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Job Title: Energy Programme Manager
Company: Gorta T/A Self Help Africa
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Contract type: International/National 2-year fixed term contract, full time
Reports to: DCD Programmes
Organisation overview:
In late 2021 Self Help Africa (SHA) and United Purpose (UP) merged, with our Global Office in Dublin, Ireland and a UP office in Cardiff, Wales. In early 2023 we launched a new five-year organisational strategy, which defines our shared mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.
Our three values are:
- Impact: We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change
- Innovation: We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing world
- Community: We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationship
We require a team ready to live up to our values to encourage initiative and valuing of partnerships, thus requiring a Country Director who can model our values, and be able to build on the strengths of our teams.
We are in the process of transitioning country registrations from United Purpose to Self Help Africa in The Gambia and Senegal and these two countries form an integral part of the West Africa programme along with Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Self Help Africa is now registered in The Gambia.
Job Purpose:
The Energy Programme Manager will provide strategic and technical leadership in the delivery and development of the SHA Energy programme in Malawi. They will be expected to oversee the implementation of SHA’s existing portfolio of Energy projects in Malawi, provide technical input to the team and sector in Malawi, continue to develop programme approaches based on evolving best practice and the changing landscape, and mobilise resources for continued growth of the programme.
The position will report to the Malawi Deputy Country Director- Programmes and there will be regular meetings between the Energy Programme Manager, other Programme Managers and Management Team in Malawi and technical advisors from SHA’s Global Office. The role will also involve capacity building of national staff in Malawi to take increased ownership of the programme and enable its continued growth. The Energy Programme Manager will leverage their technical and contextualised knowledge to provide expert advice and advocacy to Malawi’s energy sector (particularly in the areas of cleaner cooking, carbon finance and off-grid electrification) and maintain the programme’s close and productive relationships with its donors and stakeholders to expand the reach, sustainability and impact of our work.
Key Responsibilities:
1.Programme Management and Oversight
1.1 Quality Assurance
- Ensure the programme portfolio is delivered in line with good practice and quality benchmarks in line with sector-based standard operating standards and GESI tools etc
- Ensure an adaptive management approach is taken
- Work with the Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Working Group through National MEAL Manager to ensure that we are documenting learning and integrating it into programme design and delivery.
- Ensure MEAL data collected is in line with national MEAL framework through participatory M&E approaches and integrating feedback from staff, partners and project participants.
- Liaise with relevant organisation technical advisors and incorporate learning and global expertise in the programme cycle
- Ensure value for money and efficiency across the programme cycle
- Conduct field visits to monitor project progress.
1.2 Compliance & Risk
- Oversee the development and timely submission of high-quality donor technical and financial reports, in collaboration with projects and operations colleagues
- Ensure that processes are in place to allow for systematic and inclusive feedback to communities and stakeholders on all programme reports and evaluations undertaken
- Working with Project Managers to ensure all projects develop annual, quarterly and monthly plans and that these are actioned and reported against
- Deliver a consolidated risk assessment for the programme portfolio every month and ensure mitigation measures are actioned and followed
- Ensure that internal audit is adequately budgeted across the portfolio
- Ensure that internal audit findings and recommendations are followed up on and actioned as per agreed timelines
- Ensure that every project in the portfolio has a grant opening and closing meeting and that these are filed
- Ensure that every project has monthly review process
- Ensure adequate oversight on all financial transactions and project activities to reduce the risk of non-compliance with policies and risk of fraud
- Ensure annual procurement planning and that all project procurement is cost effective in line with donor and organisational policy
- Ensure that project implementation is complying to donor driven policy and direction, such as the DSA policy, and engaging in communication and advocacy through the MT where donor direction is not in line with the Malawi 2063 or the organisation’s vision and mission.
1.3 Finance
- Oversee internal monthly financial reports and project budgets and cashflow forecasts
- Ensure full project spend without disallowance
- Authorise all project related expenditure in line with SHAs Delegation of Authority framework
- Support and oversee project related procurements.
