Junior Sustainable Energy Advisor 

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement ‘#141/2023’

Energising Development (EnDev) Ethiopia - Climate Change Cluster

 Duration of Contract:   29.02.2024 (Temporary maternity replacement; there is no possibility of extension unless additional financing is available for the position)  

As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes. In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on the commission of the Ethiopian Government and other international donors.

Energising Development (EnDev) is an international flagship programme for providing energy access. 760 million people worldwide live without electricity and about 2.6 billion people lack access to clean cookstoves. EnDev focuses on providing access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy as a means to deliver social, economic, and environmental change in more than 20 countries worldwide. EnDev is currently financed by four donor countries – the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and Switzerland with additional donors in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, Energising Development (EnDev) is implemented and coordinated by GIZ and supports sustainable energy access in two main components: Clean Cooking and Rural Electrification. Target groups are lower-income households, social institutions and small to medium sized enterprises, mostly in rural areas. In the clean cooking component, EnDev Ethiopia works on both lower tier and higher tier clean cooking segments. SNV Ethiopia is the co-implementer in higher tier segment.    

EnDev Ethiopia is currently looking for one qualified candidate to work as Junior Advisor for its clean cooking component.  

A. Overall Responsibilities

The Junior Advisor will support Project Director of EnDev Ethiopia in implementing Clean Cooking Component.

B.  Tasks

• Support all business development support interventions of the Cooking Energy component with focus on growth and transformation of firms to semi-industrial production.

• Support in organizing and implementing the firm level, sectoral and industry wide assessments and studies meant to strengthen the clean cooking value chains.

• Support in planning and implementing the technical assistance, co-financing and competitive grant schemes that are targeted at firms, industry associations and value chain players.

• Produces the implementation plan and organizes the rolling out of public private dialogues as well as other platforms of discussions between private sector players and public sector agencies.

• Conceptualizes, formulates, strategizes and implements plans for creating a favorable environment for FDI and local investment in the clean cooking sector as per the directives of the cooking component Coordinator.

• Collaborates with other team members for crafting, developing and furthering activities to ease the market barriers to clean cooking sector market players.

• Takes part in the design, implementation and monitoring of awareness creation, promotional and mentoring/coaching activities of the cooking component.

• Technical advisory on project identification and funding proposal development.

• Technical advisory on funds acquisition from national, international, public and private sources.

• Follow-up on funds disbursement and technical advisory on financial reporting.

• Technical advisory of public, private and other stakeholders relevant for the component’s activities from the perspective of marketing, investments and business development.

• Support of the component’s team members as well as external consultants and other service providers hired for the implementation.

• General support of the planning and implementation of the Cooking Energy Component.

• Contribution to monitoring, evaluation and knowledge management of all relevant activities within his/her component.

Other duties:

Carry out any other tasks relevant to the project which may not be explicitly mentioned in the job description but lie in its nature and as assigned by the GIZ EnDev Project Director in Ethiopia.

Job Requirements

Education Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Development Studies, Rural Development, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration and Business Management, or a related field.

Professional experience and competencies

• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in similar field.

• Experience with development cooperation and experience in energy sector will get solid preference.

• Native Amharic speaker.

• Excellent English language proficiency, both in written and spoken form.

• Knowledge of German is an added advantage.

• Ability to take initiative and perform under high pressure, and adjust quickly to new circumstances;

• Excellent networking, communication and presentation skills and  intercultural sensitivity;

• Superb team player with flexibility, open mind, cooperative attitude and a high interest in sharing knowledge in dynamic and multicultural environments;

• Proficiency in computer skills, use of relevant software (MS Office, Adobe, Photoshop etc.)

• Strong analytical, research and documentation skills

• Honest, reliable and proactive.

• Willingness to frequently travel to other regions in Ethiopia. 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their recent CV via Email: hreth@giz.de. 

Please make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Junior Sustainable Energy Advisor #141/2023_Full Name’ in the subject line of your email application.

Please note that, due to urgency of the vacancy selection will be done on a rolling base.

Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might be disqualified. 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference.

Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

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