Job Mission
• Control the day to day activities of the MTN Regional Radio Network, ensuring the radio network is developed and maintained at adequate capacity, operating at optimum quality and offers competitive coverage and associated services. • Provide technical leadership, vision and expertise ensuring staff competencies meet the convergent technological challenges of the future.
KPA Duties
Role Complexity: In addition to the daily responsibilities of efficiently developing and maintaining a radio network satisfying all requirements of quality and profitability, attention is given to: 1)Special Projects: Research, investigate, test and evaluate and implement all technologies, features and processes which will result in improvement of the quality of the network and without compromising it’s profitability. 2)Customer Relations: Using people skills while responding to technical problems experienced by customers and negotiating with land-owners and management companies to acquire new site locations. 3)Management and supervision of wide range of staff activities and performance. 4)Communicate key business directives to the team(s) (changes in policy/managerial interventions etc.) 5)Bears the responsibility to act as a manager and leader in the interests of both management and the team(s) represented. 6)Capex management on regional site rollout budget. 7)Managing regional strategy for network rollout. Task Complexity: 1)Identifying sites: planning the growth of the radio network considering general engineering principles, analysis & interpretation of network statistics, knowledge of market requirements & profitability. 2)Planning of sites: achieving the most effective design of RF installation which will satisfy all the demands of the market while delivering satisfactory return on investment. This requires the considerations of the cost of installation, market requirements and expected traffic, environmental management legislation and knowledge of the existing radio network. 3)Optimisation: improvements to the radio network through technical skills – made possible by detailed knowledge of RF technology features, detailed knowledge of geographical area; understanding of the role of peripheral parties (other departments within MTN and external parties such as Telkom) and the impact of their performance on network quality. Creativity and experience are essential. 4)Trouble-shooting optimisation: solving network problems through knowledge-sharing, experience in radio network design and operation, detailed knowledge of GSM system design and principles, as well as vendor specific operations. 5)Special projects: involvement in key technology development projects. Supervisory / Leadership / Managerial Tasks: Supervisory Complexity: • Responsibilities include the ordering of work to be done by other parties within the planning and optimisation team and by peripheral parties. • Supervision of performance of these parties is essential for the implementation of ordered work. • Follow up, cooperation and lateral reporting and accountability is required to implement planned work on the radio network. • Responsibility to report for the team as it’s representative to Regional head and other managers. Leadership Complexity: • Demonstrating a visionary approach to planning and optimisation and peripheral responsibilities by contributing new ideas, attitudes and systems for the improvement of the network and the performance of the team. • Contribution and motivation. • Planning processes and activities designed to develop the leadership and management skills of the team members. Managerial complexity: • Understanding the value and cost of all available resources (these include time, physical resources, time-saving developments such as automated processes, intellectual capital etc.) and acting accordingly to achieve the best results with the least possible cost to MTN in both the short and long term. • Accepts responsibility for the performance of the team.
Requirements
BSC Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent
3 years experience in RF or telecommunications. GSM experience necessary.
Knowledge: Computer literacy, RF propagation principles, competent knowledge of radio technology, good numeracy, general engineering skills, good spatial-perception, map reading skills, business management, people-skills, knowledge of GSM industry and market. Management and leadership skills. Knowledge of employment equity legislation, labour law. Skills / physical competencies: Peoples skills communication, Research & Investigative capabilities, Sound evaluation and implementation skills, supervisory/leadership and managerial decision making capabilities, financial skills, absence of disabling physical handicaps directly affecting job description (for example: must be able to drive and be in possession of valid drivers license) Behavioural qualities: Responsibility, self-motivation, able to work independently of supervision, team-player, integrity and openness. Assertiveness.
Reference No:IRC73322 Position Type: Permanent Affirmative Action: N Salary: - Additional: Training: Industry-specific training (GSM) Applications close 2012-05-04
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