1.4 Safeguarding
- Ensure that all projects have an active trained safeguarding focal point who can effectively disseminate the reporting channels and policy
- Ensure that all project have a safeguarding plan and report against this during monthly meetings
- Ensure that reporting channels are promoted and visible across all projects in the portfolio
- Ensure that all colleagues within your portfolio have undergone safeguarding training and signed the global code of conduct
- Ensure all staff, partners and stakeholders sign, comply and promote the SHA Safeguarding policy and code of conduct.
1.5 People Management
- Manage teams of staff across all projects in your portfolio and provide line management to Project Managers
- Incubate and enhance skills development of staff across the programme, encouraging learning and development, identifying opportunities for professional development and upward mobility within the organisation
- Ensure all staff members in your portfolio have completed an induction, have passed probation and that annual PDRs are conducted
- Ensure the portfolio has the right team in place in line with the strategy and the values of the organisation
- Ensure that the portfolio can retain and attract skilled and experienced gender balanced teams
- Ensure that you are promoting wellbeing across your team and that staff are encouraged to take their leave entitlements and access training and wellbeing opportunities provided by the organisation
- Cultivate a culture of accountability, adherence to group policies, and prioritization of staff welfare and security.
2.Strategy and Programme Development
- Ensure we are working in line with the locally-led development approach
- Provide technical support to programme implementation for Malawi Energy programme staff to deliver consistently high quality, innovative programmes in both the energy and carbon finance sectors.
- Working within the Malawi Country strategy, and working with other Programme Managers, towards the delivery of our Strategic Objectives and ensuring integration across our work
- Feed into the development of new Country Programme policies and position papers
- Keep up to date with global good practice, technology, approaches and emerging trends, as well as innovative ideas, translating them to the Malawi context
- Capture learning and adapt programming accordingly to maximise impact for communities
- Feed into and promote our Community-Led programming policy work. Maintain long term local and international donor relations to ensure continuation and growth of existing funding
- Keep abreast of new funding opportunities and oversee the development of high-quality proposals for existing and new funders based on organisational learning. Diversify funding sources and secure funding for existing and new areas of focus in line with the CP strategy including carbon finance and impact investment.
- Foster establishment and growth in SHA’s sustainable energy social enterprise
- Where requested by other Country Programs, to provide remote technical advice to assist in the delivery of their projects.
3. Partnership, Representation and Advocacy
- Act as a thought leader in the energy sector in Malawi providing technical support and strategic direction to a wide range of stakeholders across private and public sectors, and civil society.
- Support the National Cookstove Steering Committee (NCSC) as a key member of the coordination group for which SHA is the secretariat. This includes leading the organisation of the annual Cleaner Cooking Conference and quarterly coordination group meetings.
- Maintain, strengthen and build networks and alliances at national level with government, academia, donors and local organisations
- Maintain, strengthen and build partnerships with companies and entrepreneurs to augment the programme’s reach and sustainability of impacts through market-based approaches.
- Ensure active engagement of the programme at district level with all relevant government structures
- Act as the primary focal point for all donors that fund the programme portfolio
- Liaise with Government of Malawi counterparts (national and district) and ensure we are visible and working in line with Government needs and priorities
- Represent SHA at workshops and conferences, ensuring our organisation and work is visible
- Maintain and expand our partnerships across Government, academia, private sector, NGOs and wider civil society, working in coordination with our Partnerships Manager
- Proactively engage in relevant fora and working groups to achieve systemic change within the sector
- Ensure all programme learning is shared internally and externally.
