Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is seeking to fill the position of Director Transport.
ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.
Responsibilities
- Advice on the preparation and implementation of common transportation policies, laws and regulations for the ECOWAS community
- Implement interventions aimed at supporting the development of an extensive network of railways and the transformation of the community highways network into world class development corridors to spur economic growth within their zone of influence
- Develop short, medium and long term programmes and plans for the planning, construction, rehabilitation and/or maintenance of road and railway infrastructure in ECOWAS region
- Formulate programmes and projects for the improvement of maritime transport including coastal shipping services and interstate inland waterways
- Promote the development of an affordable, reliable, well connected and efficient regional air transportation services within West Africa and beyond
- Develop policies, programmes and strategies to ensure the standardisation of the transportation services and systems in road transport, air transport, railway, and maritime, as well as other transport modes deemed necessary in line with modern best practices
- Perform managerial responsibilities for scheduling and resourcing project teams, preparing sector budgets, and the corresponding staff development measures to ensure implementation
- Provide business support functions including financial management of projects, assistance with the preparation of bids and submissions, and the development and mentoring of other staff
Requirements
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Transport, Civil Engineering, Transport Economics, Transport Policy/Planning, or a similar field from a recognised university
- 12 years, minimum, of progressive experience in management of skills in the area of transport policy (road, sea, rail or air), infrastructure, engineering in a national or international structure
- Extensive experience in infrastructure projects
- Experience in managing at least three transport-related projects at the regional, multinational or continental levels in at least two key transport modes (maritime, rail, air and road)
- Experience in multi-modal transport that integrates all transport modes including air transport, railway development, port and border operations, transit systems, inland container depots, warehousing and logistics clusters
- Proven competence and capacity to engage member states in the implementation and enforcement of common transport market policies
- Ability to support the establishment and operationalisation of more viable, competitive and profitable regional airlines to support the regional integration agenda
- Ability to coordinate the smooth operation of major aviation organisations of relevance to the West African region
- Expert knowledge of regional project and programme management, implementation and monitoring with inter-governmental agencies, private actors and international support groups within the framework of ECOWAS infrastructure strategy
- Applied knowledge of infrastructural development to support economic priorities (macro), options for pro-poor infrastructure service delivery, infrastructure financing, budgeting and fund sourcing
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