Knowledge Consultant on Domestic Biogas (ASIA)
Are you interested in joining an organisation with a long term commitment to fighting poverty? Would you like to work in a challenging environment and develop an international career focused on demonstrating shared core values that achieve results?
SNV Netherlands Development Organization is looking for a:
Knowledge Consultant on Domestic Biogas (ASIA)
Based in The Hague, the Netherlands
(Consultancy contract)
In the framework of the Asia Biogas Programme (ABP) and financially supported by the Netherlands Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS), SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is since 2005 building capacities in the domestic biogas sector in four countries in Asia being Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. By the end of 2010, a total of 110,139 biogas plants were installed under ABP. With 2012 being the last year of implementation of the ABP, SNV aims to increase its efforts on knowledge development, documentation and sharing related to biogas development in Asia. To support this process, SNV is looking for a knowledge consultant on domestic biogas based in the Netherlands who will work closely together with the coordinator of the ABP who is also based in the Netherlands.
Responsibilities
- Collect and analyse of data and inputs in close cooperation with related staff in Asia;
- Organize the development and production of specific knowledge products (publication, CD, DVD) on domestic biogas in Asia and distribute through suitable channels;
- Facilitate the upload of content information to website, intranet pages and digital newsletters on domestic biogas to enhance learning both within and outside of SNV;
- Collect and archive of relevant documents on domestic biogas on the SNV intranet and website;
- Assist with the preparation of an international workshop on domestic biogas in Asia in the second half of 2012;
- Undertake additional assignments after consultation with the ABP coordinator.
Candidate profile
- Master’s degree in international development, preferably related to domestic biogas; otherwise renewable energy and/or rural development;
- Minimum of two years and maximum of six years of experience in networking and process facilitation;
- Minimum of two years and maximum of six years of experience in knowledge management, research and data collection & analysis;
- International exposure and experience through working environment, studies or otherwise;
- Achieved recognized results in related knowledge development (e.g. articles, publications);
- Knowledge of computer systems and applications, preferably with an affinity for interactive digital media and webpage management;
- Excellent written communication skills;
- Team-focused, service-minded and independent;
- Ability to work in different cultural settings;
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)
Contract Duration: Up to 31 December 2012, 32 hours per week, maximum 1,400 hours. Contracting is subject to approval of the ABP annual plan & budget 2012 by DGIS.
Desired start date: As soon as possible
How to apply?
You are invited to submit your application letter including requested hourly fee with a CV (in English) to mobility@snvworld.org (att. Wim J. van Nes) before 10 January 2012 with reference number 6766.
The fee should exclude VAT but include all other tax – and premium obligations and compensations, if any. The consultant should be registered at the Chamber of Commerce; have a BTW number, and; have taken out insurance covering client’s business liability. If the consultant will assume the assignment within the framework of an independent professional practice, (s)he should have obtained a Declaration of Independent Contractor Status, a legally valid ID and if applicable a working permit for working in the Netherlands.
More information about SNV
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. We build the capacity of local institutions to address development issues. SNV has been successfully involved in domestic biogas from 1989 onwards. Supporting the establishment of a viable biogas sector in Nepal, distinctive experience and international recognition was gained and used in the beginning of the new millennium for up-scaling to Vietnam. From 2005 onwards, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Laos and Pakistan were gradually added to the biogas practice of SNV. In 2009, also Indonesia and Pakistan started national programmes on domestic biogas, while Bhutan started a modest project in 2011. SNV is convening a working group on domestic biogas under the ADB initiated Energy for All Partnership and is targeting dissemination of an additional one million quality biogas plants by 2016 in about 15 Asian countries including innovative programmes in China and India.
In Africa, the Rwanda programme was started in 2007. By the end of 2008, a partnership between the Dutch Development Cooperation (DGIS), Hivos and SNV materialised in the framework of the Africa Biogas Programme Partnership, for the implementation of programmes in six African countries; Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal and Burkina Faso. Also in Benin and Cameroon some activities take place. In Latin America, a domestic biogas programme in forth coming, while feasibility studies are on-going in Peru and Bolivia. For more information on SNV, visit our website: www.snvworld.org
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