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URC is reinforcing its human capital to fulfil its mandate and as a result
wishes to recruit suitably qualified and experienced professionals to fill the
following vacancies:
Uganda jobs at Uganda Railways
Corporation (URC) - Uganda
Position Title:PRINCIPAL CONCESSION OFFICER - STATISTICS
Reports to: Chief Concession Officer
Organization:Uganda Railways Corporation (URC)
Primary Location:Kampala,
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Experience : 3 Years
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Closing date: 20th July 2014
Brief Company Profile:
Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) is a body corporate established under an
Act of Parliament to construct, operate and maintain railway marine and road
services both inside and outside Uganda for the carriage of passengers and
goods. As a result of privatisation of operations, the mandate of URC changed
from that of an operator to that of Asset holder, concession monitor and
advisor on railway technical matters.
ROLE OF THE JOB:
The role of the job is to inspect, investigate, verify, monitor and
evaluate the concessionaire's performance in regards to financial, operations,
Investment, management performance et al as per the concession agreement and
provide advice on best practice in line with the Concession Agreement.
KEY RESULT AREAS;
a) Provide information to
be used in developing strategies for the operational and long term plans, for
railway sector.
b) Participate in
preparation of reports for key performance indicators (Financial and
Operational) of the Concessionaire for URC and determine actual concession fees
to be paid by the concessionaire.
c) Gather data relating to
locomotive/wagon movements, number of times in and out of the country, import
and export behavior and production plans of the Concessionaire in relation to
the railways sector.
d) Participate in incoming
and outgoing traffic focus as per data provided by the Concessionaire, analyze
the business environment and extrapolates to yearly plan.
e) Carry out all cost
recovery studies as instructed and monitors all possible avenues from which
concession fees may be legitimately claimed.
PERSON SPECIFICATIONS:
Eligible candidates should possess: -
• A Bachelor's Degree in
either Economics, Statistics, Transport Economics, Transport planning,
Transport Engineering& Logistics, Chartered Institute of Logistics
&Transport or any other relevant qualification
• PGD in Transport
Planning or Transport Engineering will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of railway
operations will be an added advantage
WORK EXPERIENCE:
At least 3 years' experience in monitoring and evaluation of concessions
Age: Above 30 years
Mode of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications in a
sealed envelope indicating the post they have applied for addressed to
the Managing Director, Uganda Railways Corporation,
P. O. Box 7150, Kampala,
Plot 57 Nasser Road, and delivered at the Corporation's Managing Director's
Office.
The application should be accompanied with current CV, present position,
current remuneration, Certified copies of academic certificates and
testimonials and complete addresses of three (3) referees with working
telephone contacts and email addresses.
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: 2 Weeks from this date of this
advert.