Knowledge, Experience and Other Requirements:
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree level qualification in energy, development, environment or other relevant discipline (post-graduate preferred)
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on green energy access
Essential
- Demonstrated strategic judgement, planning, co-ordination and prioritisation skills
Demonstrated project and programme design and proven ability to secure funding from a variety of donors including international development agencies, impact investors and the private sector - Demonstrated project/programme management skills including managing a portfolio of simultaneous projects, monitoring and compliance, budget management, and line managing a team of employees
- Demonstrated communication, partnership building and advocacy skills with a wide range of stakeholders including from private and public sector, and civil society
- Demonstrated understanding of energy in the Global South including improved cooking and off-grid electricity (solar mini-grid and productive uses of energy in particular)
- Experience of developing and monitoring carbon finance projects, particularly improved cooking
- A strong understanding and appreciation of safeguarding principles
- Self-starter, capable of innovatively developing the programme
- Attention to details and flexible approach to work
- Demonstrated cross cultural communication skills and ability to build institutional capacity and provide mentorship to staff
Desirable
- Demonstrated experience in programme strategy design
- Ability to pilot innovations and scale-up effective programming initiatives, through an entrepreneurial mindset
- Experience living in Malawi and/or Sub-Saharan Africa and working in the energy sector
How to apply:
To apply for this role, please upload your completed application form (available to download from our website), CV and cover letter via the careers page on our website.
Only applications submitted via our website will be considered for this role.
Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Specific roles may require Police/DBS/Garda vetting.
Self Help Africa strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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Climate & Public Finance Specialist
Fixed Term
CONTEXTE
Le projet RANO MAHARITRA est un projet de 5 ans financé par l’Agence Américaine pour le Développement International (USAID) qui a démarré depuis janvier 2024.
Le but du Projet est d’améliorer l'accès durable et équitable aux services d'eau, d'assainissement et d'hygiène (WASH) pour les ménages ruraux. En collaboration avec le gouvernement de Madagascar (GoM) et divers experts, le programme vise à surmonter les obstacles à l'égalité des sexes, à l'inclusion sociale, à la diversité, à l'équité et à l'accessibilité (DEIA) afin d'atteindre quatre objectifs clés :
- Composante 1 (C1) : Renforcer la gouvernance et la capacité d'accès aux services WASH.
- Composante 2 (C2) : Augmentation du soutien financier au secteur WASH.
- Composante 3 (C3) : Amélioration de l'offre de produits et services WASH.
- Composante 4 (C4) : Stimuler la demande de produits et de services WASH.
RANO MAHARITRA promeut une approche systémique pour promouvoir des services WASH durables et gérés localement, en mettant l'accent sur le GESI, le DEIA et la localisation afin d'autonomiser les communautés, en particulier les femmes et les jeunes.
Le projet, dirigé par CARE International en consortium avec ses partenaires WaterAid, IDE, Miarakap, BushProof et Sandandrano, encourage les partenariats avec les gouvernements, les institutions, les organisations de la société civile, les communautés, les secteurs privés et les bénéficiaires.
Le projet est mis en œuvre dans dix districts de sept régions de Madagascar : Atsimo-Atsinanana, Anosy, Androy, Betsiboka, Fitovinany, Sofia, et Vatovavy.
Afin de mettre en œuvre le projet RANO MAHARITRA, nous recrutons:
Climate & public Finance Specialist
Le Climate and Public Finance Specialist sera chargé d’identifier, de développer et de gérer les activités de finance climatique qui contribuent de manière significative à la réalisation des objectifs du projet consistant à renforcer la résilience, des économies à faibles émissions de carbone et des revenus durables pour les communautés.
En particulier, il/elle :
- soutiendra la conception et le développement de projets et de programmes sensibles au climat qui offrent une résilience, des voies de développement à faible émission de carbone et des opportunités de croissance pour les entreprises et les ménages à faible revenu.
- sera principalement responsable de l’intégration des mesures d’adaptation et d’atténuation du changement climatique dans les interventions de RANO MAHARITRA.
- analysera les dépenses publiques et institutionnelles climatiques adoptera un système national d'étiquetage du budget climatique (CBT) qui aidera le pays à collecter et à communiquer des données sur les ressources nationales allouées au changement climatique et à intégrer le financement climatique dans les plans de développement du secteur WASH.
