Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA)
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is a statutory body established under the Communications Act (Cap. 68:01 of the Laws of Malawi) to regulate the provision of services in the communications sector of Malawi, comprising telecommunications, posts and broadcasting.
Under the Communications Act, MACRA is mandated to regulate and monitor the provision of communications services and ensure that, as far as it is practicable, reliable and affordable communications services are provided throughout Malawi and are sufficient to meet the demand for such services in accordance with the principles of transparency, certainty, market orientation, efficiency, and consumer satisfaction. The vision of MACRA is to ensure
communication services for a digitally transformed nation.
In order to fulfil its mandate effectively and efficiently with strategic leadership and management, an opportunity has arisen within MACRA to fill various vacant positions. The
positions are highly demanding and require persons who have demonstrable capacity to initiate innovations geared at making MACRA a rejuvenated, vibrant and competitive Authority. The following are the details of the vacant positions;
TECHNOLOGIES MANAGER (GRADE M4)
Key Duties and Responsibilities
i. Developing and implementing strategies that will help the authority to have a robust, resilient, and secure network for the regulatory compliance enforcement tools and always ensure its availability.
ii. Ensuring that regulatory compliance enforcement tools use current access/backhaul technologies networks available in Malawi.
iii. Establishing and controlling system access and security levels to regulatory compliance enforcement tools.
iv. Verifying the business rules and validity of data being processed by the regulatory compliance enforcement tools platform.
v. Designing and implement an effective program for manning the network operations centre.
vi. Planning and implementing maintenance and software and hardware upgrades for Regulatory Compliance monitoring systems.
vii. Advising and reporting on emerging technologies which require regulatory monitoring through prescribed KPIs.
viii. Ensuring that the National Numbering Plan is properly aligned with the ITU standards.
ix. Maintaining and managing a record of the status of all number ranges, codes and blocks of numbers comprising the national numbering plan in a central numbering database system.
x. Preparing reports and presenting them to management as may be directed by the Deputy
Director of Technologies and Standards.
Required qualifications, Skills and Experience
i. Must have a Master of Science in Telecommunications/Electronic Engineering or Information Technology from a recognized university in Malawi.
ii. Five (5) years’ experience of which three (2) are at Managerial level in Telecommunications/Electronic Engineering/ Information Technology or any related
field.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
MACRA shall offer an attractive employee benefits package to successful candidates by its emolument structure commensurate with qualifications and experience, which includes salary, medical insurance, and membership to a contributory medical scheme.
Method Of Application
Applicants are required to apply by filling out the form on the following link https://tinyurl.com/5mhrcsm5. The application process requires you to fill out the form and
upload copies of your certificates on the link provided on the form. Please ensure you have a good internet connection.
The application process is estimated to take 29 minutes to complete. Please submit your application by end of the day of 13th October 2023. Only short-listed candidates will be
acknowledged.