Commercial Advisor at Tullow Oil

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Deputy General Manager-Commercial, the jobholder will be responsible for providing commercial support within the Commercial team so as to deliver the Kenya Commercial teams’ business objectives. They will also be tasked with the delivery of assigned tasks and objectives and supporting the coordination of Joint Venture (JV) Commercial and regulatory relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support the DGM (Commercial), and Senior Commercial Advisor in the management of in-country commercial, planning and analytical issues.
• Coordinate the Joint Venture commercial interface with Partners, including drafting of correspondence, workshop planning, logistics and agenda determination etc.
• Support commercial input /research and analysis to the Project Development team and other Business Unit functions as required.
• Provide timely commercial/economic input in support of Business Unit short / medium term objectives.
• Contribute to the Business Unit engagement strategy and stakeholder management
• Support business planning and business review process.
• Manage any specific ad hoc commercial activities as requested by the DGM Commercial and or Senior Commercial Advisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in the fields of Engineering, Technical, Commercial, Legal, Finance or Business.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• Six (6) to eight (8) years’ relevant experience in the Oil & Gas sector.
• Transactional experience in the Energy Sector will be viewed favourably
• Good understanding and appreciation of the key commercial and technical activities across the Exploration and Production (E&P) lifecycle.
• Understanding of key strategic business issues and knowledge of upstream economic value drivers and analysis.
• Familiarity with key upstream / JV commercial contracts.
• Ability to assimilate complex and diverse information sources required for management reporting.
• Experience in engaging with key stakeholders, Government officials and Senior Partner representatives and Management.
• Experience in the Sub Saharan Africa region will be desirable but not essential.
• Ability to project-manage multi-component processes.
• Good written and presentational skills.
• Excellent verbal, written and listening skills, internal and external.
• Able to work effectively and contribute as part of a team.
• Ability to work on own initiative and responsibility to ensure issues are managed to conclusion