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        Career Opportunity – Director, RPME – Electricity & Water

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        The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) invites applications for the abovementioned position:

        The incumbent will provide strategic leadership and technical direction for the regulation of Jamaica’s Electricity, Water and Sewerage sectors. The position is responsible for developing, maintaining, and deploying the organisation’s regulatory and technical competencies to ensure the OUR effectively fulfils its statutory duties in accordance with international best practice.

        Key Job Responsibilities
        • Provide strategic oversight and policy direction for the regulation of the electricity, water, and sewerage sectors.
        • Lead the formulation and execution of regulatory frameworks, strategies, and policies that drive sector efficiency, sustainability, and consumer protection.
        • Direct advanced economic, financial, and engineering analyses to support regulatory decisions.
        • Guide the evaluation of mergers, acquisitions, power and water purchase agreements, licence applications and renewals, and other complex transactions.
        • Oversee the development and application of technical standards, operational parameters, and governance rules to ensure world-class service delivery by utilities.
        • Serve as the chief technical advisor to the OUR on engineering and economic regulation issues within the Electricity, Water and Sewerage sectors.
        • Lead, mentor, and inspire a multidisciplinary team of engineers, economists, analysts, and policy professionals.
        • Oversee departmental planning, budgeting, and performance management.
        • Promote a culture of excellence, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
        • Support and advance the OUR’s Quality Management System (QMS).
        Required Education and Competencies

        Minimum Requirements include:

        • Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or Engineering.
        • Certification in Project Management.
        • At least ten (10) years’ senior-level experience conducting high-level technical, financial, or operational assessments within a regulatory agency, utility company, or similar environment.
        • Full knowledge of modelling techniques and requisite software.
        • Track record of successfully leading financial and operational audits, especially within a regulatory agency, utility company or in other similar environments.

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        • For more details on this position, please visit the Careers page on our website: https://our.org.jm/about-us/careers/

          Applications accompanied by resumes should be submitted via email ONLY by
          2025 December 12 addressed to:
          Director, Human Resource & Administration
          Office of Utilities Regulation
          3rd Floor, PCJ Resource Centre
          36 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10, Jamaica.
          Email: employment@our.org.jm
          Issued by the Office of Utilities Regulation on
          2025 November 2
          We thank all applicants for their interest, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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        Data Protection — Privacy Notice for Information Request
        This privacy notice tells you how the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) collects and uses the personal data of individuals who will participate in our Satisfaction Survey for Major Service Providers.

        What Types of personal data are we collecting?

        • Names
        • Job Titles
        • Work contact number
        • Work email address

         

        What is the legal basis for asking for this information?
        The legal basis for collecting personal data is legitimate interests.  The OUR is requesting information based on its legitimate interest in conducting this survey, which necessitates obtaining personal data. The legitimate interest, in this case, relates to fulfilling the project's purpose.

        Why are we asking for this information?
        The OUR believes it is important to assess the views of various participants in the electricity, telecommunications, and water and sewerage sectors it regulates, particularly the major service providers: Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, the National Water Commission, FLOW, and Digicel Jamaica Limited. Through this research, the OUR aims to evaluate these major service providers' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions specifically regarding:

        • the roles and functions of the OUR.
        • the service providers' knowledge and perception of the OUR and
        • the extent to which the service providers believe the OUR is performing satisfactorily and executing its mandate efficiently.

        The OUR intends to utilize the research findings to review its processes and procedures related to these major service providers.

         

        What will we do with personal data?

        The data will be used to contact participants to provide opportunities to collect qualitative and quantitative data for analysis. The information will be kept on a secured server, where it will be stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 2020 for four (4) years.

         

        How will we protect personal data and how long will it be stored?

        We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that we keep personal data safe and comply with data protection laws. The information will be stored on a physically secured server, accessible only to authorized personnel. The OUR has implemented several controls to protect the data, including password protection, multi-factor authentication, firewalls, anti-virus software, VPNs, and Data Encryption.

        The personal data will be stored for four (4) years, after which it will be disposed of in accordance with the OUR Business Classification Scheme and Records Retention and Disposition Authority.

         

        Who will utilize the personal data?

        The data will be collected by a third-party consultant who will be conducting the survey.

         

        What are the rights of data subjects?

        Participants can change their minds or withdraw their consent to use their personal data at any time.

         

        Participants have the right to ask us to delete their personal data. To do this, they can send an email to dpo@our.org.im. They also have the right to ask us to update and rectify the personal data that we hold about them.