Transport Expert – Aviation COMESA

To provide technical support in facilitating air transport policy and regulatory development, implementation and harmonization.

To ensure regional physical air transport infrastructure integration in line with Division mandate and COMESA Treaty.

MAIN DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Transport Officer and the overall supervision of the Director of Infrastructure and Logistics, the incumbent of the post will perform the following duties:

Develops and submits air transport work program and budget inputs in order to gain approval for allocation of the resources required to implement air transport programs in line with the division mandate;
Develop/update the programme annual work plans and annual reports in line with the Contribution Agreement;
Proposes bankable projects for financing air transport programs in order to secure approval for donor support in implementing air transport programs;
Proposes policy reforms for management of various air infrastructure in order to domesticate air transport policies in Member States that are benchmarked against international best practices;
Delivers capacity building programs in air transport to Member States in order to up-skill personnel’s’ capacity to implement and domesticate regionally agreed programmes and policies;
Creates air transport sector databases in the COMESA Region in order to facilitate performance tracking, analysis, decision making and information sharing;
Proposes adoption of common air transport sub- sector regulations and standards in order to ensure harmonization of standards and regulations within the COMESA region;
Analyses studies on air transport infrastructure status in COMESA Member states in order to identify critical infrastructure bottlenecks that need to be addressed;
Provides technical advice on project preparation and development for air infrastructure to Member States to facilitate development of infrastructure within agreed standards;
Support short term experts and consultants on aviation assignments; and
Performs any other job related duties as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.