SUMMARY:
CONSULTING MANAGER | PRINCIPAL: TRANSPORT - TANZANIA (Dar es Salaam), AFRICA
Competitive Package
POSITION INFO:
CONSULTING MANAGER | PRINCIPAL: TRANSPORT – TANZANIA (Dar es Salaam), AFRICA
Competitive Package on Offer!
Global Consulting Firm is offering this lucrative career opportunity within their dynamic team of International Transport Advisory professionals.
One would describe you as being a self-motivated and energetic problem-solver who demonstrates high standards of achievement and has an interest in working towards a desired outcome on complex and ambiguous client problems.
With your solid research skills and excellent written communication skills, you have the ability to translate your findings into products as well as clearly break down and explain complex topics both verbally and in writing.
Overview
- Provide assistance in the implementation and operationalisation of Dar Rapid Transport Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the system over the next 3+ years
- Support across all facets necessary to enable and sustain a bus rapid transit (BRT) system – technical, legal, institutional, organisation, economic, financial, and transactional
- The appointee will be based in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and must be prepared to live and work full time in the city
Minimum requirements
- Master’s Degree in Engineering, Economics/Finance, Business Administration, or similar
- At least 7 years of relevant professional experience, preferably part or all of it gained in Africa
- Experience in the design, implementation, and/or operationalisation of BRT and urban transport systems in similar contexts is required
- Experience in Tanzania or East Africa - Desirable
- Experience in African infrastructure and related services development - Desirable
- Experience in African public-private partnerships – Desirable
Job Description and Responsibilities
- In the short-term, the appointee’s responsibilities will be focused on the DART assignment, including (but not limited to):
- Representing the company on the ground with this project, and establishing relationships and trust with the client and other key project stakeholders
- Managing the project and deliverables and working closely with the client, stakeholders, and partners to coordinate such
- Undertaking, contributing to, and delivering project work assigned to the company and its project team
- Working closely with the project team remotely located in Cape Town and other offices
- Working closely with consortium partners and their representatives
- Specifically, the appointee’s DART project work may involve (but not be limited to) consultation, management, and delivery of project aspects related to:
- The overall operational architecture and specification of the DART system, service plan and model, and the transaction structure for potential public-private partnerships with bus operators and other system service providers
- Development of concept notes, pre-feasibility studies, and detailed feasibility reports to obtain the necessary approvals to implement the system
- Integration of the informal public transport industry into the new public transport network
- Procurement of private sector service providers/partners
- Oversight and management of system implementation and operationalisation
- The appointee’s responsibilities will also explicitly extend to the following, with the overall aim of growing the Company’s business presence in Dar es Salaam and the region:
- Establish and grow a company office in Dar es Salaam
- Secure, grow, and oversee an expanding company mandate on the DART project
- Grow and sustain a business network in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and East Africa
- Establish relationships and develop business outside of the DART project, in Tanzania and East Africa
To enquire or apply, please email your query or detailed copy of your CV to Nicole Spamers: <--------Please upload your CV here-------- and Andrea Jones: <--------Please upload your CV here--------
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