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Role Summary

Husk is recruiting for a Head, Interconnected Minigrids (IMGs) & Public Partnerships to coordinate and drive high-level stakeholder engagement efforts within Nigeria. This role is a leadership role that requires a strategic thinking individual, who will drive engagement strategies with national and sub-national stakeholders in alignment with functional leadership whilst providing support in driving best practices across the business.

The candidate will also have a track record of proven leadership abilities (communication, relationship building, training & development, commercial acumen etc.) as well as in-depth industry knowledge with a robust industry and stakeholder network. The individual should also be passionate about contributing to solving one of Nigeria’s most critical challenges – the energy access deficit.

Key responsibilities:

General

• Work closely with the Country Director and other members of the Nigerian Management Team to deliver on country business objectives.
• Support the optimization of various Husk activities in Nigeria to ensure best practices are entrenched towards more efficient processes.
• Support in driving “Best Practices” across the business. Once a “Best Practice” has been identified, ensure that the practice is visible nationally and to another subsidiary.
• Understand the priorities of the country operations and support the Country Team when required.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop, drive and implement a robust Stakeholder Management Strategy and supporting processes with structures for Husk in Nigeria.
• Own stakeholder mapping efforts towards identifying relevant stakeholders within and outside the industry for structured engagements with commercial outcomes.
• Engage with stakeholders at national and sub-national levels to drive active policy advocacy efforts and ensure a conducive regulatory and business environment.
• Coordinate external relations efforts with the host state governments, supporting agencies, and traditional and local institutions to strengthen working relationships with these entities.
• Monitor the wider policy environment to identify and exploit opportunities for future work supportive of Husk’s strategic plans.
• Develop leads to establish relationships with policy makers, critical influencers etc and identify opportunities for collaboration where possible.
• Share intelligence gathered via stakeholder engagements to relevant internal stakeholders.

Interconnected Mini-Grids (Business and Project Development)

• Drive and co-ordinate a data-driven actionable strategy for engagements with power distribution companies (DisCos) within focus areas.
• Lead and drive project development engagements for the IMGs’ portfolio in alignment with set objectives.
• Regularly interact with various high-level internal and external stakeholders on IMG project development.
• Work with relevant teams to set relevant site selection criteria, for viable IMG locations.
• Ensure support for other Business Units to drive alignment with IMG-related activities.
• Own market research activities across the IMG business, including but not limited to business development, stakeholder mapping, and IMG landscape analysis.
• Prepare and deliver commercial proposals to internal and external stakeholders, power distribution companies (DisCos), communities, etc.

Portfolio Growth and Business Support

• Identify possible inorganic site portfolio growth opportunities within focus areas.
• Coordinate with the relevant teams and external stakeholders on inputs regarding inorganic site portfolio growth.
• Prepare and deliver site acquisition proposals to internal and external stakeholders, communities, etc. where suitable opportunities are identified.
• Support efforts for business communications internally and externally, including project press releases, case study development, and videos.

Funding Submissions

• Own site-specific submission process for funding where Husk is already pre-qualified to access.
• Seek out potential funding sources for IMGs, stakeholder management support and the source's conditions within agreed time frames and within Husk’s funding objective framework.

Thought Leadership

• Drive thought leadership engagements to ensure Husk maintains local visibility as an industry leader amongst stakeholders within the off grid power space.

Qualifications

• 10 years of work experience with at least 5 years of experience in engaging high-level stakeholders and fostering synergies for a conducive business environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Sciences, Management, Business, or related degree from a top-rated institution. Postgraduate degree or relevant business certifications; a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving and time management skills required.
• Excellent people skills, and ability to engage in a multicultural and diverse environment, with multiple internal and external industry stakeholders.
• This position requires commercial acumen, experience in ideating and conceptualization, critical thinking, and the ability to negotiate with high level industry stakeholders for positive outcomes for Husk.
• A clearly defined strategic thought process and a continuous improvement mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates a high level of accountability and ownership of tasks.
• Ability to influence through data and business analysis.
• Confident in liaising at all levels, articulate with good presentation skills.
• Ability to work and lead effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent skills with MS Office, Google Suite, and relevant tools
• Most importantly, the candidate must fit a company spirit where people work smart, play hard, have fun, and are dedicated to success.
• In-depth knowledge of the power sector in Nigeria and experience working with a company within Nigeria’s power generation, transmission and distribution space, highly desired.

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Role Summary

Husk is seeking a Manager, Operational Excellence who will be responsible for all plant operations and maintenance activities. The individual must have high level of technical competency with an understanding of electrical engineering, ensuring safety and environmental inspections and preventive maintenance within Husk power plants.

This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in Nigeria and Asia. The ideal candidate should have a positive attitude, be a team player, believe in Husk’s values, have an inherent curiosity to find creative solutions for problem-solving and have an appetite for growth.

Key responsibilities:

General

• Reporting to the Nigeria Country Director and Global Operations Team and responsible for Uptime management, preventive maintenance, safety practices, capacity utilization, asset management, and report generation
• Responsible for the smooth functioning of PV Solar/Biomass hybrid power plants and implementing effective techniques to bring efficiency to the performance of the plants.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of commitment to the company’s success by proactively managing growth plans and a bias to action.
• Management of operational budget and monitoring of performance.
• Management of entire Service Team across different locations and NOCs.
• Other responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.

Plant Operations

• Management of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly equipment healthiness checklist; Preventive maintenance planning; Shutdown planning; Daily reading logbook, etc.
• Management of process for Quality verification and compliance of work during Handover – Take over from the Projects Department.
• Ability to ensure safety standards are followed at the core of operations and plan, organize, schedule, and direct the safety training and compliance at sites.
• Management of overall KPIs and deliverables for operations and ensuring that the complete team is aligned to the same.
• Responsible for training and development of the operations team including electricians, and engineers as per the system design standards.
• Responsible for overall monitoring and reporting of plant and asset health and performance.
• Regular interaction and engagement with other verticals especially sales to ensure and extend required support for growth of business.
• Responsible for managing and ensuring security standards at the plant and enable quick turnaround time for action in case of security issues.
• Responsible for management of spares and inventory components based on criticality and lifecycle of the components.
• Responsible for managing fuel supply chain and stock for Diesel generators and Biomass gasifiers.

Asset Management

• Interface with the vendors/contractors to review the operation of plant equipment and systems continuously, minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure completion of technical documents; grid outages, onsite equipment problems, log entries, site visits; and safety and environmental inspections to comply with standard operating procedures.
• Interact and liaison with local authorities for smooth functioning of the plant and management of ROW issues.

Qualifications

• B.Tech/B.Eng./MTech –Specialization: Electrical/Electronics Engineering from a reputable institution. 
• An MBA is an added advantage.
• Should have handled operations & maintenance of solar PV plants, Biomass, and other renewable energy sources, especially micro-grids.
• Should have Monitored maintenance of LT Transmission and distribution lines, protective relays & associated equipment, and inverters.
• Good knowledge of solar PV Panels, Inverters, Battery banks, T&D lines, SCADA systems, and all solar electrical operational equipment.
• Overall, a minimum of 12 - 15 years of relevant experience or more.
• Extensive knowledge of renewable energy, instrumentation control systems, and in-depth knowledge of both solar & biomass power generation systems and procedures.