To manage and control the provision of project management and power system planning services to ensure continuity of power supply; facilitate the planning of short, medium and long-term Transmission & Distribution network development plans using load demand forecasts.
Development of network planning and project implementation standards & designs and provision of Geographical Information Systems for the efficient operation of the business.
Execution and Delivery
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The ability to do monthly to quarterly tactical planning and monitoring of the main operation within the organisation. Manage execution and on-time delivery by setting priorities and milestones, translating initiatives into plans and schedules, and coordinating activities. Monitor the demands on a process or operation and match resources to ensure business continuity. Acquire and ensure optimal utilisation of resources by taking into account constraints, peaks and troughs. Develop and implement monitoring, measurement and tracking processes and/or systems. Benchmark quality and productivity against best practice. Monitor productivity measures and data, as well as create synergy amongst teams, to increase productivity. Set quality standards and measurements.
Implement programs and initiatives aimed at improving quality.
Financial Management
The ability to develop and manage a medium sized budget (revenue and cost) and validate this against strategy. Analyse and interpret financial results/reports, understand the interaction between ratios, business deliverables and strategy. The ability to use data to guide strategic and operational decision-making. Understand the requirements of an effective and efficient financial environment. The ability to understand the accounting cycle and three or more key financial processes like Account Receivable, Accounts Payable, Audit, Treasury, General Ledger etc.
Network planning
At a more experienced level: Knowledge of: The Network Planning and Eskom investment principle. Perform the following activities: System reliability studies, Do Contract Management, Do Contract Negotiation.
Project Management
Program or Portfolio management managing multiple strategic projects impacting on the total organisation, using sophisticated program management methodologies and tools
Leading Teams
The ability to lead other managers (Inter-Team). Foster team spirit, identity, commitment, competitiveness, accountability, and value systems across diverse teams. Show teams how to reach common and shared goals. Clarify roles and responsibilities of teams and allocates talents and abilities to specific teams. Manage and allocate human resources to month-to-month projects and tasks. Manage, monitor and enhance the performance of teams. Encourage collaboration, involve others and use different viewpoints when making decisions. Remove or help the team overcome obstacles and barriers. Ensure support functions and processes are in place. Seek opportunities to publicly recognise and reward teams and individuals for success.
Project Feasibility Analysis
Ability to conclude project feasibility at a system 40 level, mainly strategic projects of long range nature. Ability to enumerate the features, benefits, impact and consequences the project will have on the core process.
Commercial contract management
Sufficient understanding of the contract and it’s sub-sets in order to oversee or execute 1 to 2 of the following 5: Develop policies and process to Manage delivery/performance, Assess risk and put in place mitigating remedies, Assess claims and prepare submissions re claim to decision makers, Manage variation process, Manage dispute resolution process.
Program Management
Operational understanding of Program Management and the ability to assume responsibility, oversee/execute: the following: Providing input into the budgeting process of the client related to strategic projects within the portfolio as well as managing allocation, Liaising with and reporting to selected stakeholders, Assist in representing the client on selected forums, Assist in funding application and approval process, Representation at individual project level, Assist in the development of program and project management system with necessary IT support, Assist in development of a master program, Assist in implementation of program and project methodologies, templates and procedures as required.
A degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognised university or equivalent. Membership of a professional engineering institution will be an advantage. Additional Management and Human Sciences qualification will be advantageous
A minimum of seven (7) years post-qualification experience, at least three (3) years of which were served at management level.
Customer Focus
The ability to focus on current and future, internal and external client. Understand client trends and the link to the internal client service philosophy. The ability to identify and approach new client groupings, involve them in providing insights on service levels, products and solutions in order to identify client needs and ways to improve delivery. Create an environment where client service is paramount; actively promote client service as a value and inspire others. The ability to develop and implement client service initiatives and processes to increase client satisfaction. The ability to set service standards and ensure compliance to these. Pro-actively attend to and prevent service issues or breakdowns; ensure that current service levels are not disrupted by internal organisational changes.
Networking and Partnering
The ability to build networks across functions.Seek out and cultivate a network to improve team performance by attending work and social events. The ability to use networking opportunities, share knowledge, consult, integrate, and contribute to others’ decision-making processes. Provide guidance to operational elements of partnering and maintain and manage partnerships. Use networking and partnering to stimulate business growth without compromising risk.
Execution and Delivery
The ability to do monthly to quarterly tactical planning and monitoring of a main operation within the organisation. Manage execution and on-time delivery by setting priorities and milestones, translating initiatives into plans and schedules, and coordinating activities. Monitor the demands on a process or operation and match resources to ensure business continuity. Acquire and ensure optimal utilisation of resources by taking into account constraints, peaks and troughs. Develop and implement monitoring, measurement and tracking processes and/or systems. Benchmark quality and productivity against best practice. Monitor productivity measures and data, as well as create synergy amongst teams, to increase productivity. Set quality standards and measurements.
Implement programs and initiatives aimed at improving quality.
