Vacancy ID: VAC-34884
Location: Sana'a
Apply by: 05-Sep-2025
Start date: 07-Sep-2025
Duration: 3 months
Number of vacancies: 1

Qualification

• Advanced university degree in energy, engineering, economics or a related field (essential).

Sector experience

• Minimum of 7 year/s of demonstrable relevant experience in international funded projects & in leading research teams & producing high level analytical reports (essential).

Geographical experience

• Minimum of 7 year/s of experience in Middle East (essential).

Languages

• Fluent in English (essential).

• Fluent in Arabic (essential).

Job Description

CTG Overview

CTG was established in 2006, almost 20 years ago, in Afghanistan. We currently operate in 35 countries and have approximately 11,500 staff members committed to good!

But do you know who we are? And what do we do?
We provide tailored Human Resources and Staffing Solutions that support critical global initiatives across Humanitarian and Development sectors, and are now strategically foraying into new industries, including Construction, Energy, and IT, with a focus on high-risk regions.

Services we offer:

• Staffing solutions and HR management services

• Monitoring and evaluation

• Fleet management and logistics

• Facilities management

• Sustainability and Communications Advisory

• Election monitoring and observation

• IT professional services

• Medical assistance

Visit www.ctg.org to find out more.

Overview of Position

Background information on our client:
Our client is an operational arm of the United Nations (UN), supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian & development projects around the world. Their mission is to help people build better lives & countries achieve sustainable development.

Their areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management & human resources.

Working with our client:
Our client offers short & long term work opportunities in diverse & challenging environments across the globe. They are looking for creative, results focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity:
With over 4,000 personnel & approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of our clients partners spread across 80 countries, their workforce represents a wide range of nationalities & cultures. They promote a balanced, diverse workforce, a strength that helps them better understand & address their partners’ needs, & continually strive to improve their gender balance through initiatives & policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization:
Our client values its people & recognizes the importance of balancing professional & personal demands.

Background Information of Our Client’s Operations in Yemen

The second phase of the Yemen Emergency Electricity Access Project II (YEEAP II) seeks to improve access to electricity for households & provide electricity to critical service facilities in rural & peri urban areas within the Republic of Yemen. The project is financed by the World Bank (WB) (grant from IDA) & implemented by our client.

To achieve the project’s objectives, our client will engage solar Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs), solar installers & suppliers, technical service providers & other stakeholders. The Project will finance distributed solar solutions to provide urgently needed access to electricity in Yemen.

The project consists of three components:

1. Electricity in rural & peri urban areas (electricity for households, electricity for critical services facilities & support to COVID-19 isolation units & vaccine cold chain).

2. Implementation support, market development & technical assistance for power sector sustainability.

3. Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC).

Yemen's energy crisis, due to generation deficits, poor infrastructure, fossil fuel dependence & a collapsed financial model, has led the Ministry of Electricity & Energy (MoEE), with partners, to host the Yemen national energy conference from November 2nd – 4th, 2025.

The conference, themed "sustainable energy for Yemen’s recovery," aims to foster dialogue, integrate global experiences & climate finance & build consensus on a comprehensive roadmap for sector reform & green recovery.

Preparatory strategic intelligence & situational analysis are crucial to shaping the agenda & guiding discussions. Outputs from these consultancies will inform the electricity sector reform strategy.

The YEEAP II, specifically sub component 2.3, will support comprehensive reform by deploying experts to address inefficiencies & establish a robust framework for electricity access.

Role Objectives

Provide overall technical leadership for the development of the electricity sector white paper, ensuring the document is technically sound, comprehensive & aligned with the strategic objectives of the Yemen national energy conference & national recovery plans. Additionally, support our client & WB in their leadership role in the conference.

Key tasks & responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Serve as the Chief Technical Author & Coordinator for the white paper, integrating all inputs from the expert team into a single, coherent strategic document.

• Lead the coordination with country senior governmental officials in the energy sector at the strategic level.

• Lead a comprehensive technical assessment of Yemen’s energy infrastructure (generation, transmission, distribution & off grid systems).

• Direct Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) & least cost power sector expansion modelling through 2030.

• Oversee the preparation of the sector reform roadmap, ensuring recommendations are evidence based & politically feasible.

• Chair high level technical workshops with MoEE, utilities & ministries to validate findings & build consensus.

• Guide analytical strategy, policy analysis & integration of international best practices to inform nationally significant solutions.

• Provide strategic technical briefings to the Prime Minister’s Office, our client & WB.

• Ensure recommendations on renewable energy, grid rehabilitation & PPP / PPA frameworks reflect global best practices.

• Lead the technical review of the Aden master plan & analyze replication potential for Hadramout, Taiz & Aldhalea.

• Mentor & provide quality assurance over the work of the Technical Advisor & Energy Data Analyst & Economist.

• Integrate cross cutting themes of climate resilience, disaster risk reduction & conflict sensitivity.

• Present key technical sections of the white paper during the conference & support drafting of executive summaries & panel materials.

Project Reporting

This role reports to the line manager.

Key Competencies

• Advanced university degree in energy, engineering, economics or a related field.

• A minimum of 7 years with a master’s degree of professional experience in international funded projects & in leading research teams & producing high level analytical reports.

• Working knowledge of Google Suite, Microsoft Office & MS Project.

• Fluency in English & Arabic is required.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Treats all individuals with respect & upholds ethical norms.

• Acts as a positive role model, motivates & inspires others.

• Builds strong external relationships & puts beneficiaries first.

• Demonstrates initiative & responsible resource use.

• Open to change & adapts well to new challenges.

• Makes logical, pragmatic decisions & applies creativity to problem solving.

• Communicates clearly, actively listens & handles conflict effectively.

Team Management

• This role has no team management responsibility.