EXPERIENCES ET QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum Master en économie de l’environnement, sciences de l’environnement, finances, politique institutionnelle, science politique, sciences sociales ou en planification du développement, études de développement d'une université reconnue, ou équivalent ;
- Au moins 5 ans d'expériences dans un poste similaire et au sein d’une structure internationale ;
- Au moins 5 ans d'expérience dans la planification stratégique, le développement et la gestion de programmes ;
- Expérience avérée dans le renforcement des systèmes, la gouvernance, les cadres juridiques, la coordination sectorielle et intersectorielle, les mécanismes de financement public, la décentralisation ou des domaines connexes ;
- Expérience dans les méthodologies et les outils de suivi et d'évaluation participative pour les interventions liées à la gouvernance du secteur, au niveau local et/ou national ;
- Expérience dans la réalisation de campagnes de plaidoyer ;
- Expérience en gestion de partenariats ;
- Expérience dans la gestion de projets financés par l'USAID.
Connaissances, aptitudes et compétences requises
- Fortes compétences analytiques et résolution de problèmes, avec la capacité d'évaluer des défis du financement vert et financement public dans sa complexité et de proposer des solutions adaptées au contexte ;
- Compétence en leadership avancée et capacité à mobiliser les parties prenantes ;
- Connaissance des questions de renforcement de secteur eau, assainissement et hygiène et démontrant un engagement envers les principes d'équité de genre, de diversité, d’inclusion et protection des personnes ;
- Connaissance des techniques et outils de renforcement de capacité, de facilitation, de formations notamment pour faciliter l'adoption d'une approche systémique pour le renforcement du secteur WASH;
- Excellentes compétences en communication, négociation et facilitation pour engager efficacement divers intervenants ;
- Familiarité avec les cadres et normes internationaux en matière de gouvernance WASH, tels que ceux du Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), est un atout ;
- Capacité à penser stratégiquement et à traduire des plans de développement et des budgets ;
- Capacités en développement et gestion de projets, y compris le personnel, la budgétisation et la gestion.
- Capacité à valoriser les données par des traitements informatiques ;
- Maîtrise orale et écrite complète en anglais et en français (la maîtrise du malgache est fortement souhaitable) ;
- Aisance relationnelle avec toutes les éventuelles parties prenantes du projet, surtout les communautés bénéficiaires.
Comment postuler
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La date de clôture des candidatures est fixée au 26 Septembre 2024 à 17h00.
Notre promesse sur le personnel
Tout ce que nous faisons est guidé par nos valeurs. Nous voulons que chacun soit traité avec dignité et respect, et nous défendons les droits et les contributions des personnes pour parvenir à un monde plus juste. Nous sommes passionnément engagés à être une organisation où chacun est le bienvenu, respecté, inclus et habilité à donner le meilleur de lui-même. Nous représentons et célébrons la diversité de notre personnel, de nos partenaires et de toutes les personnes avec lesquelles nous travaillons, afin de créer une culture où chacun peut atteindre son plein potentiel
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.
Title: Regional Supply Chain Operations Manager
Location: Nigeria, Abuja
Contract: 12-Month fixed term contract (renewable)
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
About the role
The Regional Supply Chain Operations Manager (RSCOM)2 is part of the Programme Supply Chain (PSC) team. This role supports programme teams and Country Offices (COs) in supply chain management and compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards.
The RSCOM 2 WARO position is field-based and works with other regional roles to provide support to the Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Liberia COs. This includes helping with planning, procurement, logistics, and custom clearance, ensuring adherence to PSC, Quality Management System (QMS), and GDP operating standards.
The goal is to build the capacity of COs in procurement and supply chain activities, ensuring Sightsavers’ programmes and COs are well-resourced and risks to the organization’s reputation are managed.
Principal Accountabilities
- Understand Sightsavers’ operating models and PSC requirements, focusing on planning, GDP standards, and best practices across WARO COs.
- Collaborate with the Controller PSC and other RSCOMs to support WARO COs and programme teams in planning, procurement, and supply chain management.
