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• Manage Weigh bridge operations ensuring
  compliance with legal vehicle loads.
• Maintain weighbridge infrastructure including
  weighbridge calibration to ensure reliability and consistency of
  measurements.
• Propose required amendments to the vehicle
  load legislation.
• Conduct routine and periodic maintenance of
  ferries.
• Prepare and update ferry route schedules and
  ensure adherence.
• Institute and apply safety measures on all
  ferries and ensure these are adhered to at all times including having
  standby rescue boats, safety jackets, registration of passengers and their
  properties.
• Develop and maintain ferries infrastructure
  including landing platforms, passage waiting shades and rest areas.
• Make proper accountability for the resources.
• Manage a rapid response patrol unit
  responsible for protecting road infrastructure including pavement, road
  reserves and road furniture.
• Work closely with Roads and Bridges
  Development to obtain the list of PAPs compensated but did not vacate.
• Formulate regulations for installation of
  billboards and grant permissions.
• Grant permissions to utility companies
  wanting to use the road reserve.
• Provide towing services to remove broken down
  vehicles at owners cost.
• Sensitize road users on Highway Code, carry
  out safety audits and identification of black spots.
• Establish a traffic information centre that
  will provide travel advisory services by relaying real time traffic information
  to motorists via Variable Message Services (VMS), UNRA website, Radio, etc
• Institute Traffic flow management systems on
  national roads.
• Plans and Reports:
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and
  annual reports on vehicle load control, ferries
• operations, road safety and road
  reserve protection.
• Prepare annual road safety audit
  reports.
• Risk Management: Identify, proactively manage the
  risks and implement risk mitigation measures and update the risk register
  on a monthly basis for all activities in the Directorate.
• Budget Management:
• Update and maintain records of
  expenditure, accounting, costing and billing against progress payments
  for all Directorate activities.
• Ensure all activities are undertaken
  within the approved budget constraints.
• Identify and manage cost saving
  opportunities and overruns.
• Quality management and Compliance: Ensure
  quality standards are adhered to and compliance with the law and
  standards.
• Occupation, health and safety: Take
  all practical steps to ensure that all health and safety checks,
  procedures and guidelines are adhered to on all activities.
• Environmental Management:  Comply
  with environmental policies and procedures, including, keeping a record
  of all environmental incidents or breaches.
• Manage performance and development of staff
  under direct supervision as per the Human Resources performance management
  policy.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Executive
  Director

• The applicant for the UNRA Director Road
  Infrastructure Protection job vacancy should hold an Honors Degree in
  Civil Engineering, Economics, Law, Business Administration, Management, or
  any other relevant degree plus a Master’s Degree in related field.
• Possession of Post graduate qualifications in
  the relevant field will be an added advantage.
• At least seven years’ experience in
  enforcement and compliance operations or in roads infrastructure
• Demonstrated working experience in managing
  an organization/business unit
• with diverse professions.
• Computer literacy skills
• High degree of integrity.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team and
  to develop subordinates.
• Excellent interpersonal, particularly
  staff/management relations
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills.
• Proven ability to manage/supervise multi
  skilled teams and deliver accurate results in a timely manner and in an
  environment with multiple and challenging tasks.

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