REF: MD/CEO/01/JUNE 2024
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.
Key Duties and Responsibilities will entail:
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.
Person Specification
To be appointed for this role, the successful
candidate must have:
A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business
Management, Marketing, Statistics, Engineering, Social Sciences or a related
field from a recognized institution of higher learning;
Master’s Degree from a recognized institution of
higher learning;
Certification in Aviation will be an added advantage;
Minimum of fifteen (15) years working experience, ten
(10) of which will be in a senior management/ leadership position with hands on
experience and direct responsibility for developing and implementing strategic
plans, generating substantial revenues, managing significant capital and
operational budgets and delivering positive cash flows and profits; and
Leadership course lasting not less than four (4)
weeks from a reputable institution.
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.
Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010
requirements
Shortlisted candidates will be required to have a
valid;
Tax Compliance Certificate from Kenya Revenue
Authority (KRA);
Police Clearance Certificate from the Directorate of
Criminal Investigations;
Self-Declaration Form stamped by the Ethics &
Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC);
Certificate of Clearance from Higher Education Loans
Board (HELB); and
Clearance Certificate from a recognized Credit
Reference Bureau (CRB).
How To Apply
If you meet the above criteria, please submit your
application letter, copies of relevant academic and professional certificates
and testimonials, a copy of the National Identity Card, a resume/curriculum
vitaehighlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary,
a daytime phone contact, email address and names of three (3) professional
referees who can speak of your competence, character and integrity.
Submission of Applications
Interested and qualified persons are requested to
make their applications via electronic mail recruitment@kaa.go.ke or
in hard copy quoting the Job Reference on the Email title line or on the
envelope to:
General Manager, Human Resource Development
Kenya Airports Authority
Head Office, Airport North Road
P.O. Box 19001-00501
NAIROBI.
To be considered, your application must be received
not later than Monday, 24th June 2024 at 5.00pm East
African Time addressed to the contact provided above.
