Liquid Telecom Site Acquisition Officer Jobs in Kenya

Liquid Telecom Site Acquisition Officer Jobs in Kenya


Role Overview

  • Reporting to the Procurement Manager-Kenya, the Site Acquisition Officer is responsible for the effective handling of site acquisition for Liquid Telecom infrastructure.

    Key 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 Identifying which requisite Consents need to be acquired in a particular route including, Roads authorities, Railways, County Government, 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 Governments and KeNHA, Ministry of Public Works, KURA

    • Document control – License Agreement/leases

    • Liaise with the Commercial, Planning, Implementation and Legal department in negotiation of Lease/license, Amendment, 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

    • Provide sites 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

    Qualifications

    The ideal candidate must possess the following:

    • Relevant degree level education

    • Membership to the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK).

    Experience

    • 3 years’ experience preferably as a housing agent or an estate

    • Experience working in the procurement function

    • Close relationship with various real estate stakeholders, Roads Authorities and Local Authorities especially Nairobi County Council

    Knowledge and Skills

    • Knowledge and understanding of real estate business and property laws

    • Strong communication skills

    • Time management skills

    • People management skills

    • Problem solving skills

    • Negotiation & Facilitation skills

    • Proficient use of computer software

    How to Apply

  • We would like to highly encourage all applicants who qualify to apply for this exciting opportunity.

  • All applications should be submitted to

  • kenya.jobs@liquidtelecom.com on or before 17th August 2020.


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