Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer at Kenya Airports Authority

Job Purpose

• The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the Accounting Officer and is responsible to the Board for day-to-day management and co-ordination of activities in the Authority; defining and executing strategy, generating revenue, engaging customers and stakeholders, managing risk and ensuring compliance, driving performance and growing talent.

Employment Terms

• Three (3) Years’ contract renewable once subject to satisfactory performance or attainment of mandatory retirement age whichever happens earlier.

Reports to: Chairperson, Board of Directors

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing overall strategic leadership of the Authority in line with market and industry changes and through the senior management team, delivering the strategic intent and overseeing the day – to day running of the Authority;
• Engaging with key stakeholders in the development and delivery of strategic customer, government and sector-wide aviation initiatives;
• Presenting strategy, long term capital investment plans, annual budgets and procurement plans to the Board for deliberation and approval;
• Providing sufficient, accurate and timely information on Authority’s operations, financial status and overall performance to enable the Board fulfill its governance objectives;
• Driving maximum utilization and productivity from all Authority’s assets, ensuring a positive return on all capital investment and operating expenditure, enhancing the balance between aeronautical and non – aeronautical revenues;
• Ensuring the Authority has adequate systems and processes of accountability, risk management and internal control;
• Ensuring that all the Authority’s policies and operations adhere and conform to all legal, statutory and regulatory guidelines and in all undertakings the Authority’s interests are prioritized and safeguarded.
• Ensuring continuous improvement in the quality and value of services and products provided by the Authority;
• Establishing and maintaining a high-performance culture, driven by talented and competent staff who consistently deliver outstanding results; and
• Ensuring performance measures are designed to evaluate performance against the strategic plan.

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience required for this position;

• A Bachelor’s degree in Aviation, Finance, Economics, Business Management, Marketing, Statistics, Engineering, Social Sciences or a related field from a University recognized in Kenya;
• At least ten (10) years working experience in a relevant field,
• Has served in a position of Senior Management for a period of at least five (5) years; and
• Meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution

Skills and Competencies

• Strong people management and influencing skills with the ability to build relationships;
• Strategic thinker with good commercial acumen and the ability to identify economic opportunities in a changing environment and capitalize on them;
• Demonstrate decisiveness and adaptability, the ability to drive change and transformation, a sense of urgency and a bias for action and be a high achiever;
• Extensive experience on Organization Design and Implementation with proven track record of organization structures reviewed and implemented;
• Hands on experience in policy formulation and implementation with bias on Public Sector Policies; and
• Be an outstanding communicator, have strong leadership, interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels and cause positive outcomes.