Job Description
Reporting: Advisor to the Director General reports to the Director General.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Advisor to the Director General is responsible for:
1. Assist the DG in undertaking planning, designing and managing of different road and transport sector development initiatives;
2. Provide regular reports and technical notices, when necessary, on status of physical and financial execution of projects. A particular attention will be drawn to the problems that may hinder the smooth implementation and, preferably through anticipative approach, proposing reliable solutions to the matters;
3. Take responsibility to ensure the institution convey the right communication to the public, privates and government institutions regarding transport sector;
4. Oversee overall monitoring and evaluation on the functioning of the organization structure as the RTDA mandates;
5. Review a wide-range of state of transport infrastructures, current development practices and management as well as institutional constraints in Rwanda in respect to well established best practices of transport development management;
6. Provide technical assistance in planning, designing and monitoring of road transport development tactical strategies and programs in close liaison with the DG and other staff of RTDA;
7. Coordinate the consultants engaged under different transport sector projects to carry out technical studies and other expertise related programs under RTDA, in conformity with the terms of reference, ensuring good quality deliveries by the consultants;
8. Prepare periodic reports and technical memoranda on the implementation status of the projects under RTDA as required by the Board of Directors;
9. Provide support as required to the training programs convened by RTDA, addressed to its staff or other stakeholders;
10. Provide any other advisory role related to his/her expertise as assigned to him/her by the hierarchy, in the scope of RTDA’s activities; and
11. Carry out any other relevant activities as may be deemed appropriate and necessary.
12. Perform any other duties as may be assigned by a competent authority.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
3 Years of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Transportation & Urban System
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Railway Engineering
1 Year of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management
3 Years of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction
3 Years of relevant experience
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Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering
3 Years of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Road Safety Management
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Transport & Geo-information Technology
1 Year of relevant experience
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Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering
1 Year of relevant experience
Competency and Key Technical Skills
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Integrity
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
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Inclusiveness
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Client/citizen focus
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Professionalism
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Commitment to continuous learning
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Knowledge of Government policies to infrastructure development
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Understanding of national, regional and international contexts of transport development and economics
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Resource management skills
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Problem solving skills
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Decision making skills
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Time management skills
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Risk management skills
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Results oriented
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Digital literacy skills
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Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
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Analytical skills;
