• Application Deadline: Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Project Manager (Military)


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 - 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Project Management 
  

Job Role

• Develop project opportunities from origination through to commercialization and financing;


• Coordinate the identification, formation and management of partnerships as may be required to develop each project;


• Manage projects and associated budgets including supervising consultants, advisors, specialists, and other services providers as may be required to deliver the projects


• Develop strong relationships with clients, partners, and other stakeholders


• Research and source new opportunities to add to the Company’s portfolio, skillfully negotiating agreements and engagement with regulatory authorities to ensure we receive third party consents to develop and operate projects;


• Coordinate network assessment for capacity, including discussions for transmission connections


• Manage grant funding access, reporting and co-ordination


• Network and expand the Company’s contact base, by engaging with existing connections within the sector and actively seeking out new relationships;


• Build and develop market appreciation, identify trends, risks, and opportunities for the Company


• Identify development opportunities that help the Company meet our goals and overall development objectives. Initiate and manage continuous improvement and change management initiatives


• Generate detailed presentations, development proposals and structure contracts and deliver confident and persuasive presentations to an audience of both colleagues and clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree. An MBA is desirable


• 5 - 10 years of experience in commercial, financial project management and/or business development, ideally in energy infrastructure project environment.


• Excellent analytical skills


• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle


• Microsoft Office qualification (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Ms. Project)


• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred


• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline


• Proven ability to solve problems creatively


• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices


• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful

Essential knowledge and experience required:

• Experience in originating, developing, and financing projects and new business opportunities


• Proven track record of delivering projects; ideally from inception through to being fully financed


• Nurturing stakeholder relationships with sensitivity and diplomacy


• Educated to Degree standard or has equivalent experience


• Excellent IT skills, preferably in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Ability to create presentations, spreadsheets, signage, and reports to a high standard


• Presentation skills, ability to create and deliver high quality proposals and speak with credibility to engineers, clients, and regulators on technical subjects


• Excellent persuasion skills, a good networker, and a good negotiator

Behavioural Competencies Required:

• A highly motivated, reliable, and responsible individual with entrepreneurial mindset


• Astute problem solver with ‘hands on’, ‘can do’ attitude and attention to detail


• Able to work under pressure and high level of uncertainties


• Versatile and disposed to taking on whatever role or task is required to achieve the business goals


• Effective written and verbal communicator, able to build rapport with a diverse range of stakeholders


• Questioning nature, not afraid to ask the silly question.


• A team player builds collaborative relationships with colleagues, considerate and contributes towards a positive team spirit.


• Highly organized, identifies issues, effectively prioritizes, plans, and manages expectations and meets deadlines.