Director of Urban Transport Planning Under Contract at KIGALI CITY :Deadline: Nov 14, 2023

Job Description

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinate the public transport service planning and multimodal integration transports;
• Supervise the overall design and implementation of public transport, route definition for the urban and rural roads networks as well as internal model transport systems (trams, railway, BRT, etc.) and inland waterways transports in the City of Kigali
• Refine and consolidate the annual, long- and medium-term public transport development infrastructure and service development plans for the city;
• Supervise the design and implement public transport services for urban and rural roads networks as well as internal model transport systems (bus, railway, BRT, etc.);
• Participate in planning appropriate fare structure for public transport services;
• assist in securing, allocating and disbursing the finances required for all authorized activities of the public transport services and establishing the framework for the fare system and tariffing levels for the public transport offer;
• Assist in planning and organizing financing for Public Transport services;
• Support promotion of public transport services by stimulating competition, altering barriers to entry, adapting contracted services, monitoring and correction and support measures in collaboration with regulatory authority;
• Develop and implement Department-specific strategies, standards, guidelines and procedures;
• Provide support for co-ordination of all mass rapid transit activities and complimentary activities in City of Kigali;
• Evaluate traffic situation and status of public transport systems in both urban and rural areas of Kigali as well as the maritime transport in case;
• Prepare regular reports and technical notices, as and when necessary, on status of physical and financial execution of public transport projects;
• Develop criteria, application instructions, procedural manuals, and contracts for public transportation services;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by a competent authority

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Road Safety Management

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transport Planning

  4 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Transport Planning

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Road Safety Management.

  4 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Urban Planning and Administration

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Infrastructure Planning and Development

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree urban planning and management

  5 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s degree Urban planning management

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s degree in sustainable Infrastructure planning

  3 Years of relevant experience