Chief Pipeline Wayleave Officer at Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Limited

Job Ref No. KPC/ADVT/23/2023 (1post)

• Ensuring Wayleave clearance and demarcation works (boundary marking).
• Ensure regular Wayleave patrols to identify un-authorized activities and encroachments. Reviewing and granting of third-party requests to cross the Wayleave with services (water, power, Fiber optic cables etc).
• Ensuring an updated inventory of wayleave status.
• Co-ordination of Wayleave activities by other KPC departments (Legal, Maintenance, Corporate Communication, Foundation, Administration, Security and any other department of interest). These activities include:
• Preparation of compensation to owners of affected parcels of land along the Wayleave. Resolution of all outstanding compensation claims.
• Acquisition of new lands.
• Keeping up-to-date registers of all Company plots, Leases, houses and all other properties.
• Liaison with regional administration to address issues of encroachment/informal settlement along the right of way.
• Sensitization of communities along the Wayleave on issues of rights, safety, and obligations as per the easement agreements.
• Building and sustaining harmonious relationships with communities along the Wayleave. Identification of unregistered easement agreements and facilitate their registration. Surveillance of the Wayleave to deter intrusion of the pipeline.
• Perform any other duties relevant to the function.

Person Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum eight (8) years’ relevant work experience three (3) of which should have been at Senior Management level
• Experience in Wayleave Management operations.
• Full Membership to a relevant professional body
• Proficiency in computer applications
• Demonstrated competence in work performance

Key Skills and Competencies

• Excellent leadership skills including effective interpersonal, communication, influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to relate to people from different cultures and backgrounds. Considerable knowledge of administration policies, systems and procedures. Understanding of the purpose, background and policies of the Company.
• Good planning and organizational skills.
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to maintain professional status and keep abreast of evolving trends in administration through continuing professional education programmes.