Managing Director – Position 1 at Amatsi Water Services Company

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Providing leadership in the development and implementation of the company’s strategic plans to enhance profitability and shareholder value.
• Ensuring the business promotion is carried out as per developed and formulated plans so as to attain planned rate of return of assets
• Ensuring effective mobilization and utilization of resources
• Cultivating and encouraging a productivity culture of results in the company
• Establishing, directing and managing the company’s managerial, financial and operational systems, procedures and controls to ensure that they are professional, workable and sustainable.
• Providing strategic direction on new investments, business opportunities and change initiatives.
• Nurturing the organization’s human resource and ensuring that appropriate management structures and policies are developed and implemented.
• Promoting sound corporate governance and ethical standards.
• Providing organizations strategic leadership by directing establishment of short term and long term organizational goals within the broad policy directive of the board and the formulation of appropriate policies and programs to ensure their attainment.
• Ensure formulation and implementation of the company’s plans and strategies to ensure profitable operation.
• Advising the Board on the overall performance in regards to objectives, targets and policies as they affect operations of the company
• Formulating and periodically updating the corporate plan including projections of any necessary expansion and development of water services facilities and extensions for the business operations
• Coordination and directing the company’s operations and overall administration to ensure that the various departments and sections confirm with overall operational plans and performance targets.
• Assess community needs, ensure development and maintenance of good relations with the community and customers.
• Advising the Board on overall performance in regards to objectives, targets and policies as they affect operations of the company.
• Coordinate and prepare business related proposals, reports and other submissions for consideration by the Board.
• Oversee the implementation of the corporate budget.
• Develop company budgets and work plans
• Make regular reports to the Board of Directors’ on actual performance of the company compared with approved targets and budgets, and formulate recommendations for discrepancies to be corrected.
• Develop and recommend to the Board of Directors long-term strategies business plans and annual operating budgets; and establishes proper internal monitoring and control systems and procedures.
• Represent the Company at National, International, Government and Community levels in matters of mutual concern, coordinate activities to ensure the company’s best interest is being served and engages external partners for purposes of strategic partnership.
• Ensure performance measures are designed to evaluate performance against the strategic plan.
• Participate in the deliberations of the committees of the Board
• Represent the company at outside forums whenever and wherever required.
• Responsible for physical assets assigned by the company
• Plans the work of subordinates, assigns work to subordinates, and monitors subordinates work performance. Appraises/evaluates subordinates performances

Qualifications
The applicant should be in possession of the following qualifications:-

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Water/Waste Water Engineering, Environmental Science, or its equivalent from a reputable Institution.
• Registered with the relevant professional body and member in good standing
• At least (6) years’ experience three of which shall be at senior management level in a reputable organization.
• Experience of implementing ERP systems and conversant with Water Billing Systems; computer literacy will be an added advantage.
• Leadership/ strategic management course lasting at least four weeks from a recognized institution
• Proven customer management and people management / leadership skills and experience.
• Meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity.
• Knowledge of relevant legislations and polices such as those of the Water Services providers, Water Services Regulatory Boards and Water Resources Management Authority