Do
you have what it takes?
Tullow
is looking for you.
Tullow
Oil is Africa’s leading independent oil and gas exploration and production
company.
We
have a total global workforce of over 2,000 people, with approximately 50% of
these working in our African operations.
Our
shares are listed on the London, Irish and Ghana Stock Exchanges and the Group
is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index.
Working
for Tullow Oil in Kenya, you will be given the freedom and responsibility to make
a difference.
We
provide the opportunities to build a solid future within our rapidly expanding
portfolio and provide competitive rewards as part of our people strategy.
Our
high level of employee engagement is also one of our key success factors that
we want to continue building on.
Tullow Oil is seeking talented, motivated, skilled individual to fill the following position:
Tullow Oil is seeking talented, motivated, skilled individual to fill the following position:
Government
and Public Affairs Coordinator
Reports
to: Business Unit Manager
Job
Purpose:
·
Lead the Government & Public Affairs function in identifying
and managing political, regulatory and policy risks associated with Tullow’s
business
·
Lead efforts to mitigate political, regulatory and policy risks
to ensure achievement of Tullow’s business goals
·
Facilitate regular formal engagement between Turkana-based
stakeholders and Tullow Kenya
Responsibilities:
·
Build relationships with Tullow Kenya’s Turkana County
government stakeholder audience, including government ministries, departments,
and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) in support of Tullow Kenya operations
·
Organises & attends events to engage with senior level
non-governmental stakeholders on priority issues as identified through the
Tullow Kenya risk register
·
Works with the Government Affairs Manager and Nairobi based
departmental staff to understand how emerging Turkana issues, trends, and
stakeholder risks may affect Tullow Kenya’s business
·
Assist in maintaining the Tullow Kenya public affairs risk
register, ensuring that it captures all key Turkana stakeholder related risks
·
Maintains the Tullow’s Turkana Stakeholder Register to enable
rapid identification of stakeholder groups by issue or entity
·
Builds and maintains strong relationships with all Business Units,
Government & Public Affairs staff and other departments
·
Collaborates with the Communications team and other functions to
develop information & communication tools to support external communications
·
Represent Tullow Kenya in engagement with Turkana County
Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) engagements
Requirements
·
10-15 years experience of working in senior external-facing
government relations/public affairs roles on behalf of a global corporate entity
·
Experience working with government both pre- and post-devolution
·
Upstream oil & gas industry experience
·
Proven ability to plan and implement stakeholder engagement
programmes, including project management experience
·
Detailed understanding of how to build and maintain stakeholder
relationships in a challenging business environment
·
Understanding of devolution process and evolving role of county
government
·
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, including an
ability to advise upwards to inform strategic decision-making,
·
Knowledge of stakeholder mapping and issues management
·
Production of engagement tools for stakeholders including
publications, presentations and other materials
·
Ability to plan, prioritise and deliver to tight timescales and
to prioritize effectively
Community
Business Liaison Officer
Reports
to: National Content Field Coordinator
Job
Purpose:
·
Ensure Turkana stakeholders understand Tullow’s Supply Chain and
how to successfully win and deliver contracts
·
Work with Turkana stakeholders to promote positive engagement
·
Support Tullow’s direct and indirect contractors to fully and
practically support National Content delivery
·
Ensure special projects operate to specification and are
transparent and compliant
Responsibilities:
·
Engage with local stakeholders to ensure that objectives and
processes of special projects are understood
·
Work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure that feasible
Turkana National Content opportunities and business with potential are
identified
·
Develop profile of Turkana business community to promote
links between businesses and Tullow Kenya
·
Engage with Turkana business community, small and medium
enterprise and suppliers of Tullow Kenya or its contractors to identify and
develop Turkana National Content opportunities
·
Contribute to effective contractor performance management from
the National Content perspective
·
Identify non-compliant Turkana Suppliers and seek to rectify
non- compliance through mentorship and training
·
Monitor and investigate performance of Tullow, non-Turkana
Direct Suppliers in delivering agreed Turkana National Content
·
Identify gaps in business skills with the local business
community and put in place mechanisms to rectify them
·
Identify, manage and resolve low level local content
grievances from the local business community
·
Communicate and escalate mid tier and high tier local
content grievances to national content field coordinator
Requirements
·
Graduate education level in a business or similar related
subject is desirable but not essential
·
Minimum 3 years experience in micro and small business
development
·
Substantive exposure to front line interaction with suppliers
and clients
·
Proven experience in working as an interface and managing high
expectations
·
Commercially aware with sound business acumen
·
Good problem solving skills and ability to innovate
·
Good communication and interpersonal and report writing skills.
·
Ability to work under pressure in a challenging environment
·
Ability to deliver consistent ethical business practices in line
with regulatory requirements and treats all Stakeholders evenly, fairly,
ethically and impartially
Social
Performance Advisor
Reports
to: Social Performance Manager
Job
Purpose:
·
Support the ongoing development of the Social Performance
department and its staff
·
Ensure delivery of Social Performance functions across the
multiple operational fronts in a timely manner
·
Represent the Social Performance function both internally and
externally
·
Assist with the integration of the Business Unit Social
Performance management systems with potential development project activities
Responsibilities:
·
Support development of good working relationships with key
stakeholders in the operational areas
·
Working alongside the Field Social Performance Manager and
Stakeholder Engagement Manager to ensure the field based Social Performance
teams are executing the agreed community engagement programme
·
Develop, manage and execute a long term community consultation,
disclosure and grievance management programme.
