Job Opportunities at Husk Power Systems

Role Summary

• We are seeking a Collections Specialist to join the growing team in Nigeria. We are looking for a competent Collection Specialist to contact clients and collect outstanding payments.
• You will strike a balance between maintaining trustful relationships, and ensuring timely payments.
• You will be the key person owning the recollection portfolio and deliver on targets of on-time and accurate collections.
• The Collection Specialist will work with the EED business to ensure that repayments are done in a timely manner. Our Collection Specialist should exhibit professionalism and trustworthiness.
• You should have excellent communication and negotiation skills, as well as an ability to work independently. This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in many countries in Asia and Africa, including India, Tanzania, Nigeria etc.

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Repayments and Collections Management
• Monitoring accounts to identify overdue payments
• Finding and contacting debtors to arrange debt payoffs
• Keeping accurate records and reporting on collection activity
• Notifying customers whose payments are due.
• Proactively notifying customers ahead of their due payment date
• Sharing weekly and monthly collections report with the Head of EED business
• Collections Management and AdministrationDesign and implement SOP to maximise collections
• Maintain and continuously update customer data on outstanding, overdue and delinquent accounts
• Work with sales, CRM and accounts to maintain multi-touch approach to collection
• Design and implement incentive campaigns and other strategies to improve collections
• Monitor accounts to identify outstanding debts
• Investigate historical data for each debt
• Find and contact clients to ask about their overdue payments
• Take actions to encourage timely debt payments
• Take ownership of the collection’s agents
• Update account status records and collection efforts
• Report on collection activity and accounts receivable status
• Implement communication channels such as automated SMSs and phone calls to improve collection
• Ensure Husk’s customer first principles are followed while dealing with customers

Qualifications
Does this sound like you?

• Graduate from a leading institution with a related Degree in Social Sciences, Humanities or Sciences. Post-graduate degree and/or related professional qualifications from relevant bodies; a plus.
• 2 years plus experience in collections and credit management preferably in the field of Renewable Energy (Solar/ Biomass)
• Experience renewable energy and managing customer relationship
• A clearly defined strategic thought process and a continuous improvement mindset with excellent problem-solving skills
• This position requires a warm and friendly character, critical thinking and the ability to provide solutions to the benefit of the company, and projects.
• Previously worked in a contact center
• Lead by example and offer support/co-ordination to company workflow.
• Operationally focused; detailed oriented but able to grasp big picture
• Excellent skills with MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Business level fluency in major Nigerian languages, a plus
• Dependability, attention to detail, cooperation, stress tolerance, concern for others, initiative, leadership, self-control, and independence are the desired pre-requisites.

General Skills & Attributes:

• Proven experience as a Collection Specialist or similar role (must have been in a customer facing role in the past)
• Familiarity with laws related to debt collection.
• Working knowledge of MS Office and databases
• Comfortable working with targets
• Comfortable working with and managing p      eers
• Patience and ability to manage stress.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Skilled in negotiation
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to multi-task and work within a fast-paced environment
• The ability to evaluate and convey complex information to others in an effective manner through concise communication skills and clear presentation skills in both verbal and written contexts.
• Should possess requisite skill sets- active listening, speaking, reading, comprehension, critical thinking, performance monitoring, time management, people management, material resource management, judgment and decision making, teaching, coaching, and social awareness.

Physical Demands:

• Have full range of mobility in upper and lower body
• Could work in outdoor weather conditions at certain times
• Have adequate visual and hearing acuity to follow instructions; and determine accuracy of the work assigned
• Ability to work in rural, peri-urban locations as required

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Role Summary

• We are seeking a Field Distribution Engineer to join the Project and Installation team in Nigeria. This individual will play an integral role in executing and monitoring transmission and distribution networks across HMG locations. This individual should also have in-depth knowledge of power distribution network systems.
• The individual should also be passionate about contributing to solving one of Nigeria’s most critical challenges – energy access deficit. This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in many countries in Asia and Africa, including India, Nigeria etc.

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Play a support role to site leads as a member of the Project and Installation Team for all electrical installations.
• 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 necessary
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Electrical Power Distribution Installations:

• Supervise the ad-hoc staff or contractors in the installation of the power transmission and distribution network.
• Regularly meet and correspond with clients, equipment suppliers, surveyors, and construction personnel.
• Responsible for standard distribution network for all projects to meet NEMSA and REA standards.
• Provide engineering support to operations and maintenance of power distribution systems.
• Propose cost reduction initiatives while maintaining high efficiency of electrical transmission and distribution systems.
• Analyse power distribution failures and suggest appropriate resolutions.
• Work with the Project manager in planning and executing assigned electrical distribution projects within deadlines and budgets.

Qualifications
Does this sound like you?

