Telecommunications Officer Vacancy at COMESA

JOB TITLE: Telecommunications Officer

GRADE: Professional, Level 3 (P3)

SALARY SCALE:    COM$ 42,239 – COM$ 51916 per annum plus allowances

DIVISION: Infrastructure Development

REPORTING TO: Director, Infrastructure Development

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Create an enabling environment for the free flow of goods and services and for the movement of people in the Common Market.

TASKS

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Infrastructure Development and overall direction of the Assistant Secretary General (Programmes) the incumbent will perform the following duties.

• Designing strategies for development of telecommunications in the COMESA region by;
  • Preparing plans for achieving network inter connectivity in the COMESA region
  • Evolving policies to encourage investment in the telecommunications sector
  • Drawing programs for improvement of maritime communications and
  • Planning the manufacture of telecommunications equipment within the region
• Preparing tarrif harmonisation programs in telecommunications by;
  • Designing and monitoring the implementation of tariff harmonisation schemes in COMESA region and
  • Facilitating the implementation of the sender- keep- all scheme among the Member States
    
• Initiating the Regulatory Framework in Telecommunications by;
  • Developing common regulatory frameworks to be adopted by all Member States
  • Instituting frequency spectrum management framework and
  • Ascertaining the feasibility of establishing a regional agency to regulate telecommunications services in the region.
    
• Developing Rural telecommunications by;
  • Designing the tele-trade centre
  • Setting up the tele –medicine policy in the region and
  • Drawing a global mobile satellite program for improvement of the new technology in telecommunications

EDUCATION

A minimum of a Post graduate degree in Telecommunications, Economics or Engineering

EXPERIENCE

A minimum of 10 years experience in the management of infrastructure and special strengths in at least one infrastructural field e.g. Transport, Telecommunications and or utility economics models.

WORKING LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

Must be fluent in English and/or French and/or Arabic (speaking and writing). A combination of any two or all of these languages will be an added advantage.

ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICATION

Applicants must be citizens of COMESA Member States.

FINAL DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS

Applications MUST be submitted through the Coordinating Ministries of the respective member States on the prescribed COMESA APPLICATION FORM which can be accessed on the COMESA website: http://www.comesa.int/,

Applications submitted directly to the Secretariat will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Accordingly, short-listing reports from the Coordinating Ministries attaching all the relevant documents of the successful candidates should reach the address below by Friday, 27th June, 2014:

The Director of Administration
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
COMESA Centre,
Ben Bella Road,
P.O Box 30051,
Lusaka
Zambia
Email: recruitment@comesa.int