Chief Specialist - Transportation Policies

The Chief Specialist - Transportation Policies at the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai will lead transport-demand modeling and studies to enhance sustainable transport. Responsibilities include implementing transport regulations, monitoring policy impacts, managing databases, conducting technical studies, and improving evaluation methodologies. Candidates should have a relevant degree and 9+ years of experience in transportation policies and planning.
Job Purpose

Lead transport-demand related modeling, databases, and technical studies to support balanced, sustainable transport in Dubai, including inputs to tariff/exemption/review work in line with approved Transportation Policies.




Roles and Responsibilities

Strategy

• Support the implementation and articulation of the comprehensive system for regulating and managing transport demand in the Emirate of Dubai in line with approved RTA policies.

• Assist in applying transport-demand procedures that promote balance and integration in the transport system, including temporal and spatial trip redistribution.

• Monitor and document the impacts, strategic priorities, and implementation programs related to transport-demand policies that encourage sustainable and mass transport and reduce dependence on private vehicles.

• Contribute technical/modelled inputs to the governance of mass-transportation tariffs, passenger-transportation tariffs and fees (mass transport, taxis, limousines, smart rentals, flexible mobility) as per approved scopes.

• Contribute to the study and evaluation of policies and procedures related to exemptions from road and mass-transport fares within the approved framework.




Operations

• Develop, update, and operate the databases and tools needed to evaluate transport-demand policies and procedures, ensuring they reflect current networks, demand patterns, and approved assumptions.

• Serve as the custodian of all model assumptions, datasets, and update cycles, ensuring their accuracy, integrity, and timely maintenance.

• Conduct strategic and detailed technical studies and modelling exercises to assess the effectiveness of transport-demand policies and to raise the efficiency of the roads and transport system in Dubai.

• Follow up on the implementation of transport-demand policies, procedures and programs approved by management and consolidate implementation status from concerned departments.

• Prepare technical observations on studies, legislations and plans related to transport-demand management policies received from external parties or other institutions, within the approved scope.




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.




Qualifications

Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Transport/Traffic/Civil Engineering, Urban/Transport Planning, or Applied StatisticsMust have minimum 9+ years experience in case of Master’s degree (11+ years in case of Bachelor’s degree)Preferred hands on expertise in transportation policies, transportation economics, Transportation planning, travel demand management, transportation Modelling, public policy, push & pull measures, price elasticity and tariff measurement