Manager, Frequency Restoration Response Activity (Temporary Replacement)

	 	 
Manager, Frequency Restoration Response Activity (Temporary Replacement)
Compact Program Summary
The Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the “Government” or “GoK”) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”), a United States government agency, signed a grant aimed at accelerating the country’s transition towards an energy future that is more sustainable, inclusive, reliable and affordable. The GoK has ratified the compact and has designated a new entity as an autonomous agency to exercise and perform the GoK’s rights and obligations to oversee, manage and implement the Compact Programs. This entity will be referred to as MCA-Kosovo.
The Compact program will be implemented within five years and consists of three projects 1) Energy Storage Project, 2) Just and Equitable Transition Acceleration Project, and 3) American Catalyst Facility for Development Project.
Energy Storage Project Summary
The Energy Storage Project consists of activities from design to construction of two large-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) with a total installed capacity of 170MW, two-hour duration (or 340 MWh) that will give Kosovo increased capacity to balance scheduled and actual power to cost-effectively smooth out imbalances in the electricity grid. Additionally, it aims to support Energy Storage Corporation of Kosovo (ESCorp) to enable frequency restoration reserves, Energy Arbitrage, or other potential energy storage services.
This would reduce purchases on the imbalances market and support the longer-term reliability of the transmission grid of Kosovo.
The project also supports strengthening the regulatory environment governing battery energy storage systems in Kosovo. and new generation capacities.
The Project Objective is supporting energy security, including the (1) usage of energy storage, (2) availability of the BESS, and (3) reduced cost of securing adequate electricity for Kosovo.
Millenium Challenge Account - Kosovo is recruiting for the position of the Manager for Frequency Restoration Response Activity.
Position Summary
The Frequency Restoration Response Activity Manager, under the direct supervision of the BESS Project Director, is responsible for the successful implementation of Energy Storage Project investments in BESS, respectively for the Frequency Restoration Response (FRR) Activity, currently planned for KOSTT ownership, as well as for related policy and institutional reforms, conditions precedent, stakeholder engagement, that are necessary to enable the BESS investment. This is a fixed-term appointment of up to 12 months to temporarily replace the position’s incumbent. The exact duration will depend on organizational needs and the incumbent’s period of absence.
Duties and Responsibilities

Manage project design and implementation of the Frequency Restoration Response (FRR) Activity to ensure timely and qualitative completion;
Support the BESS Project Director, in managing the contracts of the Design and Supervision consultant, works contractors and other consultants, including review and approval of deliverables, quality control, reporting, contract management, invoicing and maintaining accurate records thereof for FRR Activity;
Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with project stakeholders including organizing meetings;
Execute and/or oversee a range of project implementation and support activities, as defined by the project plan, ensuring that these are delivered on a timely basis to support broader project initiatives and objectives and ensure consistency of quality;
Monitor the implementation of Implementing Entity Agreement (IEA) with KOSTT, including advising the BESS Project Director on actions on monitoring and implementation;
Oversee and conduct activities related to institutional energy sector reforms and capacity building for FRR activity;
Reporting to BESS Director and ensuring coordination on cross-cutting issues between Frequency Restoration Response Activity and Multi-Functional Energy Storage Activity;
Collaborate with cross-cutting functional teams of MCA-Kosovo (Gender and Social Inclusion, Environment and Social Performance, Monitoring & Evaluation and Economic Analysis), ensure information required for these functions are available and ensure that contractors and project stakeholders meet relevant commitments deriving from the gender, social, environmental, safety and health documents of MCA-Kosovo.
Consolidate project statistics from multiple sources and review these for accuracy and compliance with established formats to support implementation, monitoring, and analytics;
Advise BESS Project Director on issues related to the implementation of the project in order to ensure the continuity of project delivery and adherence to MCA Kosovo and MCC guidelines;
Regularly update and oversee project budgets, including procurement activities, and contracts, invoicing by the consultants/contractors, ensuring that these are consistent with established MCA Kosovo and MCC guidelines and that issues and discrepancies are resolved and reported;
Monitor project timelines and milestones, anticipate delivery issues, and accordingly update activity and project work plans and timelines;
Participate in evaluation panels when designated by MCA Kosovo;
Maintain project documentation and operations manuals ensuring that these are current and reflecting lessons learned to support the improvement of projects/processes;
Other duties as assigned by the BESS project director related to the FRR activity.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, business management, economics, or other related fields;
Minimum of five (5) years (or three (3) years with a master’s degree) professional, broad managerial experience in energy sector or program management, encompassing energy sector project oversight, development and management of significant resources;
Demonstrated involvement in large-scale energy infrastructure projects; 
Demonstrated experience in policy and institutional reforms in the energy sector, negotiating and working with the Public Sector and other energy sector stakeholders;
Experience working with MS Office and MS Project;
Fluency in English and in another official language of Kosovo (Albanian or Serbian) is required. Proficiency in Albanian is preferred for candidates who speak Serbian, and vice versa.

Preferred background and work experience:

Master’s or other similar advanced degree;
Training/Certification in project management or similar;
Experience in BESS projects and/or training/certification;
Experience in managing FIDIC consulting and works contracts;
Experience in electricity markets;
Demonstrated familiarity with policies and practices of international development organizations, donor organizations or similar;

For more information on MCC and the Kosovo compact, please go to:
Kosovo Compact | Millennium Challenge Corporation (mcc.gov)
Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) - Kosovo | mcakosovo.org
Application Procedure:
All interested applicants are required to complete the offline Application Form, which you can download through this link.
Please send electronically the required completed Application Form, including an up-to-date resume to HR@mcakosovo.org no later than September 20, 2026 before 23:59 Kosovo time. Only completed application package will be accepted (resume and application form). The e-mail subject line must indicate the position title for which you are applying.
Kindly note that applications received after the deadline, submitted in different formats than the given Application Form or in languages other than English shall not be considered. Only those candidates who are selected to participate in the subsequent stages of recruitment will be contacted.
All MCA-Kosovo employees will be selected based on an open and competitive recruitment and selection process in accordance with the provisions of the Compact. In addition, the recruitment of all employees of MCA-Kosovo will be carried out in accordance with the principles and indications stipulated by the constitutional and legal provisions, including equal opportunity, merit, competency, transparency, and non-discrimination under all its forms.