Chief Executive Officer

Position description

1. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OFTHE DIVISION(inwhichthepositionis located):

The National Reconstruction & Resilience Authority exists to:

• Lead national reconstruction planning and execution following disasters, ensuring rapid, resilient, and equitable recovery across all sectors.
• Develop and enforce resilience standards, climate adaptation measures, and safeguards for infrastructure and community recovery.
• Mobilize, align, and manage financing from Government, development partners, and the private sector for reconstruction priorities.
• Ensure transparent public procurement, fund management, and public reporting consistent with national law and donor requirements.
• Operate a unified delivery system through programme management, field operations, and performance monitoring.
• Strengthen national resilience capacity, including digital platforms, knowledge systems, and local contractor development.
• Support public accountability through open data, M&E, and regular reporting to Cabinet, Parliament, and the public.

2. JOBPURPOSE
To provide visionary leadership, strategic direction, and authoritative oversight of the National Reconstruction & Resilience Authority, ensuring the effective coordination, financing, and delivery of national reconstruction programmes. The CEO translates Board policy into actionable plans, oversees multi-billion-dollar portfolios, ensures integrity and resilience standards, leads surge operations during crises, and represents the Authority to Cabinet, Parliament, donors, private sector, and communities.

3. KEYOUTPUTS

• Annual National Reconstruction Plan and multi-year portfolio developed and directed
• Annual Operating Plan, KPIs, budgets, and delegated authority frameworks developed and directed
• Reconstruction Fund financial statements, IFRs, and donor financial reports generated and approved
• Public procurement plans, award notices, and performance reports directed
• Monthly briefs to Cabinet and quarterly reports to Parliament generated
• GIS dashboards, open datasets, and public transparency artefacts generated
• Approved programme charters, master schedules, and completion certificates provided
• Crisis activation orders, surge operations protocols, and after-action reviews directed

4. KEYRESPONSIBILITYAREAS

Technical/ProfessionalResponsibilities

StrategicReconstruction&ResilienceLeadership

• Provide authoritative guidance on national reconstruction strategy, resilience pathways, and climate-adaptation priorities across sectors.
• Translate Board-approved policies into technically sound reconstruction frameworks, standards, and regulatory guidance.
• Lead national damage and needs assessment interpretation and integrate findings into annual and multi-year reconstruction plans.
• Define and champion resilient design standards, land-use guidance, environmental and social safeguards, and accessibility requirements.

PortfolioManagement,CriticalPathControl&RiskGovernance

• Approve programme charters, integrated master schedules, and critical-path strategies for all sector programmes.
• Lead enterprise-level risk management, including early warning, schedule variance analysis, and systemic risk mitigation measures.
• Oversee cost, scope, quality, risk, and change control across all programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Direct escalation and resolution of bottlenecks involving land acquisition, permits, utilities, rights-of-way, and inter-agency dependencies.

TechnicalAssurance,EngineeringOversight&HSEGovernance

• Ensure the technical rigor of project designs, specifications, and feasibility studies through independent or Owner’s Engineer reviews.
• Enforce quality assurance, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) compliance, and site-level safeguards in all field operations.
• Authorize technical audits and specialist evaluations where engineering, quality, or safety concerns arise.
• Certify readiness-to-tender documentation, design completeness, and construction start authorizations.

FinancialStewardship,FundManagement&DonorGovernance

• Provide fiduciary oversight of the Reconstruction Fund, ensuring strong internal controls, commitment management, and value-for-money outcomes.
• Approve financing agreements, co-financing arrangements, and donor-supported reconstruction pipelines.
• Oversee financial reporting (IFRs, annual statements, disclosures to Parliament) and ensure compliance with donor and legislative requirements.
• Ensure integrated, transparent management of grants, cost-share mechanisms, and externally financed reconstruction programmes.