·
Support the development and execution of a robust land access
& acquisition framework to support operations in accessing land and
providing compensation to impacted communities
·
Input into the development of the Environmental & Social
Performance Management System
·
Assist with the acquisition of socio-economic baseline data and
ensure the findings are fully integrated into relevant business planning
activities
·
Support the Social Investment Manager in development of a robust
social investment programme
·
Support the adoption and implementation of IFC Performance
Standards to ensure management of social impacts and risks.
·
Contribute to risk assessments and management planning as
required.
·
Participate and contribute to internal and external Social
Performance audits and reviews
·
In cooperation with the Social Performance functional leads,
proactively manage the training and development requirements of Social
Performance staff
·
Support the implementation of Social Performance Management
Systems
Requirements
·
Degree in social sciences or humanities such as anthropology,
development economics or human geography
·
At least 8 years previous experience working within a
development or social performance role in mining and/or oil & gas industry
·
Knowledge of relevant social performance management systems
·
Previous exposure to technical aspects of environmental / social
impact assessment of major infrastructure and/or extractive projects
·
Previous experience in key Social Performance functional areas
including stakeholder engagement, land access and resettlement, social impacts
and social investment
·
Project management experience preferably within major
infrastructure projects
·
Demonstrated ability to develop a strategic approach to social
and socio-economic impact management
·
Demonstrated ability to produce effective frameworks, policies
and procedures to ensure timely access and minimize associated impact
·
Ability to manage external consultants to support key
deliverables and build internal capacity
·
Awareness and sensitivity to diverse cultures.
Field
Social Performance Manager
Reports
to: Social Performance Manager
Job
Purpose:
·
Responsible for the effective delivery of social performance
activities to support ongoing operational requirements
·
Play a key role in community and stakeholder grievance
resolution
·
Ensure field based social performance activities which support
day-to-day operations are integrated and managed in an efficient and timely
manner
·
Work cross functionally with the Operations, Asset Protection,
Environment Health and Safety and Human Resource departments to support early
integrated planning and execution of site based activities in adherence to
Kenya Social Performance guidelines
Responsibilities:
·
Coordinate and collaborate with field-based functional teams and
coordinate Field–level Above-Ground Risk Group Meetings
·
Work with Social Performance Administrator/Coordinator to ensure
appropriate field level management systems for Social Performance
·
Ensure field-based Social Performance Staff have adequate
resources and coordinate their utilisation
·
Maintain good relations with key stakeholders as required
·
Operational management of agreed stakeholder engagement plans
and stakeholder support for operational activities
·
Operational management of staff dedicated to water resources
management unit and oversee development of grievance redress mechanisms
·
Operational management and support of land access and
resettlement activities and staff
·
Operational management of Social Impact, Social Investment
activities and staff
Requirements
·
Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a project management,
community relations, social performance, logistics or an operational role.
·
Strong track record in building successful relationships and
securing alignment between multiple stakeholders
·
Experience in relationship management, negotiations, and
conflict resolution.
·
Solid understanding of international best practice/standards in
social performance.
·
Demonstrated understanding and appreciation of Social
Performance, Asset Protection and Environment Health and Safety (EHS) issues
affecting oil operations
·
Ability to translate complex information into strong, easily
delivered messages
·
Understanding of the UN Global Compact, Voluntary Principles,
Extractive Industry and Transparency Initiative (EITI), Equator Principles and
other international standards
·
Build and maintain a network of local stakeholders and informed
parties.
·
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
·
Ability to manage conflict situations including conflict
resolution and analysis.
·
Awareness and sensitivity to diverse cultures / ethnic
environments.
Government
and Public Affairs Advisor, Field
Reports
to: Government and Public Affairs Advisor, Turkana County
Job
Purpose:
·
Support the Government & Public Affairs function in
identifying and managing political, regulatory and policy risks associated with
Tullow’s business
·
Ensure ongoing engagement with key stakeholders in Turkana
including political, religious and community leaders with the aim of
facilitating Tullow’s operational and functional requirements.
·
Ensure that issues identified are taken into account and managed
throughout the project lifecycle
·
Manage the day to day relationships with key influencers
identified in stakeholder mapping
Responsibilities:
·
Build relationships with Tullow Kenya’s Turkana County
government stakeholder audience, including government ministries, departments,
and other agencies as relevant
·
Build relations with Turkana Non-Governmental Organisations
(NGO’s) and community based stakeholders
·
Organises & attends events to engage with senior level
non-governmental stakeholders on priority issues
·
Works with the Government Affairs Manager and Nairobi based
Government and Public Affairs staff to understand how emerging Turkana issues,
trends, and stakeholder risks may affect Tullow Kenya’s business
·
Assist in maintaining the Tullow Kenya Public Affairs Risk
Register, ensuring that it captures all key Turkana stakeholder related risks
·
Maintains the Tullow’s Turkana Stakeholder Register to enable
rapid identification of stakeholder groups by issue or entity
·
Builds and maintains strong relationships with all Business
Units Government & Public Affairs staff and other departments.
·
Collaborates with the communications team and other functions to
develop information & communication tools
·
Represent Tullow Kenya in engagement with Turkana County
Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) engagements
Requirements
·
High understanding of information gathering and analyzing
situations of potential risk or opportunity for interest groups
·
Experience in public sector administration in Kenya
·
Ability to influence and manage change
·
Good oral and written communication skills
·
Strong people, mediation skills and political neutrality
·
Government and Public Relations, planning and organizational
skills
·
Demonstrated track record of people management in the
Operational area
·
Cultural awareness and understanding of Tullow’s operational
context.
How to Apply:
Send
your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with
our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current
and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of
three professional referees to:
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
eMail: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
eMail: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Closing
date: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Applicants
from Turkana County are encouraged to apply.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.