Senior Power Engineer at African Development Bank - AfDB

Duties and responsibilities
The Senior Power Engineer will work under the general supervision and guidance of the Manager, Eastern and Southern Africa Energy Sector. His/her core duties/responsibilities will include the following:

Policies, strategy, and frameworks

•     Contribute in the preparation or review of policies and strategies for Bank Group intervention in energy;
•     Contribute to country and regional strategy papers; undertake relevant studies and analyses; etc;

Project management:

•     Contribute to solve issues related to energy sector development including advice to RMCs  for  promoting policies conducive to strong growth/development of the energy sector  as well as other areas of activity of the Division (creation of an enabling environment for private sector investments in energy projects, corporate governance);
•     Lead, coordinate and/or oversee the identification, appraisal, negotiations, supervision and ex-post reviews of Bank operations focusing on  the energy sector, involving RMCs’ governments, private sponsor –if relevant- and other development partners or concerned parties;
•     Oversee and carry out an active and effective management of the assigned portfolio, including Sector Policy-Based Operations and Institutional Support  Projects;
•     provide the required technical skills to design national and multinational projects that respond to the needs of the RMCs and RECs based on their priorities and selectivity;

Knowledge Development:

•     Contribute to the preparation of Energy sector Assessment and other upstream analytical and diagnostic work to inform Country Strategy papers (CSP) ; provide support to Country/Regional departments on policy dialogue with RMCs relating to Energy sector and related issues; and provide back-up to country offices to ensure provision of quality advisory service to RMCs  ;
•     Contribute to the preparation of policy statements, papers, briefs and various reports on energy sector issues and other areas relevant to the Energy, Environment & Climate Change Department;
•     Represent the Bank in national and regional partnerships, networks, conferences, workshops, and training seminars on issues related to Energy sector development and related issues;
•     Undertake any other task as the Manager ONEC.2 may assign.

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

•     At least a Master’s degree in engineering,
•     Minimum five (5) years of relevant professional experience in project origination and sector analysis;
•     Full understanding of the principles of project cycle and project implementation;
•     Proven ability to interact competently with the staff of government and donor agencies on issues relating to aid coordination, as well as with the private sector;
•     Proven ability to build and lead a team of professional staff, and utilize talent and expertise of team members in a productive way;
•     Good listener with demonstrated ability to present and win support for ideas as well as make effective and timely decisions;
•     Capacity to initiate and manage innovations and change.
•     Competence in the use of Bank standard software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, MS Projects);
•     The incumbent should also have competence in (or ability/willingness to become quickly familiar with) the use of various tools available and applied by the Bank such as SAP
•     Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with preference for capabilities in both languages.
•     Knowledge of IT tools; knowledge of SAP is desirable.