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Title: Site Acquisition Officer
Nairobi, Kenya
A leading multi-national company in the wholesale Telecommunications infrastructure provision market, who provide a focused range of services, in the East and Central African region, delivering sustainable value to customers, is looking to fill the role of Site Acquisition Officer
Job Purpose/Summary
The position holder is responsible for the effective handling of site acquisition for Telecom infrastructure business and negotiation with the different stakeholders in the telecommunication industry.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Resource and Process Management
- Manage the Right Of Way (ROW) acquisition process
- Performing all aspects of the Site Acquisition process after site identification and qualification by Identify which Requisite Consents need to be acquired in a particular route including, Roads’ authorities, Railways, Local councils, Private Land, Other service providers and NEMA
- Manage subcontractors to obtain all necessary way leaves
- Regulatory compliance (County Government and other relevant authorities )
- Daily interaction with the Projects and Legal personnel to ensure compliance with all clients, landlord, jurisdictional, governmental and industry standards and site acceptance by the respective authorities
- Follow up way-leave payments with the financial department to ensure timely way leave acquisition
- Payment collection co-ordination with the local authorities County Council and KeNHA, Ministry of Public Works, KURA,
- Document control;
- Liaise with the Commercial, Planning, Implementation and Legal department in negotiation of Lease, Amendment, License, Right-of-Way and/or Easement Agreements with property owners.
- Liaises with the Legal team to ensure the availability of the correct documents and contracts in place with all property managers and other stakeholders
- Information and Data Base Management;
- Avail reports to the respective teams and site information for existing and upcoming sites.
- Handling of Key emerging/emergency issues in site acquisition
- Sorting out all Site related issues that may emerge e.g. non-payment, electricity disconnection and access issues.
- Automation of Site management;
- In collaboration with IT, sales, Finance and legal team, as the key resource, come up with a full automated system that can show all the site details and help give detailed view and be a critical point of reference for all contract negotiations
Minimum Qualifications
- Graduate from recognized University
- 2 yrs. Experience preferably as a housing agent or an estates manager
- Experience in procurement
- Close Relationship with Local Authorities especially Nairobi County Council
- Knowledge and understanding real estate business and property law
- Strong communication skill.
Skills and Competencies
- Time management
- People management
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Communication
- Negotiation & Facilitation Skills
How to apply:
If you are interested in the position and have the skills and competencies our client is looking for, we would like to hear from you.
Please forward a copy of your updated resume, and your current salary and benefits package toinfo@dorbe-leit.co.ke (Indicating on the Subject Line the Job Title)before close of business 7th March 2014.
Only successful candidates will be contacted. For more vacancies visit our website www.dorbe-leit.co.ke
