Regional Manager-Deloitte/USAID Retour vers les opportunités

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Regional Manager

Position Classification: Fixed Term – (Full Time), Tunisian, and CCN, and will be based in Tunis, Tunisia.

Background: The Power Tunisia activity seeks to advance self-reliance in Tunisia by strengthening the country’s institutional capacity to manage, operate, and maintain a modern, diversified and financially sound electricity system. The activity has three core objectives: 

1. Objective 1: Strengthening the Tunisian Energy Sector’s Performance
2. Objective 2: Diversifying and Securing Energy Supply
3. Objective 3: Promoting Advanced Technology Pilots and Partnerships

Position Overview: Support PT Senior Leadership in the successful planning, management, and implementation for all aspects of the USAID Power Tunisia Activity’s technical design, delivery and administration in their designated service territory. The Regional Manager will act as the central coordinating person for all project activities in their region, including stakeholder engagement and management, communications, technical activities, grants tracking, etc. PT is currently recruiting for Regional Managers in the following territories, with the cities in bold to indicate where the Manager is anticipated to be based. Interested candidates should indicate in their application which territory(ies) they would be interested in managing.

• North (Tunis, Bizerte, Hammamet, Nabeul)
• Northwest (Kef, Jendouba, Beja, Siliana)
• Northeast (Kairouan, Sousse, Monastir)
• Central (Sfax, Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine)
• Southeast (Gabes, Djerba,, Madenine, Tataouine)
• Southwest (Tozeur, Kibili, Douz, Gafsa)

Detailed Responsibilities: The Employee shall perform the following general functions:

• Fully understand PT’s objectives, strategies, and planned activities in Tunisia and specifically in the region the Manager serves to enable fluent and effective deliver of the program and reach programmatic coals
• Working closely with PT leadership to identify and engage local stakeholders, and coordinate PT activities being planned, designed, and or delivered int the region, with a particular focus on engaging the private sector stakeholders including industrial, commercial and household energy consumers; financial institutions; project developers; NGOs, CSOs, academic institutions and associations that provide relevant training and support to clean energy projects. 
• Drawing on professional experience and networks within the region and building on broader PT intervention throughout Tunisia, continually identify and cultivate opportunities for PT to engage and advance its objectives in the region. This includes identification of key counterpart organizations and potential intervention “champions” within them
• Serve as the PT point of contact in the region to US Government and other donor/cooperating partner organizations, promptly and effectively conveying communications and information requests to PT Leadership in Tunis
• Assist in intervention evaluations and codification of lessons learned on intervention so as to apply to new intervention in the region as well projects throughout the country
• Working closely with PT technical component leaders and their teams, intervention leaders, subject matter experts and other Regional Managers, actively support PT intervention planning, implementation, and management. This includes, but may not be limited to, identification and design of interventions to be included in Activity work plans, preparation of detailed intervention Scopes of Work (SOWs), briefing papers, training summary reports, trip reports and other documents for technical advisors, Tunisian officials and/or US Government stakeholders
• Collect and contribute to analysis and reporting of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) data and other status/progress reports
• In coordination with the PT Environmental Officer, ensure all interventions delivered in the region are in compliance with the PT’s environmental requirements and guidelines
• In coordination with the PT Grants Manager, ensure all grants delivered in the region are in compliance with the PT’s Grants Manual and guidelines
• Ensure proper support for trainings delivered in the region, including administrative and logistical support, building participation of local counterparts, and facilitation at training events
• As needed and at the direction of PT leadership, serve as a technical advisor in other PT geographies, based on professional qualifications, experience, and availability to complete tasks detailed in intervention Scopes of Work
• Other duties as assigned. 

Supervisor and Reporting Responsibilities: For all routine responsibilities and duties, either directly or indirectly related to the Position description, the Employee shall report directly to, and be supervised by the position of Deputy Chief or Party (DCOP). The Employee’s Supervisor may change from time to time on an ad hoc or temporary basis depending on the needs of the Project.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (engineering, business, economics, policy); Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience working in the energy sector (policy, regulatory experience is advantageous); clean energy sector experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as a member of a team
• Detail-oriented and ability to work independently
• Excellent communications skills in both English and French (both written and oral)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others, driving results across multiple work streams
• Strong individual initiative, including the ability to take ownership of work and work product, motivate others to produce strong work product and solve problems
• Experience in Tunisia or another MENA developing country economies 
• Prior experience on USAID or donor-funded projects preferred
• Fluent in French and/or Arabic required 
• Fluent in English (both oral and written) preferred