La Banque Mondiale recrute un(e) Spécialiste principal de l’énergie à Prétoria en Afrique du Sud.
Description
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Duties & Accountabilities
The Southern Africa energy unit (IAEE3) of the World Bank seeks a Senior Energy Specialist, who as part of the South Africa-based energy team, shall work with Governments, cooperating partners, and other stakeholders in leading/coordinating the World Bank’s energy program. The work entails strategic, advisory, and operational work in the energy sector. The main responsibility of the selected candidate will be to support the ongoing sector dialogue, implementation of investment lending operations, preparation of pipeline, as well as analytical work on the energy sector. The selected candidate will focus on at least one of the countries under the South Africa country management unit (AECS1) which covers Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. The selected candidate will also provide support to the regional and country teams working on regional integration in the Southern African Power Pool.
The responsibilities of the selected candidate will include:
The selected candidate will participate in overseeing implementation of energy operations with the aim to enhance quality and accelerate implementation and will play an active role in Bank’s policy dialogue with the authorities, development partners, and other stakeholders on strategic energy issues and implementation of ongoing energy sector reforms.
The AFR Energy team is a key contributor towards the WBG strategy for “Maximizing Finance for Development (MFD) with the objective to help countries maximize their development resources by drawing on private financing and sustainable private sector solutions. The Senior Energy Specialist is expected to actively seek opportunities to apply MFD principles in our work program and build a strong internal WBG partnership with IFC and MIGA, as well as network with private sector partners that can contribute to the achievement of our development objectives.
Other responsibilities will include technical support to lending and non-lending programs:
• Lead or co-lead energy sector strategy development and policy dialogue;
• Lead or co-lead development of new lending, preparation and supervision of investment operations in the energy sector with the aim to enhance quality, efficiency and pro-poor focus and accelerate implementation;
• Contribute to the drafting and inputs for sector and country briefings, analytical and advisory reports and studies on accelerating access, generation and transmission expansion, renewable energy development, regional energy integration and private sector participation in the energy sector.
• Support the unit’s analytical agenda on improving access to energy services in Sub-Saharan Africa;
• Assume an active role in the South Africa-based energy with the aim of ensuring adequate and appropriate integration of relevant aspects of the energy development agenda in core Bank products, including the country partnership framework, strategic country diagnostic, country economic memorandum etc.;
• Participate in the dialogue with relevant representatives of the private sector to keep abreast with issues related to the business investment climate and identify possible areas of collaboration through public-private-partnerships.
• Draft and provide timely contributions to project documents and follow-up of official missions, including the drafting of Aide Memoires, official correspondence, and project completion reports.
• Develop strong working relationships with the Government counterparts (e.g. Ministries responsible for energy, power utilities, electricity regulators etc.) to aid project preparation and quality implementation support; and
• Participate in the dialogue with the cooperating partner community to keep abreast of energy sector support, to identify possible areas of collaboration and ensure that there are no overlaps.
Selection Criteria
• Master’s degree in engineering, energy planning/economics, business administration, or equivalent areas relevant for energy sector development;
• At least 8 years of combined experience in the World Bank, other international institutions and/or companies, government agencies, and/or power sector utilities with demonstrated track record of successful engagement with relevant developmental programs and projects;
• Demonstrates proven understanding of energy policies, technologies or strategies, private sector participation, utility reform, and institutional development needed to support development and for the success of project and analytical work.
• Strong experience in planning, designing, and implementing power infrastructure projects including renewable energy generation, transmission, distribution and improving commercial performance of utilities;
• Experience leading and/or playing key roles in policy dialogue with clients and stakeholders.
• Experience in energy access and experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa;
• Experience working on/with World Bank or other International Financial Institutions (IFIs) I) lending and non-lending operations is desirable;
• Demonstrates active listening skills and the ability to influence the audience (such as counterparts in government, international partner organizations, academia, and Bank colleagues, senior staff and managers).
• An excellent track record in carrying out high quality and timely analytical reports and activities would be advantageous;
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure projects with power sector utilities will be a distinct advantage;
• Experience working with large global teams, to produce high-quality results and outputs with minimal supervision is required;
• High level of motivation, ability to work independently, taking initiative, and flexibility in quickly adjusting to changing work program requirements;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to build strong partnerships with clients, different stakeholders and colleagues across units and departmental boundaries in a multi-cultural environment with virtual teams located in different countries;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and French, able to communicate complex issues in simple terms and to engage in evidence-based dialogue with clients; and
• Demonstrates strong understanding and able to translate technical analyses into policies, operations and/or research of at least one of relevant thematic business lines such as Energy Access; Economics, Markets & Institution; Oil & Gas; Energy Efficiency; Renewable Energy; Energy Finance; Hydropower; Power Systems & Technologies.
Closing date : 7/19/2023
Application process