- Assist WARO COs in applying the PSC system and QMS, understanding UK regulations for WDA (H) licence, GDP guidelines, and national regulations.
- Develop solutions for programme supply chain management at CO and field levels, providing expert advice to resolve supply chain issues.
- Create a training plan and visit schedule to address Regional Director (RD) priorities and CO SC risk profiles.
- Work with the Controller PSC to develop tools for capacity building in supply chain management for WARO COs or programme partners.
- Provide robust support to WARO COs, frequently visiting countries to enhance performance, compliance, and capacity building.
- Collaborate with central teams to ensure COs’ supply chain needs comply with organisational procedures and programme demands.
- Offer technical advice to senior programme/regional and country leadership on complex supply chain issues.
Principal Outputs
- Lead the capacity building implementation of focused WARO COs developing a workplan for review and approval by Controller PSC
- Provide the key point of contact for WARO CO staff to assist with the application of the QMS, supplier qualification, SC planning, advice regarding audit and compliance, and leading on day-to-day support and periodic reviews.
- Provide general advice and the conduit for developing the wider PSC team understanding of CO challenges and requirements
- Advise SCMs regarding country specific use of local suppliers, storage sites and/or transport routes, etc
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders as required
This is a highly varied and involved role, and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
About you
The Regional Supply Chain Operations Manager will be skilled in developing solutions for programme supply chain management at both CO and field levels, providing expert advice to resolve supply chain issues. The RSCO will create risk-based training plans and visit schedules to address Regional Director priorities and CO supply chain risk profiles. Working effectively with the Controller PSC to develop tools for capacity building in supply chain management for WARO COs or programme partners. Additionally, providing robust support to WARO COs, frequently visiting countries to enhance performance, compliance, and capacity building
Jobholder Requirements
Essential:
- Supply Chain or Logistics professional qualification.
- Experience in implementing/overseeing complex large-scale supply chains for NGO-funded programmes or equivalent.
- Culturally sensitive and empathetic, with a focus on achieving clear objectives.
- Demonstrable experience in similar supply chain management involving pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and stores in the international development sector.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with personnel at all levels, internally and with external contractors and suppliers.
- Experience of working directly with third-party contractors and supplier management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with strong IT skills.
- Emotionally resilient, able to travel and operate alone, interpret Controller PSC’s intent, and develop plans with departments to achieve overarching aims and objectives.
Desirable:
- Understanding of global supply chains, wholesale distribution of pharmaceuticals, and freight forwarders.
- Experience of the NGO and international development environment.
- Able to conduct training needs analysis, plan bespoke training packages, and implement delivery.
- Commitment to continuous personal improvement in performance.
- Experienced in fostering a culture of collaborative working, sharing knowledge, expertise, and skills across teams.
- Strong organisational skills, able to liaise with geographically dispersed groups, both internally and externally.
- Ability to travel up to 30% of the work time as needed to support programme implementation.
Closing date: 29 September 2024
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are a dynamic organisation with a clear vision to create a world where everyone can know Jesus through the Bible. Part of our responsibility in this is to make sure we are good stewards of the resources we’ve been entrusted with. We have a range of roles which will suit someone who is organised, pays attention to detail and enjoys contributing their ideas and experience as part of a team.
- Salary: £15,000-£60,000 in personal support.
- Location: We have a range of roles both home based in the UK and overseas.
- Terms of appointment: Full-time or part-time. Permanent.
Key responsibilities:
We have various roles that include different elements of the tasks and responsibilities below.
- Oversee income and expenditure transactions.
- Manage ledgers, reconciliations and journals
- Payroll and pensions processing.
- Follow and review financial processes, procedures and policies, seeking to update them when necessary
- Management of others in the finance team.
- Ensure that finances are managed effectively, that proper accounting records are kept and are in compliance with all relevant legislation and guidelines
*More details can be found in the job pack.
This post is subject to an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act that the post holder be a practising Christian (see application pack for details).
A world where everyone can know Jesus through the Bible
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