REPÚBLICA DE MOÇAMBIQUE

Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy

Directorate of Planning and Cooperation

ENABLING LARGE SCALE GAS AND POWER INVESTMENTS IN MOZAMBIQUE

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES)

Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the EDM Board of Directors

 

 

This request for expressions of interest follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) that was published in the United Nations Development Business website with reference AfDB441-05/16 and in the African Development Bank Group’s website on May 11, 2016.

The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GoM) has received a loan from the African Development Fund (AFDB) to finance the Enabling Large Scale Gas and Power Investments in Mozambique Technical Assistance Project (ELSGAPI) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this loan to payments under the contract for an Individual Consultant, hereby referenced to as the Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the EDM (the national power utility) Board of Directors, to bring unique knowledge and skills which augment the knowledge and skills of the EDM board of directors in order to more effectively guide the organization.

The overall responsibilities of the senior advisor will include and not limited to :

  1. The advisory consultant will be required to make recommendations and/or provide key information and advice to the Board of Directors, in particular, to EDM Chairman ;
  1. The advisory consultant will play an important public relations and interface role as well as providing staff with a fresh perspective on programmatic issues ;
  1. The advisor will contribute to the effectiveness of the Board of Directors as it works to carry out specific initiatives and tasks assigned to him/her ;
  1. Since the Board of Directors has ultimate governance authority in the organization, the advisory consultant will focus narrowly on a specific program in order to advise or support the organization through the Chairman ;
  1. The advisory consultant may be requested to evaluate the performance of the executive directors with regards to existing company guidelines, review/monitor/assess a specific program, and serve as advocate for the organization close to IGEPE.

MIREME now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the advisory services. Interested individual consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (CV; academic qualifications certificates/diplomas as well other professional certificates, description of experience in similar conditions and in similar assignments).

Advisory consultant must have a sufficient range of expertise to accomplish the objectives of the assignment, which includes :

  • Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Economics, Law or a related field, with a Post-graduate Certificate in Project Management: 20 points
  • 20 years of experience in the electricity sector with experience with not less than fifteen (15) years working in at least one (1) national power utility company : 40 points
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience as a senior manager of a national public utility or similar organization: 20 points;
  • Minimum Five (5) years’ experience providing advisory services to a national power utility company, of which at least three (3) years as advisor to an executive director: 15 points
  • Fluency in written and oral English and working knowledge of Portuguese language : 5 points

Total : 100 points

The consultant shall be available to start carrying out the services immediately after contract award, estimated to occur by October 2020. The required services will be for an approximate period of twelve (12) months.

The consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the African Development Bank Rules and Procedures for the Use of Consultants dated May 2008, revised July 2012.

Interested consultants may obtain the Terms of Reference and additional information at the address below. Expressions of Interest shall be in English language and must be delivered (either hardcopies or soft copies) to the address below before 2.00 pm, (local time) on 12 August 2020, and mention “Expression of Interest for Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the EDM Board of Directors”.

Address:

Electricidade de Moçambique EP

Direção de Desenvolvimento de Negocios

Av. Filipe Samuel Magaia Nr. 368 – 1⁰ Andar

E-mails : [email protected]

CC. : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Maputo/Mozambique