Regional Hubs
Location:
Abuja, Nigeria
Mode of Employment:
Permanent
Position Title:
Sub Regional Head
Government Affairs – West Africa
How You’ll Make an Impact
– Challenging and future oriented
- The
objective is to guide our governmental relations in West Africa – with a
special focus on Nigeria – related to our regulatory and business
objectives in close collaboration with our Head Government Affairs Middle
East & Africa, West Africa MD, our Country MDs as well as the Business
Areas and Corporate Functions. - Seen
as a trusted partner to governments, your will aim at creating unique
value to achieve positive business impact and at the same time achieve
societal improvements in the region. - You
will be responsible of taking the lead of key work packages in large
energy transition projects. Jointly with businesses and countries you will
analyse strategies and infrastructure opportunities in West African
countries, seek the dialogue with the government institutions as well as
donor countries and agencies, evaluate financing instruments and
development cooperation to advise businesses and countries accordingly. - To
this end, it is your mission to engage in and strengthen relations
proactively with governments, embassies, financial institutions,
associations, and other institutions. - Your
role requests a special focus on the Nigerian energy landscape amongst
others and accordingly to be a trusted partner to governments whilst
developing a deep understanding of the transitional political processes
and the associated business opportunities to guide our businesses. - Your
responsibility includes that you continuously add to and improve our
advisory and outreach approach and actively support colleagues with
expertise towards the global government affairs team. - The
ideal candidate is a seasoned professional with deep knowledge of policy
and regulatory affairs across the energy landscape and can assist in the
preparation of position papers, policy briefings, presentations while
actively driving initiatives across West Africa.
What You Bring
- Postgraduate
degree from an accredited university in business administration, law,
political science, engineering, international relations and / or
equivalent - At-least
+ 7years of leadership experience. Ability to successfully aligning the
People strategy to business strategy - As
an expert you have at least 7 years’ experience in a similar government
affairs role in Nigeria. A profound understanding of West African
countries and a solid understanding of the Just Energy Transition with the
respective network to the political & funding institutions together
with a proven sub-regional track record preferably in one or more West African
countries is a must have for this role. - +7yrs
experience delivering business results with ministries of energy and
petroleum, ministries of finance, electricity/transmission/petroleum
utilities, DFIs, business associations etc at an executive level
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