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  • SayPro Public Enterprise assures South Africans that energy stability is foremost on its agenda

    The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) regrets the latest development in the implementation of loadshedding.

    “We are deeply mindful and concerned of the strain that this places on households and businesses in the country,” said Minister Pravin Gordhan.  Eskom operational challenges remain an issue and concern for the country. We fully understand the frustrations of citizens due to the high stages of loadshedding. Loadshedding was caused by the unplanned breakdown of units and unit trips.

    The unit trips are mainly part of power stations protection system to safeguard the power stations employees and equipment.  Loadshedding must be recognized as disastrous for households, business and the economy. Loadshedding is implemented as a last resort in view of the shortage of generation capacity, and the need to attend to breakdowns.

    The Department – has been working around the clock closely with Eskom to ensure that units are returned to service, adding much needed megawatts to the national grid.  “We have mobilized the full resources of our teams together with Eskom to address this immediate challenge of loadshedding. We are alive to the fact that loadshedding impacts on households, businesses and disrupts daily lives of South Africans.  “All efforts are directed towards returning megawatts lost due to unplanned breakdowns and outages.” said Minister Gordhan.

    The Minister has been meeting with the Board and management of Eskom to implement the immediate solutions to ensure the current generation fleet provides reliable electricity to the country.

    Some of the interventions include:

    • The approval for the emergency procurement of 1000 MW from Independent Power Producers and Industrial co-generators. This demonstrates the impact of cutting the red tape and getting approvals within hours instead of months and bringing in new capacity within 2 months at the very least.
    • Additionally, Eskom has the go-ahead to procure over 200 MW from the Southern African Power Pool, as part of our immediate solutions to our energy shortfall.
    • To ensure reliable maintenance of plants, Eskom has recruited former experienced employees and energy experts who responded to our call to assist Eskom and are now hard at work at different power stations to mentor Eskom employees and assist in the execution of the plant operations.
    • In the past week alone 18 seasoned energy specialists in power plant operations – some with over 20 years of experience – have re-entered the Eskom system to assist with operations.
    • Through the work of the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM), our sister Department, DMRE has initiated a process to procure additional megawatts from the markets through bid window 5 and 6.

    The Department as part of the NECOM has visited a number of power stations to assess the full extent of their challenges in order to identify short-to-long term interventions for implementation.

    “This information will further assist the implementation of the energy actions as announced by the President in July 2022 and the work of the energy crisis committee is already at an advanced stage,” said Minister Gordhan.

  • SayPro Finance & HR manager Moldova

    Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.

    Handicap International is changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

    Since the organisation was first founded in 1982, we have set up development programmes in more than 55 countries and responded to many emergencies. Today we have a budget of around 150 million euros, with 3500 employees worldwide.

    For more information, please visit: www.hi.org

    Description :

    HI has set up a two-country program covering Ukraine and Moldova. Aligning itself with the priorities of the Ukraine Flash Appeal and Regional Refugee Response Plan, HI pillars of interventions are the following:

    • Health: HI aims to improve access to quality physical rehabilitation and mental health and psychosocial services (MHPSS) for conflict-affected vulnerable population. To this extent, HI will deliver health service provision to persons with injuries or disabilities while also strengthening the capacity of existing health structures.
    • Protection: Given the scale of humanitarian and protection needs, HI will intervene at various levels including in communal settings and in the community to ensure that vulnerable conflict-affected populations have access to multi-sectoral services tailored to their needs. This will be based on an analysis of existing services, and on an Identification/Assessment/Referral mechanism, which will allow both access to most vulnerable and excluded populations and referrals to internal and external services tailored to address their needs. In addition, HI aims to foster a disability-inclusive humanitarian response through evidence-based advocacy and capacity building of humanitarian actors and coordination mechanisms. This falls under HI’s Inclusive Humanitarian Action mandate.
    • Armed Violence Reduction: Recent and ongoing attacks dangerously exacerbated Explosive Ordnance (EO) contamination in Ukraine. In light of this, HI will conduct a multi-pronged approach to EO risk education and Conflict Preparedness and Protection (CPP), adaptable to the evolution of the conflict and humanitarian.
    • Basic needs: to respond to the most acute needs for displaced households hosted by the local population or living in collective settings, HI will provide hygiene and non-food item kits, with an approach various modalities of intervention including in-kind and/or cash-based transfers. HI will also deliver multi-purpose cash assistance to vulnerable conflict-affected populations, to enable them to meet their basic needs.
    • Humanitarian-to-humanitarian logistics (ATLAS Logistique): To facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance as close as possible to the most affected populations, HI will propose mutualized storage and transportation services to other humanitarian actors – with a specific focus on “last-mile transportation”.

    In Moldova, HI is currently funded by JOA until the end of September 2022 and awaiting for the signature of a new grant as part of a consortium until November 2023. HI is currently focusing on:

    • Inclusive Humanitarian Action (Disability, Age, Gender, technical support towards stakeholders involved in the response,…)
    • Support to access services (holistic personalized support towards the most vulnerable people to ensure their access to services)
    • MHPSS & Protection

    Your Profile:

    • Masters degree in Finance Management, logistics or Business Administration
    • With 3 years experiences in finance field with increasingly higher levels of responsibility, you have already been in successful in management of teams in the humanitarian sector
    • You have:
      • An experience setting up systems and procedures in new structures.
      • Capacity building skills and know how to develop capacity-building techniques.
      • A proven expertise in financial management and institutional funding

    Condtions:

    At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team

    • 4 month (possible extension) International contract starting ASAP
    • The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
      • Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals
      • Pension scheme adapted to the situation of our employees: If you already have a personal pension scheme HI will contribute at the same level of your personal monthly contribution with a maximum of 272.53€/month ; If you do not have a personal pension scheme, we will open a private pension account with your contribution of 272.53€/month and a contribution of HI of the same amount
      • Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution o Repatriation insurance paid by HI
    • Salary from 2800 € gross/month upon experience
    • Perdiem: 550 € net/month – paid in the field
    • Paid leaves: 25 days per year; o unaccompanied
    • Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa)
    • Housing: Collective taken in charge by HI

    How to apply

    http://www.jobs.net/j/JCVfNaIk?idpartenaire=136