Risk Management
The ability to understand, assess and manage risk within an area. Identify and assess risks in terms of likelihood, severity and magnitude of impact. Contribute to the development of risk management solution, processes, models and frameworks. Ability to pro-actively reduce risk/exposure and minimize losses by monitoring the adherence to risk controls and measures. The ability to use and adapt risk management tools.
Financial Management.
The ability to develop and manage a medium sized budget (revenue and cost) and validate this against strategy. Analyse and interpret financial results/reports, understand the interaction between ratios, business deliverables and strategy. The ability to use data to guide strategic and operational decision-making. Understand the requirements of an effective and efficient financial environment. The ability to understand the accounting cycle and three or more key financial processes like Account Receivable, Accounts Payable, Audit, Treasury, General Ledger etc.
Technical Expertise
Possesses a broad overall understanding of the discipline and some depth of specialization in own field; is consulted by peers. The ability to stay abreast with research to stay current with best practices. Anticipate and address problems as related to own field of expertise. Apply technical skill to deal with new problems, provide technical analysis and data to guide decision-making and share expertise. Acknowledged as an specialist with experience in the area.
Coaching and Developing
The ability to remove barriers to employee development. Pro-actively create learning opportunities through knowledge-sharing, experimentation & exploration. Identify skills, knowledge and experience gaps to align overall team development needs with business unit goals. Coach and develop employees to add value in current and future roles. Involve employees in discussions, meetings or projects that are not core to their current roles in order to develop. Align development plans and actions to career aspirations of the employee. Help employees by way of on-going discussion, coaching, assessment, goal setting and feedback to improve their own performance. Guide employee development by helping them make the correct choices in terms of learning interventions to attend.
Leading Change.
The ability to lead change initiatives at a functional level. Manage the change process by translating change imperatives into projects/programs, goals, priorities and contingencies as well as redesign structures, systems and processes for change. Explain the link between the strategy and the need for change, clarify direction and talk enthusiastically about the future. Nurture the process of change by identifying and nullifying barriers to change, minimizing complexity and eliminating contradiction. Inspire others, deal with ambiguity and adapt to changing demands and priorities.
Leading Teams
The ability to lead other managers (Inter-Team). Foster team spirit, identity, commitment, competitiveness, accountability, and value systems across diverse teams. Show teams how to reach common and shared goals. Clarify roles and responsibilities of teams and allocates talents and abilities to specific teams. Manage and allocate human resources to month-to-month projects and tasks. Manage, monitor and enhance the performance of teams. Encourage collaboration, involve others and use different viewpoints when making decisions. Remove or help the team overcome obstacles and barriers. Ensure support functions and processes are in place. Seek opportunities to publicly recognise and reward teams and individuals for success.
Building Talent
Develop Junior/Middle Management talent. Actively seek opportunities to attract internal and external talent to fill positions in own area and build these relationships over the long term. Maintain and retain talent via coaching, empowerment, reward and recognition, incentives, and career development. Create a vested interest in vision/goals and succession-plans are linked to individual’s ambition. Train and develop employees, support career and professional growth, and use development processes to increase competence levels of employees.
Building Relationships
The ability to build relationships with senior management in own organisation and with external parties within a dynamic context. Perceive and interpret own and others’ emotions and feelings, engage and manage conflict. Show tact, be attentive to emotional cues, use emotions for effect and prioritize emotions when making decisions. The ability to be composed and manage reactions in relation to the situation. Maintain and create solid relationships, collaborate and integrate, manage conflict, cooperate, share knowledge, information and expertise. The ability to welcome feedback and work with different personalities. Achieve diverse, balanced and productive outcomes by effectively managing the way in which diverse people work together.
Influencing Through Communication.
The ability to communicate in the context of presentations and meetings using advanced media in a convincing manner. Use logical argument in discussions and written communication to influence others’ thinking. Convey ideas and present information of moderate level of complexity. The ability contextualise, illustrate and logically present information in different ways, communicate with excitement, maintain pace and timing, and paraphrase effectively.
Drive
The ability to pro-actively anticipate threats and capitalise on opportunities; act on these in a decisive manner. Add value beyond the obvious. Believe in own capabilities, inspire success, push to the limits and accept consequences of failure. Take accountability and ownership for delivering results of an area, confess to own failures and commit to an outcome. Create frameworks conducive to execution and motivate and influence peers to strive for excellence. Work tenaciously, remain self-disciplined and composed, ignore distractions and stay focused on medium-term goals.
Integrity
The ability to create a climate and platform to support integrity. The ability to build trust and confidence through consistency in behaviour, respect, fairness, honesty and authenticity. The ability to give credit to others. Not sacrifice integrity for convenience, confront negative behaviours in others and make fair judgements even if they may be unpopular. Implement morals and ethics regulations, standards and framework, provide advice to others on ethical dilemmas and reward and encourage ethical behavior.
Strategy Creation
The ability to stay abreast with economic, business, social, political, and technological trends. The ability to explore and explain trends. The ability to benchmark and identify relationships that are relevant to achieving business goals. Furthermore the ability to stay abreast with changes, interdependencies and decisions in other areas of the organisation. Develop 1-3 year department strategies to gain maximum effectiveness. Consider different options in terms of opportunities, threats, timing, buy-in and resource availability. The ability to take decisions to enhance the effectiveness of a department. Furthermore the ability to create new ways of sustaining efficiency and effectiveness.
