The Green Hydrogen JET-IP Director coordinates and directs JET-IP green hydrogen workstream activities, ensuring alignment and integration across workstreams, advisory committee, and private developers.
Minimum Requirements
- Master's degree in economics, public policy, business, engineering, or science (4-year degree)
- Doctoral degree or international qualifications will be an advantage
- 10-15 years of experience in a similar role
- Previous work experience for government (+10 years) and private sector (+5 years)
- Demonstrable experience working with high-level officials, government employees, private sector professionals, and C-suite finance professionals
- Evidence of previous coordinating roles fulfilled
- Understanding of JET investment and implementation plan
- Understanding of global decarbonization agenda and South Africa's role
- Understanding of government processes and how to navigate
- Understanding of contracting and institutional agreements
- Previous experience working with government departments such as the Department of Science and Innovation, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, Department of Transport, National Treasury, Presidency, and Department of Environmental Affairs
- Exposure to a broad range of industries including, but not limited to, hydrogen, medical, automotive, energy, science and research, electric vehicles, etc.
Key Responsibilities
- Directs and coordinates the GH2 workstream activities
- Works with the policy and stakeholder specialist and acts as a single point of contact for public and private institutions to ensure issues between private developers and labor and community are being addressed
- Provides reports, briefings, and thought leadership on green hydrogen to relevant ministries and executives including DTIC, DSI, Presidency, DOT, and DFFE
- Directs the green hydrogen advisory committee which consists of government, labor, and civil society representatives
- Represents South Africa at national and international green hydrogen, green climate funding, and sustainability conferences, seminars, panels, and lectures
- Works with IDC project development unit to source and initiate green hydrogen commercial projects
- Coordinates predefined governance structures to ensure operational efficiency and impact
- Liaises with the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance (AGHA) management office to drive workstreams
- Leads the planning and implementation of green hydrogen country-to-country engagements and visits, namely, but not limited to, EU, Kenya, Korea, Japan, and China
- Works with the development and green fund specialist to source various types of funds for green hydrogen projects
- Works with the fund programme specialist to develop green hydrogen fund programmes
- Assists the team through planning and coordination of information to optimize workflow procedures
Stakeholder Engagement
- Guides and coordinates meetings and workshops with key stakeholders of the JET GH2 workstreams and other funders, international organizations, and foreign offices
- Creates and maintains guidelines of conduct for meetings
- Ensures guidelines are approved and periodically reviewed
- Ensures effectiveness of councils and workstream and other meetings
- Supports the Programme lead and the JET PMU functions such as stakeholder management, communications, events organization, and marketing activities
- Manages records and data for the JET Investment Plan for the GH2 Implementation program
- Continually improves the process of coordination with stakeholders
- Supports workstream lead organizations with secretariat functions if necessary
- Assists in the preparation of presentations for meetings
- Maintains organogram of program structure
- Responsible for stakeholder database
- Tracks action items and reports status at meetings
- Alerts Programme lead of action items that are off-track
- Supports technical expert panels and advisory bodies with secretariat functions
Customer Service and Personal Development
- Provides efficient customer service to both internal and external customers
- Manages own development to enhance competencies
- Participates in knowledge sharing in the team and due diligence time requirements, lessons learned, etc.
- Demonstrates solutions-driven accountability and innovativeness
Skills and Competencies
- Proficient in MS 360 suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams)
- Data management and dashboards
- Presentation skills
- Attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Good ethics, integrity, and high level of professionalism
- Confidentiality because of the nature of the work
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