Senior Specialist for Economic Development Reporting and Contractor Management
Our client, an established international power plant owner and operator with a significant presence in South Africa's renewable energy landscape, seeks an experienced Senior Specialist for Economic Development Reporting and Contractor Management. This role entails designing, implementing, and managing Economic Development reporting systems for multiple Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in South Africa. The candidate will work closely with Finance and Operations departments, preparing compliance reports according to Implementation Agreements.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Design and manage ED reporting framework
- Identify reporting requirements
- Design reporting frameworks
- Ensure optimal use of Trimax and IFS systems
- Develop, pilot, and validate monitoring tools and design data collection procedures
- Internal and external ED/ESG reports
- Establish systems for collating and verifying ED data
- Lead team's information management, including SharePoint processes
- Develop user-friendly monitoring reports for informed decision-making
- Collaborate with corporate team on ESG reporting for SA assets
- Manage and coordinate ED Audits
- Coordinate ED audits with IPPO
- Manage report collation and response, collaborating internally
- Train internal team members on IA elements
- Manage ED contractors
- Collaborate with Commercial and Legal teams to ensure ED contracts comply with company guidelines
- Ensure that all beneficiaries and service providers are properly contracted, and that contracts and agreements are renewed or terminated accordingly
- Implement contractor management through a structured mechanism to ensure that contracted services are delivered
- ED Budget planning, management, and control
- Work with the ED Specialist and Finance team to track quarterly and annual spend obligations
- Monitor performance and highlight deviations for decision-making
- Compile annual budgets and lead AOP/Annual Budget process for ED cost centres
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Proficient computer literacy, specifically Excel, PowerBI, and Word, and in the development of data systems
- A primary degree or equivalent NQF level in Finance/Development Finance/Auditing with a strong numeracy bias
- Three to five years’ experience in economic development monitoring, sustainability reporting or development impact measurement & evaluation and reporting, ideally within the mining, energy, or industrial sectors
- Demonstrated knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation systems development
- Reporting systems development and management
- Exposure to and knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 suite
- PowerBI
- ESG reporting
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