Chief of Staff

Job Description
We drive JERA’s renewable energy business growth in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. As a global renewables IPP working across the life cycle of renewables, we are looking for key talent to be an active part of this exciting journey as the business grows further.
The role will be based in London and will require occasional travelling and frequent collaboration with the JERA Group Headquarters in Japan, the JERA Green Headquarters in the UK and Parkwind Headquarters in Belgium.
As a direct report to the Chief Executive, JERA Green, the Strategy and Operations Manager will be responsible for supporting the CEO in navigating a highly complex, global organisation. The Strategy and Operations Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring that the business aligns, where appropriate, with Group activities and that Jera Green projects are managed effectively, requiring extensive involvement at Boards and Executive leadership meetings
What you will be doing
·Co-ordinating with Communications function, to prepare CEO for key events with research, speaking notes etc
Working with the Executive team, ensuring CEO has only prioritized, relevant topics raised
Coordinate different departments for CEO relevant decisions and meetings
Pre-view and work on agenda and content for meetings with CEO
Coordinate events that are owned by CEO, or sub functions that require CEO attention/participation
Take on special projects that are of importance for CEO, in coordination with relevant Business Unit
Prepare agenda and coordinate with input owners for executive committees
Track actions defined in Executive Committees and Board and proactively follow up with responsible managers
What you will have
5 years+ of relevant work experience
Bi-Lingual – both English and Japanese spoken and written
An in-depth understanding of Japanese corporate culture
Strong Academic Background
In-depth understanding of either renewables, utility, oil and gas, finance or infrastructure
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Meaningful and demonstrated history of operational efficiency and optimization
Exceptional project manager with extraordinary organization skills
Outstanding data mining skills, particularly in policy analysis and political insights
What we offer
Start-up and entrepreneurial environment in a company that is part of a larger, well-funded firm, that has long-term ambition to contribute to global decarbonization
Opportunity to define your workplace. We are starting out and every idea counts!
A job that is part of making our world a greener place
International team that benefits from our different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences
We are high-performing and ambitious individuals who also enjoy our private lives. We hope you can identify with that
We believe in the benefit of flexible working hours and location and appreciate that we see one another in person regularly
We are not afraid to admit that we don’t know things but also proactively look to solve problems and work collaboratively
We work hard but also want to have fun at the same time, we’re on an exciting journey
Established in 2015, JERA is an equal joint venture of TEPCO Fuel & Power, Incorporated and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. JERA is a Japanese company with significant and global portfolio of international energy assets. It has industry leading expertise scaling the entire fuel and power supply chain, from upstream fuel investments to fuel procurement, trading and transportation, to power generation development, construction and operation. JERA’s mission is to contribute to an internationally competitive supply of power and energy and to invigorate the standard of living, industry and economy around the world.