Strategy Translation
The ability to offer an opinion on the business model, strategy and value propositions. Implement the strategy by translating goals into plans, integrating, and operationalizing resources, systems and processes. The ability to monitor the results and make adjustments if needed. Communicate the strategy and vision with excitement. The ability to describe the strategy and gain commitment.
Business Acumen
Understand the industry, competitors, buying behaviour, economy, political environment and market-share. Use this information to respond to shifts and improve organisational results. The ability to systematically evaluate analyse and identify opportunities, synergies and trade-offs that could create value. Use business model to create value and competitive advantage. The ability to target opportunities by creating a culture of entrepreneurship, combining and reframing resources to extract margin, cross-sell, and develop new channels, solutions and products. The ability to remove non-value adding initiatives.
Managing Complexity
The ability to deal with one or two large-scale projects or initiatives over the medium term; managing personal stress, conflicting priorities, interdependencies, resource allocation, hidden assumptions, and trade-offs. The ability to isolate common themes in information, translates complex concepts into simple terms, and create simple solutions. The ability to balance short and long-term goals, and to utilise available resources to the full.
Innovation
The ability to create an awareness of creativity and innovation. The ability to challenge traditions and encourage out-of-the-box thinking. Think creatively and resourcefully by brainstorming, exploring lines of thought, connecting different concepts and thoughts to create and generate a range of innovative solutions. Combine ideas and approaches in unique ways, creatively implement new ideas and solutions, and allow others to make mistakes. Continuously re- engineer and improve processes, methods, practices and systems.
Project Finance
In addition to Proficiency Level Two, but for larger scale projects more advanced in complexity
Project Feasibility Analysis
Ability to conclude project feasibility at a system 40 level, mainly strategic projects of long range nature. Ability to enumerate the features, benefits, impact and consequences the project will have on the core process
Knowledge management
Source information including abstract information from a variety of sources, which include data reduction to conclusions and effective distribution of this knowledge to others in the organisation through appropriate communication mediums in order to create a learning organisation.
Application of the Legislation
In-depth knowledge and systemic understanding of relevant laws impacting on the Business Unit and engaging industry bodies proactively through respective organisation in order to build a good reputation. Keeping abreast of legislation & adapting Business Unit to legislation
Commercial contract management
Sufficient understanding of the contract and it’s sub-sets in order to oversee or execute 1 to 2 of the following 5: Develop policies and process to Manage delivery/performance, Assess risk and put in place mitigating remedies, Assess claims and prepare submissions re claim to decision makers, Manage variation process, Manage dispute resolution process.
Power system reliability
In terms of power system stability (Voltage and transient stability): Knowledge of: Power system characteristics, Power system operations, Power system equipment, Simulation tools, Simulation and analysis techniques. Identify problem. Define problem and collect data. Design studies. Model the problem. Simulate. Analyse results. Formulate solutions. Document solution: Functional design specification, Reports, Operating instructions, Operating guidelines, Operating procedures.
Network planning
At a more experienced level: Knowledge of: The Network Planning and Eskom investment principle. Perform the following activities: System reliability studies, Do Contract Management, Do Contract Negotiation.
Modification design of a sub – station
At a more experienced level: Operational understanding of: Equipment/component maintenance requirements, Analysis of the impact of the modification to the network, equipment, and adjacent equipment performance, Insulation coordination, Conversant/aware of the loading profiles (forecast and history), Best available technologies. Ability to perform the following activities: Apply the modification in a test environment, Evaluating equipment remaining life, Participate in failure root cause analysis.
Business Process Knowledge and Management
An in-depth experiential understanding of more than one sub process, able to perform and manage advanced functions within the process. The ability to ensure efficiency and quality within these processes.
Environmental management
As head of operation, fully conversant with company policy and designing operational process
Safety health and environment
Expert knowledge of both statutory and operational requirements as applied to own field of operation and ability to manage or execute most facets pertaining to health, safety and the environment.
Project Management
Program or Portfolio management managing multiple strategic projects impacting on the total organisation, using sophisticated program management methodologies and tools.
Negotiation and conflict resolution
In addition to Proficiency Level Two, experiential understanding and ability to negotiate or resolve conflict and differences, agree upon courses of action, bargain for advantage to satisfy various needs at an organisational level. Deals with underlying dynamics and systems. Two or three party negotiation.
Program Management
Operational understanding of Program Management and the ability to assume responsibility, oversee/execute: the following: Providing input into the budgeting process of the client related to strategic projects within the portfolio as well as managing allocation, Liaising with and reporting to selected stakeholders, Assist in representing the client on selected forums, Assist in funding application and approval process, Representation at individual project level, Assist in the development of program and project management system with necessary IT support, Assist in development of a master program, Assist in implementation of program and project methodologies, templates and procedures as required.
Business research, evaluation and reporting
Integration of sourced data and trends into basic position papers, proposals, or recommendations with concise and focussed communication in order to inform strategic direction
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