SIDA Project Outreach Officer Jobs - GVEP (Global Village Energy Partnership) International

Organization: GVEP (Global Village Energy Partnership)

International

Funding Source: Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Business Development Services (BDS) Coordinator

GVEP

(Global Village Energy Partnership) works with local businesses in developing

countries to increase access to modern energy and to improve the quality of

lives for millions of people. To date, we have provided four million people

with access to clean energy; over 3000 local energy jobs have been created; 2.7

million tonnes of CO2 have been saved and $20 million has been leveraged to

support the development of energy products and services across the developing

world.

Job Summary: The Outreach Officer will promote the project’s

objectives among schools by helping connect them with stove producers and

financial institutions as well as promote briquette making businesses and

retailers to leverage credit from financial institutions. He/She will also be

involved in monitoring the usage of the stoves and repayments to financial

institutions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• The jobholder will be in charge of implementing
  
  the communication and outreach strategy for the Programme. This entails
  
  inputs in developing and disseminating communication materials such as
  
  press kits, fact sheets and brochures; promoting the project vigorously
  
  among schools and cook stove and briquette businesses within the assigned
  
  region and recruiting the numbers necessary to realize the project targets
  
  for both improved cook stoves and briquettes.


• Conducting training on the usage and
  
  communicating the economic benefits of improved institutional cook stoves
  
  and briquettes.


• The incumbent will link the recruited schools
  
  with selected quality stove producers and pre-identified financial
  
  institutions (in conjunction with the Capital Access officer) and
  
  facilitating the development and implementation of agreements among the
  
  three.


• Link briquette retailers and consumers/users
  
  with selected quality briquette producers and pre-identified financial
  
  institutions (in conjunction with the Loan Guarantee Fund officers) and
  
  facilitating the development and implementation of agreements among the
  
  three.


• In charge of monitoring the repayment of
  
  loans to financial institutions.


• Responsible for monitoring the repayment of
  
  loans by briquette businesses to financial institutions


• Periodic and timely reporting to the BDS
  
  Coordinator on progress/performance against the M&E framework


• Marketing solar PV systems to schools and
  
  institutions of higher learning.


• Data collecting, analysing and providing
  
  feedback to the Business Development Services Coordinator and Country
  
  Manager and supporting the M&E Coordinator with quality control on
  
  field information.


• Prepare and submit a weekly report to the
  
  Business Development Services Coordinator and Country Manager.


• Performing any other duties that may be
  
  reasonably assigned by management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate for the Outreach Officer
  
  job placement should hold a Degree in business or related discipline, One
  
  in marketing is desirable


• A minimum of three years’ experience in
  
  marketing/business development preferably in Renewable energy sector


• Can work with minimal supervision


• Excellent levels of customer service


• Excellent negotiation skills


• Displays strong clear communication and
  
  written skills


• The applicant must be a real self-starter
  
  with the ability to take initiative and operate independently

All

qualified candidates should submit their application by sending a complete and

comprehensive CV and a cover letter via e-mail to

recruitment@gvepinternational.org under the reference “Application for Outreach

Officer- Uganda” but also including salary expectations.

Deadline: 15^th April 2016