About Us

Husk Power Systems (“Husk”) is one of the leading providers of rural clean energy
services in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. We provide low-cost and reliable
power to rural businesses and households, entirely from renewable energy sources.
Powering economic prosperity in rural communities is at the heart of everything we
do.

We design, build, and operate the lowest-cost hybrid minigrids (power plants and
distribution networks), using a mix of solar, waste biomass gasification, and battery
storage. To date, Husk has benefited 50,000 people in Nigeria with its 12 minigrids
and expects to benefit more than 2 million when it achieves its target of 500 minigrids.

Apart from power, we offer a range of additional clean energy services, including
appliance and electronics sales, rooftop solar installation for rural C&I customers,
agro-processing hubs, EV leasing, clean drinking water, and much more. We serve
households, businesses, farmers, health clinics, schools, women, and youth
entrepreneurs, entirely from renewable energy – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Husk Values

Safety; Honesty and Integrity; Mutual Respect; Frugal Innovation; Quality and Reliability; Excellence as an Attitude; We > I; Fail Fast and Learn Faster.

Husk is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, or religion. Husk is committed to improving gender balance within its teams in India and globally. Female candidates are therefore highly encouraged to apply even if not all requirements are met.

Benefits

Husk offers flexible working conditions with employee benefits that are in line with global best practices. These include clear career growth planning, transparent annual review processes that are gender inclusive, maternity, and paternity leave, gender-inclusive workplace conditions, family health insurance, and frequent training to assist the employees to grow in and to the next roles. Husk does not believe in micromanagement and encourages its employees to have a healthy work-life balance, hence giving them the freedom to manage their workload to be compatible with their lives.

Position Name: Manager, New Initiatives

Division / Function:  New Business Initiatives

Location of the Job: Abuja, with regular travel to MiniGrid locations

Reports to: Country Director

Role Summary

Husk is seeking a Manager, New Initiatives who will have direct responsibility for supporting the Country Team in Nigeria to commercialize new initiatives leveraging the availability of reliable power in its minigrid locations.

The individual must have the ability to assess opportunities for potential sources of revenue and impact within these locations, work with relevant stakeholders, and ensure a hands-on approach to driving such initiatives.

This position provides the opportunity to join a growing team that is changing the face of rural electrification in India and Nigeria.

Key responsibilities:

General

• Implement the agreed growth strategies and plans as set out by the Country Management Team
• Support in driving the execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual business strategies for the business.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

New Business Initiatives

• Develop accurate segmentation and targeting of the existing market including identification of customer and market opportunities, market entry/expansion strategy, and establishing a balance of long-term pipeline and short-term revenue.
• Support in structuring and institutionalizing processes around identifying and serving existing customers’/clients’ needs to match the company’s corporate strategy and ensure the sustainability of business verticals.
• Support efforts in sourcing potential leads for partnerships, joint ventures, and possible funding for deploying various POC projects/initiatives across mini-grid locations with expected direct impact on the topline.
• Design cooperation structures, and role-sharing and assess economics for such partnerships/JVs.
• Drive business development, expansion, and business reporting activities for the business initiatives portfolio in alignment with set objectives.

Business Growth

• Ensure support with the relevant Teams on inputs regarding the deployment and implementation of POC projects and initiatives.
• Support market research activities across the business, including but not limited to marketing, business development, review, and budgeting.
• Support efforts for business communications internally and externally, including project press releases, case study development, and videos.
• Ensure support for other Business Units to drive alignment with country-level objectives as required.

Funding Proposals/Thought Leadership

• Support engagement with various stakeholders to ensure Husk maintains local visibility as the industry leader.
• Support engagements with relevant stakeholders for submission of funding proposals geared towards specific POC projects and/or initiatives.

Stakeholder/Partnership Engagements

• Work with potential partners to implement new initiatives across Husk business locations.
• Collaborate with relevant internal teams including the Senior Leadership Team to present initiatives and ensure implementation of initiatives for business growth.

Required Skills & Attributes

• You have a track record of resilience and leadership in periods of uncertainty and volatility.
• You have a learning mindset and are keen to deliver hands-on solutions in the field.
• You build great relationships and are a strong verbal communicator.
• You are a problem solver and can identify issues and possible solutions swiftly.
• You can also ideally execute based on direct instruction and under guidance from other members of the team.
• You are comfortable working across rural Nigeria and in a fast-paced, dynamic start up environment.
• You have a business background with a deep understanding of driving innovation and commercializing initiatives (minimum education requirement: bachelor’s degree in related field)
• You have up to 5 years of experience in business development, stakeholder management
• You have 2+ years of experience working in business consulting, startups, or similar environment.  
• Responsive with great time management and organizational skills
• Ability to create and deliver presentations, concept notes, and proposals tailored to the audience’s needs.
• A Can-Do attitude with a knack for taking ownership of deliverables while being open to feedback.

Location and Travel

This role is based in Abuja, Nigeria with regular local travel to Minigrid locations where Husk is piloting new initiatives.

Salary

The minimum salary for this role is N300,000. Based on the candidate’s experience and

qualifications, salary can be negotiated to a maximum level of N500,000.

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This description indicates the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification, as well as the essential functions a person must be able to perform to do this job. It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Husk Power Systems and its subsidiaries are equal-opportunity employers and make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need. We hire without consideration of race, colour, religion, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex or gender, or any other basis protected by law.