Vacancy title:
Director of Building Regulation & Professional Services Unit

Jobs at:
Rwanda Housing Authority

Deadline of this Job:
26th November 2018

Duty Station:
Kigali, Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: 21st November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:

Job Title: Director of Building Regulation & Professional Services Unit

Level: 3.II

Reports To: Building Regulation, Inspection and Audits Division Manager

No. of Positions: 1

Job Description

• Provide regular direction and leadership to the staff in the unit;
  
• Coordinate the activities related to laws and standards in construction and human settlement;
  
• Ensure the approval by the management the prepared regulation booklets for awareness campaign in human settlement and construction;
  
• Propose where applicable, the amendments and editions of the regulation booklets for awareness campaign in human settlement and construction;
  
• Coordinate the elaboration, development of the procedure manuals related to application forms, scrutiny and design conformity in construction industry in Rwanda and advocate for their approval;
  
• Ensure the progressive improvement of public building compliance with regulations and standards in force;
  
• Monitor the drafting of human settlement and construction laws, regulations and standards to ensure the consideration of the international standards as well as incorporating the particular circumstances in Rwanda;
  
• Advise the management on way forwards of improving legal tools available in case of identified omissions or gaps.
  
• Supervise the elaboration of the capacity building and awareness campaign programs and activities of the stakeholders on human settlement and construction laws, regulations and standards and coordinate those activities;
  
• Coordinate the capacity building activities of the districts and City of Kigali in the building permitting activities;
  
• Coordinate the professional bodies and ensure that they comply with the regulations in place in Rwanda;
  
• Ensure the elaboration of the laws legislating the professional bodies and oversee their code of conduct.
  
• Advise the management on the way forwards of effectively improving the key areas and legal tools in relation to the human settlement and construction industry in Rwanda.
  
• Monitor the implementation, performance and relevancy of approved procedure manuals;
  
• Coordinate the provision of the legal advice on technical documents elaborated and received by the institution on human settlement and construction in Rwanda;
  

Job Profile

A0 in Civil Engineering, Construction Law,Construction Management,Estates Management with 3 years of working experience or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Law,Construction Management,Estates Management with 1 year of working experience.