Job
description
Southern
African Power Pool
Vacancy:
Chief Market Analyst
The Southern African
Power Pool (SAPP) is seeking the recruitment of a Chief Market Analyst who will
report to the Coor
dination Centre Manager. The Chief Market Analyst will
supervise the Power Market Analyst and Energy Trading Officer.
Requirements
DUTIES
OF THE CHIEF MARKET ANALYST
Under the general direction of the Coordination Centre Manager, the Chief
Market Analyst shall operate the Power Markets in SAPP, develop the platform
for the regional energy market and organize the participants in the regional
energy market.
The duties of the
Chief Market Analyst are as follows:
- Operate
the various Power Markets in SAPP - Together
with the SAPP IT Specialist, determine the hardware and software required
to operate the regional energy market. - Liaise
with donors to acquire funding for acquisition of the required hardware
and software to operate the regional energy market. - Advise
on market structure for the Regional Energy Market and advise on market
rules - Evaluation
of market rules and revisions and ad hoc studies - Evaluate
market performance and supporting activities in support of market
monitoring and mitigation activities. - Perform
economic analysis of market competitiveness, efficiency, and performance - Organize
market participants into a structure of the Regional Energy Market. - Operate
the Regional Energy Market - Other
duties, as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE
The Chief Market Analyst minimum educational and professional qualifications
shall include:
- Electrical
Engineering Degree and /other relevant professional qualifications - At
least 10 years’ relevant experience in the energy sector - Must be
computer literate - Must be
a SADC national
PERIOD
OF THE CONTRACT
The duration of the contract is five (5) years.
Company
profile
BACKGROUND
TO POWER TRADING IN THE SAPP
In 2001, the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) started the short-term energy
market (STEM) as a precursor to a full competitive electricity market the SAPP
was going to develop. In 2007, the operation of STEM came to an end due to
limited power supply on the market and also there was no reserved transmission
capacity for it.
In 2006, the SAPP
received a grant from the government of Norway and Sida to develop a full
competitive electricity market in the form of a day-ahead market (DAM) and the
market design was completed in 2007. The DAM went live in December 2009. A
number of power markets that includes the day ahead, intra-day ahead market,
forward monthly and weekly markets have been opened by SAPP.
Closing
date and application instructions
Interested candidates
should submit their applications and curriculum vitae by 3rd June 2016
to;
The
Coordination Centre Manager
Southern African Power Pool
24 Golden Stairs Road
P. O. Box EH52
Emerald Hill
Harare
Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 335517/48/58
Email: info@sapp.co.zw