Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, September 21 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Overview
Engie Energy Access (EEA)) is seeking a highly motivated, independent, creative, ethical and experienced Business Support Officer to support the business in its drive towards improved Governance and Ways of Working. This person will report to Global Head of Strategy & Policy and work closely with the relevant Directors, Managers as well as the HR Centres of Expertise (CoEs) to ensure that our governance principles and agreed ways of working are followed.
The role will ensure that all governance meetings are effective and efficient. Due to the nature of the role, it is expected that 10 – 20% travel time will be required.

Key Responsibilities
Governance Meetings
• Liaise with the meeting owners and attendees of each governance meeting to meet guidelines per EEA policy. Support Stakeholders to resolve gaps and consistently meet expectations and deliverables.

For all assigned meetings, implement the 5Ps of meeting best practice as follows:
• PURPOSE – ensure the meeting charter for each assigned meeting is in place and maintained and shared when required.
• PLAN – Schedule meetings appropriately as defined in the meeting charter well in advance, e.g., 12 months for regular recurring meetings.
• Maintain an up-to-date list of meeting attendees, identify availability of attendees when scheduling, book rooms and venues where required.
• PREPARE – follow up with attendees to ensure inputs for governance meetings are provided on time and adhere to the agreed standards and guidelines for content quality. Ensure pre-read materials are shared with required stakeholders and documented and filed appropriately.
PARTICIPATE –
• ensure MS Teams meetings are recorded where required and recordings filed and shared appropriately. Record meeting attendance. Interpret information accurately to produce high quality minutes.
POST-MEETING –
• Ensure minutes capture key discussion and actions points with clear owners and due dates. Share minutes with required Stakeholders per the agreed format and timeline. Follow up as required with all Stakeholders to ensure tasks are completed. Respond to and resolve queries on action items assigned to team members.

In addition:
• Provide administrative support to organizers of EEA seminars as may be required.
• Responsible for updating the leadership organizational charts for EEA.
• Ensuring version control is applied for all committee related documents.
• General guidance and support for committees and meeting owner on the governance framework and requirements.

Ways of Working
• This role involves servicing a variety of meetings which include sensitive, emotional and confidential information. The employee is responsible for maintaining strict confidentiality on all topics discussed.
• Promote a culture of governance adherence by being an advocate for acceptable meeting behavior, governance requirements, confidentiality and general ways of working.

Experience and skills
Experience:
• 4-5 years minimum work experience in a similar role providing business support in terms of taking notes/minutes of meetings, record management and follow up
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills in English, with a preference for French, Portuguese or Swahili
• Excellent knowledge of governance frameworks and how these apply within organisations
• Project Management experience will be beneficial
• Outstanding planning and implementation skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and collaborative nature
• Energetic, decisive, critical and creative forward thinker
• Tenacious and resilient
• Solutions focused and pro-active
• Ability to work in an environment with high levels of ambiguity
• Demonstrates exceptional levels of integrity
• Ability and drive to work independently and to follow through on all tasks
• Strong Stakeholder Management experience and ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Proactively review process mechanisms and identify improvements and efficiencies

Qualifications:
• Business Related Degree
• Proficiency in Microsoft office products, especially MS Project TEAMS, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and associated apps and add-ons.

Language(s):
English
French or Swahili an added advantage


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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