Quick Jobs At IFC (Lighting Africa Program), Wednesday 28, August 2013
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest
global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. We create
opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. We do so by
providing financing to help businesses employ more people and supply essential
services, by mobilizing capital from others, and by delivering advisory
services to ensure sustainable development.
IFC’s Sustainable Business Advisory (SBA) teams work with companies to adopt
responsible business practices which transform markets and improve people's
lives. We work with a range of industrial sectors including agribusiness,
infrastructure, oil, gas, mining, services and manufacturing.
Across six regional teams, Clean Energy
Specialists within the Business Line work to increase investment flows into
clean energy by demonstrating the commercial viability of, and removing
specific barriers to the scale-up of renewable energy technologies that reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase access to modern energy services for the poor.
Lighting Africa (www.lightingafrica.org)
works to reduce market barriers for the private sector to reach and provide modern lighting to 250 million
people in Africa without electricity by 2030.
This is in support of achieving the energy access Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) with an emphasis on clean energy solutions. Lighting Africa is currently
finalizing its pilot phase undertaken in Kenya
and Ghana,
and wishes to replicate its activities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa faces deep development challenges and
the lack of access to reliable energy sources
makes these challenges even more daunting. Currently, about 587 million in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lack access to electricity. Africa’s
growing un-electrified households and businesses are estimated to spend
annually US$10 billion on low quality fuel-based lighting such as kerosene and
candles. Fuel-based lighting is expensive, inefficient, hazardous, and pollutes
the environment. Poor quality light negatively affects health, hinders the
development of small and medium enterprises, and impedes learning in schools
and homes.
There are alternatives to fossil fuel-based lighting. Recent technological
advances in compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) and in particular light emitting
diodes (LED) promise clean, durable, and high-quality lighting as a solution
for those who are not yet connected to the electrical grid.
The Lighting Africa program works with lighting product manufacturers,
distributors, consumers, financial institutions, development partners, and
governments to help build a market for reliable lighting products.
IFC is recruiting an Operations Officer, Lighting Africa Program. This is a key
position for the regional expansion of the program in Nigeria. The
position is based in Lagos.
The incumbent will report to the Lighting Africa Program Manager based in Kenya. In
addition, s/he will also coordinate with the Global Clean Energy Specialists
who oversee IFC’s global clean energy program portfolio, with the Clean Energy
team in Nairobi,
as well as the Infrastructure Investment cluster team leader.
If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular
or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended
appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment.
OPERATIONS OFFICER
DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
The Operations Officer will be in charge of leading the
implementation of Lighting Africa in Nigeria, all the way from designing
the specific services provided by the program to managing its implementation
with clients at the company, sector and policy levels.
The specific responsibilities of this position include:
• Business Development and Advisory to off-grid lighting and mini-grid
companies
As part of the Lighting Africa team, the Operations Officer will provide
advisory services aimed at catalyzing commercial markets for clean energy
products and services in Nigeria
by operating at the firm, sector and policy levels. S/he will oversee a small
team of external consultants to work with equipment manufacturers, distribution
companies and financial institutions to build replicable business models for
lighting in off-grid markets in Nigeria.
In particular, s/he will identify and support companies with direct advisory
and business development support to off-grid industry stakeholders to promote
and scale up high potential business
models. The Operations Officer will also cover the market intelligence function
and analysis cycle, from content design to review and quality control of final
publications, and will oversee final report production and dissemination where
required.
• Engagement with stakeholders
Continuously update and keep the industry stakeholders in the country a--- of
the activities of Lighting Africa, leveraging IFC colleagues who have client
relationships with the stakeholders. Key stakeholders include:
• Ministry of Energy officials [may also involve Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development ]
• Off-grid lighting companies (as relevant) and sector players
• Distribution and supply chain partners
• Financial institutions
• Associations representing the renewable energy sector in general and relevant
standard bureaus
• Other IFC internal divisions, World Bank Group and other stakeholders as
required
• Reporting
Report on project progress, budgets and M&E to IFC management and donors,
e.g. through IFC’s project supervision reporting system and donor reports, as
required.
• Measurement & Evaluation
Set up tools to monitor and track the program performance in line with the
log-frame.
Manage individual projects as the Task Team Leader ensuring timely execution
and completion of Management Information System reporting requirements. The
successful candidate will have volume and development impact targets defined by
the Clean Energy Team Leader.
• Other Responsibilities
• Draft TORs, hire and manage third party consultants to execute projects.
• Additional tasks will be discussed with the incumbent and added or removed
depending on the development of the project.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
• Masters level education in business, engineering, finance, economics, or
related subject.
• 8+ years of commercial sales/marketing experience or business development
experience with a specific focus on rural and social marketing, as well as
SMEs, and experience interfacing with the supply chain and end consumers.
• Successful experience managing complex relationships, resolving differences,
and achieving successful outcomes among multiple and diverse sets of
stakeholders, from government representatives down to rural retailers.
• Deep knowledge of the Nigerian market is essential.
• Demonstrated expericence launching new products; candidates having knowledge and/or experience with
clean energy technologies and markets have a competitive advantage.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to present the program to
high level company and government representatives.
• Capacity to operate successfully in a high pressure, fast-paced, and
multicultural environment.
• Positive, go-getter attitude, willing to continuously learn, share
experiences and knowledge, and encourage innovation.
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
MANDATE;: 1 September, 2013
