Sustainability Specialist at Quest Staffing Solutions

• The purpose of the role is to build long-term sustainable relations with host communities, Co-design, implement, and monitor the impact of SED/ED programmes, and ensure that projects are sensitive to communities' specificities. 

Duties & Responsibilities

Stakeholder Relations Management

• Responsible relations with the Project Support Committee (PSC)
• Responsible for Stakeholder Engagement Strategy and Plan 
• Ensure that community stakeholder groups are informed of all decisions and activities undertaken.
• Spearheading the processes of asset mapping and community needs analysis, program development and projects implementation and monitoring and evaluation
• Managing the Stakeholder Relations Managers / Community Liaison Officers for allocated projects.

Project Management

• Ensure co-design of projects with locals, implementation and monitoring performance, identifying all project risk
• Monitor the performance of all activities in terms of schedule
• Identify and manage all project risks.
• Compile board packs for sites
• Responsible for Department of Energy obligations regarding quarterly SED and ED spend for all assets
• Development of yearly Economic Development plan and reporting to the IPPO
• Management of assets both wind and solar
• Reporting to the lenders on IFC and Equator Principles Performance Standards

Budget Management 

• Ensure that quarterly spend targets are met (and create and implement strategies to avoid related risks).
• Event Organisation 
• In partnership with PSC and SRM organise community meetings and events to introduce, report on and celebrate project progress.
• Partnerships & Collaboration
• Constantly identify partners to collaborate with on various tasks.
• Participation and representation in the renewable industry associations
• Collaborate with other IPP’s where EGP is present

Required Skills/Knowledge

Minimum Bachelor Degree

• 5+ Years’ Experience in: Project management/ management consulting/ community development 
• Experience in Economic Development Reporting within REIPPPP
• Excellent reporting and writing skills
• Ability to articulate and deliver information both technical and general at the community level.
• Mediation, Negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Monitoring and evaluation capabilities.
• Ability to communicate all levels of society.
• Proficiency in the operation of computers and knowledge of business support software including Word, Excel, SAP, and Outlook.
• High-level interpersonal and communication skills;
• Project management skills
• Facilitation skills