Job Title: Head of Network, Planning and Optimization
Organisation: NFT Consult Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Chief Technical Officer
About Organisation:
NFT Consult Limited is a business process outsourcing firm with offices in Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi and South Sudan.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Radio Network Planning
- Coordinate with Business and finalize the Rollout locations with priority based on the feedback from the field, comparing the competitor presence and plans and potential of the locations.
- Forecast the number and location of the capacity sites, based on the business input like the growth of subscribers, data usage and Minutes of usage etc.
Transport Network Planning
- End to End Planning of Transport Network (OFC and MW requirements).
- Plan the backhaul network based on the RF requirement of BW per site depending on Top towns, Rest of the network Available RF Freq bands etc.
- Preparing necessary capex proposals with BOQ and getting required approvals from corporate.
- Monitoring the network utilisation and initiating necessary augmentations in the Transport Network.
Network Optimization
- Manage the team for Optimising the new Rollout sites and Towns.
- Ensure regular soft and physical optimization for all Nodes across the Circle.
- Ensure RAN NW quality is always at the highest level.
Spectrum Management
- Advise the Management on the quantum of spectrum required for the proposed business plan for future growth.
- Keep track of spectrum held by competition and highlight its impact on competitiveness of the company to the Management.
Capex Planning
- Plan the Network Capex requirement after getting the Business Projections.
- Coordinate with Corporate for optimizing the Capex.
- Follow up for Capex clearance, Ordering and PO release and Equipment delivery.
- Re-engineering of Network Parameters
- Re-engineering of Network parameters for 2G and 4G Networks) based on the Network expansions.
Capacity site planning
- Forecast the number and location of the capacity site, based on the business input like the number of sales, Minutes of usage etc for the FY.
- New Technology Testing
- Coordinate the testing of new technology to support network growth and thereby business.
Team Development & Knowledge Impartment
- Responsible for team building.
- Ensure team development by providing classroom and on job trainings on latest technologies.
- On boarding of right team members.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
- 15-20 years of relevant work experience in MVNE, MVNO or MNO with experience in cross functional teams.
- Experience in RF planning and optimisation, preferably with a medium or large size MNO.
- Domain Knowledge and understanding of futu MIS, Engineering, or related field competency in working in MVNE/MVNO/MNO.
- Demonstrated capability to leads decision-making & delivering results.
- Analytical Thinking.
- Ability to Build Team Commitment.
- Proven track record of success in a previous Telecoms role.
- Be able to engage and inspire others, develop talented people.
- Experience in agile development and creating test & learn environments.
- Experience of service delivery and delivering to agreed SLA’s.
- Budget management.
- Experience of outlining security and IT policies and ensuring systems data and security compliance.
- Managing and developing an in-house IT team whilst maintaining culture.
- Be able to articulate risk management and issue resolution.
- Stakeholder management and the ability to translate technology to business.
- Strategic thinking with a good level of business acumen.
- Able to effectively lead and influence at all levels.
- Manage team performance, undertaking regular individual reviews to reflect achievements against targets.
- Dedication to continuous improvement in staff and technology Experience in evaluating equipment of different vendors.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online through the NFT jobs portal.
Deadline: 26th July 2024
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