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Regional Technical Officer at Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria (Airtel Networks Limited) is a leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria headquartered in Lagos, the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria. The telco ranks amongst the top four mobile service providers in terms of subscribers with a customer base of more than 39.8 million. The company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce and enterprise services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Regional Technical Officer
Location: Lagos

Job Purpose

To lead, direct, coordinate and control all Network Operations, Maintenance and Resources in the Region to ensure all goals (optimal network availability, coverage, maintaining target network KPI’s and quality standards) are met to deliver plus one network quality
Providing local network support for both the Commercial Teams in the Region towards ensuring that network impacting issues are proactively resolved.

Key Accountabilities

Management of all Regional Network Operations & Maintenance of Strategic Partners(SPs) to deliver optimal availability and QoS
Co-ordinate the annual regional operating plans OPEX (AOPs) for all the active and passive network systems in Airtel Nigeria
Ensure all processes for effective management of Partners.
Ensuring that SP requirements receive the necessary support from both the network local and central teams
Co-ordinate the Regional Networks team to ensure alignment with the organizational goals
Drive the end to end process documentation, implementation and compliance to processes, procedures and policies to ensure seamless operations across all SP
Ensure that all activities of Operations and Maintenance in the Region adhere to corresponding regulatory requirements in daily operations.

Skills & Knowledge

Bachelor of Electrical / Electronic Engineering or Telecoms Engineering (Master's Degree in Engineering a plus)
Sound knowledge of Mobile Network O&M
Flexible and dedicated
Ability to innovate and deliver value to business
Ability to manage an outsourcing partner to effectively deliver on service level agreements
Ability to motivate and lead both internal and external partners
Impeccable integrity and character
Communication Skills
Cost, process and automation Innovation.
8 - 12 years of varied experience in operation and maintenance in the Telecom industry
4 - 6 years managerial/Supervisory experience in a GSM/mobile company
Team Management
Analytical and Presentation skills
Strategic negotiation skills
Entrepreneurial disposition in decision making and managing resources
Logical decision making abilities