KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has launched one of its largest recruitment exercises in recent years, advertising more than 30 positions as it moves to strengthen its operations under an expanded mandate granted by the Road Traffic Act.

The vacancies, which span senior management, finance, legal affairs, procurement, communications, records management, human resources and transport operations, point to a significant build-out of the organisation’s administrative and regulatory capacity.

In response to queries from Observer Online, the ITA said the exercise forms part of its transition from a department within the Ministry of Transport and Mining into an autonomous statutory body.