Grants Consultant at Deloitte Consulting

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Every day, approximately 263,900 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to a single vision: to be the standard of excellence, while working towards one purpose - to make an impact that matters.

In Nigeria, Deloitte is a leading professional services firm, providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory, Business Process and Corporate Finance services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Grants Consultant
Requisition code: NG158101VA
Job Location: Abuja
Role: Grants Consultant
Direct Report: PMO/Results Management Lead
Business Unit: General
 
Programme Description

• Deloitte is leading a power sector transformation programme which has been established by a development agency to support reform within Nigeria’s power sector
• Key objectives of the reform programme include addressing gas to power challenges, competitive procurement of clean and conventional energy, utility distribution sector reform, and off-grid electricity access
• Ideally, the project will enable 10,000 MW of new-rehabilitated electricity generation capacity, and 3 million new electricity connections, enabling reliable and affordable electricity access to millions of people for the first time.

Position Description

• The Grants Consultant will support Power Africa Nigeria by designing and delivering a transparent process for the grant-making process within the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), currently through the Rural Electrification Fund (REF), based on lessons learnt from the first phase of implementation and incorporating them in the design for next phases of administering such grants.

Position Responsibilities

• Analyse the current process
• Document lessons learnt from the existing process
• Revise process design
• Develop evaluation criteria
• Create transparency in the process, such as creating a platform for submission of applications/self-evaluation etc.
• Liaise with REA/REF teams to have their buy-in to the process
• Train and institutionalize the process

Required Skills:

• Experience with designing/operating grants. Nigeria experience preferred.
• Experience working with government departments in emerging market environments.
• Effective communication skills and ability to coordinate between various stakeholders, including government departments and private sector organisations, DFIs, local commercial banks etc.
• Extremely detail oriented and comfortable developing and/or working with project plans/timelines
• Flexible and able to work effectively under pressure and deadlines

Educational Requirements

• All applicants are expected to have either a minimum of an MS/MA/MBA with at least 10 years of relevant experience; a B.S/B.A Degree with at least 15 years of relevant experience or a degree less than a BS/BA with at least 20 years of experience.

What Impact Will You Make?

• Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance
• As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

Benefits

• At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits.

Leadership / Behavioural Capabilities:

• Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make
• Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people
• Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders
• Strategic direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction
• Talent development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities
• Competitive Edge – Applies deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement
• Inspirational Leadership - Establishes a strong leadership brand and inspires followership through passion, integrity, and appreciation of others

Interested and qualified candidates can also send their Applications to: powerprojects@deloitte.com.ng