Job description
Participate in developing a legal and contractual framework suitable for investment in the Energy Sector through proper laws, standard contracts and Investment Process;
• Support the office of the Minister of State in charge of Energy and Water with respect to all transactions and legal matters;
• Assist and support the Energy Division in all legal matters,
• Assist and support the Energy division in negotiating Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and other related contracts with the private sector for national and regional power Projects.
• Participating in Designing coherent stakeholder coordination framework and stimulating dialogue across the energy sector spectrum (Private Sector, Development Partners, Government;
• Assist in managing and monitoring large scale contracts in the Energy Sector;
• Participate in the development of the required policy with regard to Energy sector;
• Assist in development of laws related to the energy sector, i.e. development of the e the Renewable Energy Law drafting and follow up the approval adoption process
• Undertake any other tasks related to the legal matters and the energy sector as requested by the Ministry of Infrastructure
Job profile
Bachelor’s Degree in Law or LLM in Business Law would constitute an added advantage;
• At least 5 years’ experience in drafting, negotiations and management of large scale contracts;
• Experience in Energy Sector contracts would constitute an added advantage.
• Should ideally be fluent in English and French with a good command of one of the two languages.
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