Chief Specialist- Transportation Policies

Roads and Transport Authority; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Roads and Transport Authority in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior policy strategist to lead the development, evaluation and governance of transport-demand, tariff and exemption policies, ensuring alignment with approved directions and providing technical observations on policy studies.

You will define comprehensive systems and procedures for regulating transport demand, build and maintain databases and evaluation tools, conduct strategic studies, and coordinate with departments to apply policies across

Qualifications

• Education indicated: Bachelor’s or Master’s in relevant fields.
• Experience required: 9+ years with Master’s, 11+ years with Bachelor’s.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and governance of transport-demand, tariff and exemption policies.
• Develop comprehensive systems and procedures for regulating transport demand.
• Define policies to reduce demand and promote mass transit.
• Maintain databases and tools for evaluating policies.
• Prepare periodic technical reports on policy performance.
• Coordinate with departments to apply approved policies.

Skills

Policy development

Transport demand management

Tariff governance

Data analysis

Stakeholder coordination

Strategic planning

Regulatory compliance

Exemption policy evaluation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Planning/Economics/Public Administration

Master’s degree in Engineering/Planning/Economics/Public Administration

Job description

Job description

Job Purpose

• Lead development, evaluation and governance of transport-demand, tariff and exemption policies for the RTA, ensuring alignment with approved directions and provision of technical observations on received transport-policy studies.

Roles and Responsibilities

Strategy

• Develop and issue the comprehensive system, policies and procedures for regulating and managing transport demand in the Emirate of Dubai to create balance in the transport system.
• Define policies and programs to reduce transport demand volume, redistribute it temporally and spatially, and encourage sustainable and mass transport instead of private vehicles.
• Develop and maintain the databases and tools required to evaluate transport-demand policies and procedures and ensure their continuous update.
• Conduct strategic and detailed technical studies related to transport-demand policies to raise the efficiency of the roads and transport system and follow up on the implementation of approved outputs.
• Govern mass transportation tariffs, passenger-transportation tariffs and fees (mass transport, taxis, limousines, smart rentals and flexible mobility) and prepare studies to amend the values of related fees and tariffs.
• Study and evaluate policies and procedures related to exemptions from road and mass transport fares and prepare recommendations for approval.

Operations

• Review and provide technical observations on studies, legislations and plans related to transport-demand management policies received from external parties or from concerned institutions within the Authority.
• Coordinate with concerned RTA departments to circulate, explain and follow up on the application of approved transport-demand, tariff and exemption policies.
• Prepare periodic technical reports on the performance and effectiveness of applied transport demand and tariff policies, based on data from the approved tools and studies.
• Ensure that databases and evaluation tools contain complete, up-to-date classifications, parameters and assumptions needed for policy analysis.
• Document and file all studies, tariff proposals, exemption evaluations and technical observations for reference and audit.

Product/Process Improvement

• Improve and standardize study templates, evaluation methodologies and databases related to transport-demand, tariff and exemption policies to keep them aligned with approved practices.
• Identify recurring policy or implementation issues across entities and propose corrective or enhancement actions.
• Contribute to building the section’s technical knowledge base for transport-demand management and tariff governance.

• Education: Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Engineering/Planning/ Economics/Public Administration
• Experience: 9+ years in case of Master’s degree (11+ years in case of Bachelor’s degree)