port pol­i­cy issues;	Reg­u­lar con­tact with the Min­istry on Pol­i­cy issues
Pre­pare technical/financial reports, bud­gets, costs and esti­mates as required by the Board	Reports to the Board
Devel­op poli­cies for the man­age­ment of pub­lic roads net­work for sub­mis­sion to the Board;	Road net­work man­age­ment policy
Eval­u­ate annu­al road pro­grams and strate­gies for mon­i­tor­ing the per­for­mance of respec­tive depart­ments in the imple­men­ta­tion of their programs	Annu­al road pro­gram eval­u­a­tions Report
Issue direc­tives for con­tract pro­cure­ment and management	Con­tract pro­cure­ment Management

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

Qual­i­fi­ca­tions and Experience

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Civ­il Engineering
• Mas­ter’s Degree in Civ­il Engi­neer­ing, Con­struc­tion, Man­age­ment, or Busi­ness Administration.
• Must be a reg­is­tered Engineer
• A min­i­mum of 10 years of proven expe­ri­ence in a senior man­age­ment position
• Must have expe­ri­ence in the con­struc­tion or road sector
• Pro­fes­sion­al mem­ber­ship of an inter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized institution.

Knowl­edge, Skills, and Abilities

• Sound strate­gic thinking
• Result ori­ent­ed
• Strong advo­ca­cy, influ­enc­ing, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills 
• Abil­i­ty to man­age and moti­vate staff;
• Sound knowl­edge of sec­toral and relat­ed cross-cut­ting Gov­ern­ment poli­cies, reg­u­la­tions, and legislations
• Good inter­per­son­al and cus­tomer ser­vice skills
• Lead­er­ship skills
• Ana­lyt­i­cal and prob­lem-solv­ing skills
• Abil­i­ty to cre­ate and exploit pub­lic-pri­vate partnerships

Under­stand­ing of rel­e­vant eco­nom­ic trends

Inter­est­ed can­di­dates should sub­mit their appli­ca­tions togeth­er with detailed and updat­ed Cur­ricu­lum Vita (CV) with three trace­able ref­er­ees and copies of cer­tifi­cates to: -

The Comp­trol­ler of Statu­to­ry Corporations

Depart­ment of Statu­to­ry Corporations

Post Office Box 30061

Cap­i­tal City

LILONGWE 3

Clos­ing date for receiv­ing appli­ca­tions is Fri­day, 25^th August 2023. Only short­list­ed can­di­dates will be acknowledged.