Head of Energy Information System at GIZ Nigeria

GIZ NigeriaAbuja, Nigeria Networking and Tech Support

Full Time

International cooperation between Germany and Nigeria commenced in 1974. GIZ was initially represented by an office in Lagos until 2003, but since 2004 it has maintained a country office and four project offices in the new capital Abuja. At present, GIZ has around 25 seconded staff, 100 Nigerian and regional experts, and four CIM experts working in Nigeria. Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and has a population of 175 million, making it the continent’s most populous country. With a young, highly motivated and growing population, abundant natural resources and an increasingly diversified economy, Nigeria is not only a regional power but also an increasingly significant political player on the African continent and in the world. However, Nigeria faces major challenges. So far, its substantial oil revenues have had little impact on poverty. More than two-thirds of the population still live in extreme poverty and unemployment remains high. Sustainable economic and social development is hampered by corruption and by regional, ethnic, religious and social differences and the associated conflicts, which sometimes lead to attacks and unrest. As agreed between the Nigerian and German Governments, GIZ’s activities since 2002 have focused on sustainable economic development. GIZ is also engaged in the energy sector, agriculture and regional integration. The 'Pro-poor Growth and Employment Promotion in Nigeria’ (SEDIN) programme aims to increase income-generating employment in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and improve access to financial services. The programme is currently being implemented in Abuja and in Niger, Ogun and Plateau states. The Nigerian and German Governments also cooperate in the energy sector. On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ provides advisory services to Nigerian partners on topics such as rural electrification, energy efficiency and renewable energies, and is contributing to the success of the Nigeria-German Energy Partnership (NGEP) as well. GIZ provides support to the ECOWAS Commission (Economic Community of West African States) in Abuja, focusing on the management, implementation and monitoring of ECOWAS decisions on economic and trade policy, and peace and security. In addition, two regional programmes focusing on agriculture are under way in Nigeria. The first aims to promote African rice value chains; the second builds the capacities of market-oriented small-scale farming. The purpose of both programmes is to achieve sustainable improvements in the livelihoods and food security of poor farmers in Nigeria and other West African countries. A distinctive feature of GIZ’s activities in Nigeria is the high level of cofinancing obtained from other sources, primarily the European Union (EU) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These additional funds make it possible to broaden the scope and intensity of the programmes being implemented on behalf of the BMZ, boosting the effectiveness of German development cooperation with Nigeria.

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Responsibilities and Tasks

As Head of Energy Information System, you coordinate Output 2: The Energy Information System is fully operational, maintained and updated in all ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania for providing reliable energy indicators.
This support focuses on capacity assessment and assistance to the ECOWAS Member States in the collection and production of statistical data, monitoring of statistical data collection and production, equipment, software and training related to the establishment of a regional and national collection interface at the ECOWAS and
Member State levels, strengthening collaboration with AFREC on energy sector statistics (verified statistics). This effort includes gender-sensitive approaches, where possible.
In this capacity, you are responsible for carrying out the following activities:
Coordinate the activities of the Energy information System Component.
Support the establishment of a permanent institutional framework for managing the regional energy information system.
Assess equipment and software used by national ECOWAS energy teams (plus Mauritania) and ECOWAS Commission to identify and procure, if needed, new equipment and software.
Support ECOWAS Commission and ECOWAS Member States (plus Mauritania) in establishing suitable coordination and synergies mechanisms regarding data collection, validation, analysis and storage and production of statistical data and energy reports.
Harmonize, as much as possible, existing energy databases in the region (ECOWAS, ECREEE, WAPP), to ensure the consistency of energy data and indicators.
Organize an annual regional workshop to maintain the framework for exchange and cooperation between the Member States and ECOWAS.
Organize capacity-building sessions to provide national players with the knowledge and competencies they need to use the national information system.
Produce the annual energy facts sheets the annual ECOWAS
Energy Outlook and support cooperation between ECOWAS and AFREC, AFREC, IEA, IRENA, etc.

Required qualifications, Competences and Experience

Qualifications

Masters degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science or any related field.

Professional experience

At least 10 years of professional experience in the field of in computerised solutions for the collection, processing and dissemination of energy statistics at national and regional level.
At least 5 years of professional experience in the field of the Energy information System.
At least 5 years of professional experience support to an ECOWAS institution.
Assisted at least four ECOWAS member states in establishing an energy information system.
Proven experience in supporting public and private institutions in ECOWAS member states.
Extensive experience in cooperating with institutions responsible for energy statistics, such as CEREEC, AFREC, IRENA and the IEA.
Relevant experience in capitalisation and knowledge management.
Good command of IT tools, in particular: E-sankey et sankey.csaladen, Computer languages: MySQL (databases), HTML, XML, etc, the Internet, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Outlook), MS Teams
Fluency in spoken and written French is mandatory (international level C2). Independent and proficient use of English (at least international level C1).