Vacancy title:
Chief Regional Energy Markets Expert - PESD1

Jobs at:
African Development Bank

Deadline of this Job:
6th December 2018

Duty Station:
Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 15th November 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank’s development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas (High 5s), all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa. The Bank is seeking to build a management team that will lead the successful implementation of this vision.

JOB DETAILS:

THE POSITION:
The Power Engineer will ensure the technical strength of the Bank’s activities in order to:

• Support Bank effort of implementing a fast-track approach in accelerating regional project implementation;
• support the integration of regional energy markets through development and strengthening of power exchange, wheeling, pricing, and settlement framework, and;
• design technical assistance program to power pools and regional regulatory agencies to facilitate energy trading, and capacity building for regional organizations and project delivery units in the energy sector.
  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the overall supervision of the Manager, National and Regional Power Systems, the incumbent will perform the following:

• Support Bank effort of implementing a fast-track approach in accelerating project agreement negotiations, concluding of Power Purchase and Power
• Sales Agreements and wheeling agreements of large-scale regional energy infrastructure projects.
  
• Engage with hubs teams in developing and fast-tracking a prioritized pipeline of bankable regional energy infrastructure projects in collaboration and consultation with regional power pools and regional project delivery secretariats;
  
• Take a leadership role, along with Hub-based staff, in the process of identification and preparation of operations related to the development of regional projects;
  
• Provide deep sector expertise for quality assurance of sector studies related to the development of regional power systems: preparation of terms of reference, review and validation process of feasibility studies and power sector analysis;
  
• Support regional institutions in developing high quality development plans, including ensuring joint and coordinated approach to intra- and inter-regional investment planning of energy infrastructure projects;
  

SELECTION CRITERIA
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Hold a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Business or Economics.
  
• Minimum seven (7) years of relevant professional experience in power sector and/or project finance;
  
• Broad range of responsibilities within the industry in several of the following areas: Thermal generation, hydro generation, systems planning, distribution operations, commercial operations, transmission, tariff setting, renewable generation, power plant construction and environmental compliance;
  
• Up-to-date knowledge of capital costs and operating parameters of diverse generation technologies and Transmission & Distribution networks;
  
• Experience in Africa and emerging economies;