• HND in Electrical / Electronic Engineering.
• 2-5 years of experience within the Nigerian Electricity sector with exposure in the Power distribution sector.
• Knowledge of overhead and underground construction methods and distribution system equipment.
• Experience conducting distribution field inspections.
• Excellent problem-solving skills are required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Capable of devising new, more efficient approaches to solving problems and processes.
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize work.
• Operationally focused; detailed oriented but able to grasp the big picture.
• Most importantly, candidates must fit company spirit where people work smart, play hard, have fun, and are dedicated to success.

General Skills & Attributes

• Requires demonstrated ability to work effectively with associates, contractors, and customers.
• Assesses own development needs and develops self to improve job performance and fulfill future potential.
• Contributes to the team ethos of the Company.
• The ability to evaluate and convey complex information to others in an effective manner through concise communication skills and clear presentation skills in both verbal and written contexts.
• Research alternative courses of action beyond prescribed guidelines.
• Requires demonstrated ability to read and interpret electrical engineering specifications.
• Microsoft Office Software (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and have a basic understanding of GIS.

Physical Demands:

• Have a full range of mobility in the upper and lower body.
• Could work in outdoor weather conditions at certain times.
• Have adequate visual and hearing acuity to follow instructions and determine the accuracy of the work assigned.
• Wear safety equipment and always follow safety procedures.
• Ability to work in rural, and peri-urban locations as required.

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Role Summary

• We are seeking a GIS Analyst to join the growing team in Nigeria. The overall objective of this role is to significantly reduce in pre-investment costs associated with mini-grid site identification by deploying software, GIS, and remote sensing-based methods in order to create optimal pipelines of sites/villages suitable for the implementation of minigrids using. A uniform/consistent analysis approach will be developed, implemented and where possible automated. This will ensure that the generated sites meet the minimum site selection criteria.
• The individual should also be passionate about contributing to solving one of Nigeria’s most critical challenges – energy access deficit. This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in many countries in Asia and Africa, including India, Nigeria etc.

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Support all GIS/site scoping related activities across Nigeria (and other potential markets).
• Regularly interact with various internal and external stakeholders for site identification/selection activities.
• Support the optimization of various Husk NG activities to ensure best practices are entrenched towards more efficient processes.
• Understand the priorities of the country operations and support the Country team when necessary.
• Provide requisite support and inputs on building and aligning various company processes and policies according to global best practices.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Site Identification and Deployment:

• Support in defining the site selection criteria for HMG locations with inputs from the relevant team members.
• Support work planning and the implementation of all GIS/site identification tasks.
• Support the preparation of country-level geospatial analysis and GIS modelling strategy and implement this in order to develop pipelines of viable communities/locations.
• Utilize data visualization/analysis tools including customized dashboards for site mapping.
• Support relevant teams in deploying mobile data collection apps for use during field surveys and enumeration activities.
• Support the management of survey data collection and the application of relevant data sets for site scoping activities.
• Support the building of load profiles using collated data to feed into the system sizing activities.
• Coordinate location-based analytics with innovative spatial intelligence, business intelligence, and statistical and predictive analytics tools to create unique analytical solutions and insights that support both strategic and operational decision-making.

Business Growth and Support:

• Ensure support for other Business Units for alignment with GIS/site selection/land survey tasks.
• Work with relevant Business Units to ensure relevant land lease documents, building permits, other land documentation for compliance purposes.
• Support business growth and continuous cost & quality improvements in the business.
• Support in the preparation of proposals, technical inputs, bill of materials, budgets, and technical drawings for the submission of such proposals.
• Coordinate, maintain regular communication, and develop positive and productive relationships with various stakeholders, regulatory stakeholders, customer/client groups etc.
• Support communication channels for engagements with all relevant stakeholders during site selection/land survey and other related processes

Qualifications
Does this sound like you?

• Graduate from a leading institution with a related Degree in GIS / Surveying and other related subjects. Postgraduate degree and/or related professional qualifications, a plus.
• A minimum of 3 years of work experience and 2 years of experience in a similar role within the energy/infrastructure/development sector.
• This position requires an in-depth understanding of GIS/Survey capabilities, critical thinking, and the ability to provide time-bound solutions to the benefit of the company.
• Excellent skills with QGIS or ArcGIS, Google Earth, Microsoft Office tools and project management tools (MS Project, Power BI, etc)

General Skills & Attributes:

• Ability to develop and update professional knowledge and skills quickly and efficiently. Ability to apply professional knowledge and skills in the advancement of business objectives.
• Effectively carry out tasks that are required by internal terms in addition to carrying out own role.
• Adapts to changes in company strategy whilst developing own strategy to achieve personal goals of competently owning and managing processes.
• Assesses own development needs and develops self to improve job performance and fulfil future potential. Contributes to the team ethos and instilling the values of the Company.
• The ability to evaluate and convey complex information to others in an effective manner through concise communication skills and clear presentation skills in both verbal and written contexts.
• Should possess requisite skill sets- active listening, speaking, reading, comprehension, critical thinking, performance monitoring, time management, people management, material resource management, effective time management, judgment and decision making, teaching, coaching, and social awareness.