Vacancy title:
Principal Transport Engineer - RDGE3

Jobs at:
African Development Bank Group

Deadline of this Job:
8th December 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 15th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank Group is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank Group’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas (High 5s), all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.

JOB DETAILS:

THE POSITION:

The Principal Transport Engineer is responsible for the Bank Group's vision for transport infrastructure and related services, and its future prospective areas of intervention in the sector. The main work objectives of the position are the following:

• Acting as the Bank Group's expert on transport infrastructure and the sector as a whole, including strengthening and maintaining the Bank Group's understanding of the sector role in national development;
  
• Preparing, supervising and implementing transport sector projects in Tanzania;
  
• Actively participating in the dialogue of the Transport Sector Working Group of Tanzania’s development partners active in the transport sector;
  Mobilizing resources, particularly through co-financing and other opportunities, for targeted activities in the Bank Group’s work in the transport sector; and
  
• Working with the relevant national authorities and other stakeholders to advise on future investments in the transport sector by the Bank Group.
  

Working with other transport sector specialists in the region as well as the economists in the country office to contribute to efforts in knowledge management so as to ensure best practices and lessons learned related to transport development, and institutional/governance approaches are mainstreamed in project design and .

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the supervision of the Regional Operations Manager (RDGE.3) and the Country Manager, the incumbent will be required to:

• Support the development of policies and strategies for the transport sector within the Bank and in RMCs in consultation with relevant government agencies, development partners, and other stakeholders.
  
• Advise the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania on issues pertaining to policy and institutional reforms in the transport sector, especially in the areas of Planning and Programming, transport network development, asset management/maintenance, and Private Sector Participation.
  
• Participate and contribute to country and regional programming activities (CSP and RISP) and ensure that key sector issues and proposed solutions are adequately reflected in the resultant country/regional programming documents.
  
• Conduct analytical and sector work to inform and underpin the downstream intervention of the Bank in project and program design in the transport sector.
  

SELECTION CRITERIA
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Hold at least a Master's degree or its equivalent in Civil or Transportation Engineering or related fields
  
• A minimum of six (6) years’ experience in the transport sector with proven ability to work on policy, institutional and financing aspects of transport projects, road and other transport infrastructure construction and maintenance, contract management and procurement, planning and programming of capital and maintenance works, knowledge of private sector participation, and the connection to economic development and poverty reduction.
  
• Be able to apply advanced technical knowledge, skills and expertise in the transport sector to advise and support Project/Country teams and transport sector stakeholders in policy and institutional development and implementation.
  
• Full understanding of the principles of the project cycle with good experience in result-based project management;
  
• Be able to apply technical skills in a team leadership role to resolve and manage complex issues in relation to transport project/program design and implementation from a broad developmental goal of poverty reduction