Kenya Maritime Authority Senior Licensing & Seaborne Trade Officer Jobs








Kenya Maritime Authority Senior Licensing & Seaborne Trade Officer Jobs; The licensing and seaborne trade officers are responsible for coordinating and implementing strategies towards orderly development of an efficient and effective framework for provision of optimal commercial maritime services.
Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Reconciling submitted manifest for imports and exports;

  • Creating a data base of international seaborne trade statistics;

  • Creating a database of inland waterways trade statistics;

  • Supervise production of statistical reports on seaborne and inland water transport trade;

  • Determining and implementing the use of appropriate statistical software in the computation, manipulation and analysis of data on trade statistics;

  • Intervening in industry complaints relating to port operations, cargo/customs clearance and documentation process/procedures and other service delivery complaints against maritime service providers;

  • Maintaining a database of industry complaints;

  • Produce quarterly and annual reports on industry complaints;

  • Issuing the requisite application forms and other requirements to maritime service providers upon request;

  • Receiving, recording and filing licensing applications and documents related to maritime service providers;

  • Investigating violations of licensing regulations;

  • Assisting in maintaining a database of duly licensed maritime service providers;

  • Printing of licenses for maritime service providers;

  • Keeping inventory of all licenses and ensuring their safe keeping;

  • Writing minutes during vetting committee meetings;

  • Communicating to maritime service providers regarding their license applications;

  • Issuing, receiving, recording and filing applications and requisite documentation on registration of shippers/service providers
    under method 2 of SOLAS VGM;

  • Registering shippers/service providers under method 1 of SOLAS VGM;

  • Assisting in maintaining a database of approved shippers/service providers under method 1 of SOLAS VGM;

  • Taking minutes and writing reports during vetting of shippers/service providers under method 2 of SOLAS VGM;

  • Printing of certificates to SOLAS VGM to approved shippers/service providers under method 2;

    Person Specification

    For appointment to this grade, an officer must: -

  • Bachelor degree in Maritime Studies, Port Management, Shipping, Transport Economics, logistics, Business Management/Administration or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;

  • Supervisory course lasting not less two (2) weeks;

  • Should have experience period of a period of three (3) years;

  • Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;

  • Proficiency in Computer Applications;



    How to Apply

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