Interested parties shall take good note of the technical and language requirements. Well-qualified candidates are invited to send their CVs no later than Friday, 9 June 2023 to email: Africa@capstone.ltd
This is a 6-9 months position, starting August/September 2023.
The project is already running.
The senior energy expert will play a lead role under energy and power development assistance platform and contribute to engagements with around sectoral development. The expert will lead strategic and technical support to the energy authorities at the interface of energy access policy, planning and execution.
Summary duties
Experience
Expectations
This is a 6-9 months position, starting August/September 2023.
The project is already running.
The senior energy expert will play a lead role under energy and power development assistance platform and contribute to engagements with around sectoral development. The expert will lead strategic and technical support to the energy authorities at the interface of energy access policy, planning and execution.
Summary duties
- Advise the authorities at the highest level, on power sector development, and especially access to energy
- Provide analysis and recommendations to the funding platform
- Assist government counterparts in facilitating financing and delivery of its sector plans
- Coordinate closely with the advisory team in the country on matters
- Represent the the energy funding platform And support building relationships with donors and other stakeholders
Experience
- Experience in the energy sector/industry with an integral view of linked value chains, including regional and global expertise, including in oil, gas, mining , chemical sector, hydrogen development and th energy transition
- Robust energy access solutions expertise (minigrids and domestic solar policy, planning, regulatory and finance)
- Evident experience to structure, design, execute and/or monitor offgrid energy market mechanisms/-auctioning
- Experienced in climate topics, eg hydrogen, carbon capture, climate finance, carbon markets, cross-boarder adjustment mechanisms, greening industry, etc
- Strong articulation of technical topics
- Robust multi-stakeholder coordination capacities on view of sector strategy needs
- Exceptional political sensitivity in multidimensional environments
- Exceptional collaboration skills
- Fluency and work experience in Portuguese a must
Expectations
- Strong energy access policy and analytic expertise to provide high quality advisory outputs
- Political acumen for complex contexts
- Excellent capacity for working independently, strategically and operationally
- Robust problem solving
- Excellent t ability for collaborative work
- Accountable exceptional quality expert deliverables
- Accountable for managing relationships with the authorities
- Responsible for obtaining buy-in key counterparts
- Annual work plan development, delivery, reporting, opportunity identification and advancement of opportunities
- Strong judgement on risk identification for and engagement of development assistance players