Procurement&CommercialGovernance

• Approve public procurement strategies, major sourcing decisions, contract awards, and variation requests within delegated authorities.
• Ensure competitive, fair, timely, and transparent procurement practices in compliance with statutory and donor regulations.
• Enforce supplier performance management, sanctions for non-performance, and integrity protections (fraud, collusion, beneficial ownership).
• Oversee contract negotiations for high-value works, services, and framework agreements.

Digital,Data&TechnologyLeadership

• Champion the development of integrated digital platforms, including GIS dashboards, public reporting portals, and mobile field data systems.
• Ensure cyber-resilience, data quality assurance, and adherence to privacy and ethical data use standards.
• Promote open-data practices and machine-readable public disclosure to strengthen transparency and accountability.

Monitoring,Evaluation, Results & Learning

• Oversee design and operationalization of the national results framework, KPIs, baselines, and resilience indicators.
• Ensure timely submission of monthly Cabinet briefs, quarterly Parliamentary reports, and performance dashboards.
• Lead institutional learning via after-action reviews, technical audits, post-disaster evaluations, and lessons-learned integration.
• Oversee benefits realization tracking, including restored services, avoided losses, economic impacts, and social inclusion outcomes.

Intergovernmental,Multi-Partner&CommunityCoordination

• Lead the Coordination Committee, resolving cross-agency conflicts, approval bottlenecks, and critical-path delays.
• Represent the Authority to Cabinet, Parliament, international development partners, and private-sector partners.
• Oversee donor relations, technical assistance alignment, and compliance with partner reporting frameworks.
• Ensure integration of local community input through structured engagement, grievance mechanisms, and transparency tools.

CrisisLeadership&SurgeOperationsCommand

• Lead decision-making during disaster events, including activation of emergency procedures, surge staffing, and field operations escalation.
• Direct multi-agency crisis response coordination, including resource mobilization, logistics, and rapid assessments.
• Authorize emergency procurement and financing measures within legal parameters during national crises.
• Maintain business continuity and operational readiness for rapid national reconstruction activation.

Management/AdministrativeResponsibilities

• Lead development and execution of the Annual Operating Plan, budget framework, governance calendar, and performance review systems, ensuring alignment across all divisions
• Oversee enterprise financial, administrative, and internal control systems, including budgeting, commitment control, expenditure authorization, and compliance with audit findings and donor requirements.
• Ensure transparent and compliant procurement and contract administration, including approval of procurement plans, evaluation reports, contract variations, and publication of required disclosures.
• Establish and enforce institutional policies, SOPs, records management, ATI compliance, and regulatory adherence, ensuring robust administrative governance and documentation integrity.
• Coordinate inter-ministerial, municipal, and cross-agency administrative processes, resolving permit, land, utility, and regulatory constraints that affect project readiness and delivery.
• Direct the Authority’s reporting obligations, including Cabinet briefs, Parliamentary reports, donor submissions, and public transparency artifacts such as dashboards, datasets, and procurement notices.
• Ensure effective facilities management, logistics, business continuity, ICT-enabled operations, and surge activation readiness across headquarters, regional hubs, and field offices.
• Provide executive administration and governance support to the Board and CEO’s Office, ensuring efficient meetings, decision tracking, executive communications, and institutional performance monitoring.

Human Resources Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for workforce planning, talent acquisition, succession management, and surge staffing capability to ensure the Authority is always prepared for disaster-response activation.
• Establish a high-performance culture through clear KPIs, rigorous performance management systems, and continuous improvement across all divisions.
• Develop leadership capacity and strengthen executive readiness, mentoring senior leaders and ensuring a robust leadership pipeline.
• Oversee institutional training and capacity-building programmes on resilience standards, HSE, community engagement, procurement integrity, ethics, and technical competencies.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, integrity, well-being, and ethical conduct, with strong disciplinary frameworks and staff welfare support, particularly during high-intensity field operations.
• Ensure readiness and effective deployment of multidisciplinary field and surge teams, including engineers, inspectors, HSE officers, and community liaison staff.
• Ensure HR governance and compliance with labour laws, public-sector regulations, donor workforce requirements, and accurate personnel administration.
• Provide oversight and strategic direction to the HR/Workforce Development Unit, approving staffing plans, training strategies, organizational design changes, and workforce analytics.

OtherResponsibilities

• The incumbent may from time to time be assigned duties not specifically outlined within the job description but are within the capacity, qualifications and experience normally expected from a person occupying this position.

5. PERFORMANCESTANDARDS

• Delivery of the Reconstruction Plan within approved timelines and scope.
• Achievement of KPIs, resilience indicators, and benefits realization targets.
• Compliance with procurement, audit, IFI donor, and regulatory frameworks.
• Transparency and public reporting standards consistently met.
• Reduction in delivery bottlenecks and acceleration of project readiness.
• High-quality stakeholder engagement and community satisfaction metrics.
• Strong financial stewardship and risk management outcomes.
• Effective disaster surge activation and operational readiness.
• Confidentiality, integrity and professionalism displayed in the delivery of duties and interaction with staff.

6. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONTACTS

Internal Contacts (required for the achievement of the position objectives)

Contact (Title) and Purpose of Communication
Board of the Authority – Strategic direction, performance review, policy approvals
Technical Executive Coordinator – Executive administration, agenda management
Divisonal Heads – Portfolio execution, operational oversight, risk management
Legal Services – Compliance, agreements, regulatory interpretation
Finance & Procurement Units – Budgeting, controls, procurement approvals
Field Operations – Delivery, schedule integrity, quality, crisis response
M&E – Performance tracking, reporting, learning

External Contacts (required for the achievement of the position objectives)

Contact (Title) and Purpose of Communication
Prime Minister & Cabinet – National priorities, crisis decisions, reporting
Parliament – Statutory reporting, transparency obligations
Development Partners/Donors – Financing agreements, reporting, technical support
Municipal Corporations – Local coordination, permits, access, grievances
Utilities & Regulators – Critical-path deconfliction, standards compliance
Private Sector & Contractors – Market engagement, performance oversight
Academic, civil society & communities – Transparency, consultation, inclusion
International agencies (UN, IFIs, CARICOM) – Reconstruction standards, mobilization of expertise

7. AUTHORITY
The CEO has authority to:

• Approve public procurement actions and contract variations within delegated thresholds.
• Authorize emergency procedures during crisis operations within legal limits.
• Allocate financial, human, and material resources across programmes and divisions.
• Sign financing and co-financing agreements with development partners.
• Trigger surge deployments, activate continuity plans, and escalate national-level risks.
• Enforce or recommend sanctions regarding integrity, fraud, or ethical breaches.

8. REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Core

• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Customer & Quality Focus
• Teamwork & Cooperation
• Integrity
• Compliance
• Interpersonal Skills
• Change Management

Technical

• Strategic leadership in complex, multi-sector reconstruction environments.
• Mastery of programme and portfolio management (PMO, critical path, risk, QA/QC).
• Expertise in procurement, contracting, and public financial management.
• Proficiency in resilience planning, climate adaptation, and safeguards.
• Strong command of M&E systems, GIS dashboards, and open-data principles.
• High-level negotiation, diplomatic, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with disaster recovery frameworks, IFI standards, and donor requirements.
• Strong financial acumen and governance capabilities.

9. MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Public Policy, Economics, Construction Management, Disaster Risk Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• At least 12–15 years senior leadership experience in large-scale infrastructure, reconstruction, public investment, disaster recovery, or development programmes.
• Proven track record managing multi-billion-dollar portfolios or national-level programmes.
• Experience working with multilateral development banks, donors, or major government programmes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-sector teams in high-risk, high-complexity operations.
• Experience in crisis leadership, emergency coordination, or surge operations is an asset.

10. SPECIAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JOB

• High-pressure environment requiring rapid decision-making.
• Extensive local travel to project sites, regional hubs, and communities.
• Occasional international travel for donor engagement and technical missions.
• Requires long hours during surge operations, disaster events, or emergency activations.
• Operates within multi-stakeholder, politically visible, and highly scrutinized contexts.

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