Consultants for ‘Sustainable Energy for All Initiative’ (SE4ALL) Initiative

Are you a consultant interested in joining an organisation with a long term commitment to fighting poverty? Are you looking for development assignments at an international level? 

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is looking for:

Consultants for ‘Sustainable Energy for All Initiative’ (SE4ALL) Initiative

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organisation, funded from public and private sources. SNV was founded in the Netherlands in 1965 and currently works in 38 countries world-wide. SNV is a specialised advisory services and knowledge-brokering organisation. We provide capacity development support to local and national organisations at the government, non-government and private sector levels. SNV provides advisory services in the sectors Renewable Energy, Agriculture and Water Sanitation & Hygiene. Climate Change, gender and governance are cross cutting issues. 

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

SNV's advisory services focus on creating effective solutions with local impact. We work in partnership with a wide range of clients to impact poverty and build capacity worldwide. From donors such as DGIS, EC, USAID, AusAID and DFID, to philanthropic foundations and leading corporates, we help our clients achieve their development objectives and make a difference where it matters most.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

We are looking for consultants to join our pool of experts in the framework of the ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ Initiative (SE4ALL). The European Commission supports the SE4ALL through a Technical Assistance Facility with a strong emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa. The SE4ALL Technical Assistance Facility supports developing countries committed to reach the SE4All objectives through appropriate sector reforms and scaling up of investment in the energy sector.

We require consultants with a proven track record and strong expertise, preferably gained from field experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific, in one or more of the following areas:

• Capacity building in national energy sector policies and reforms: assessing energy policies and regulatory frameworks, formulating energy policy and legislation and implementation of energy reform projects;
• Technical assistance in the preparation of energy investment projects: off-grid rural electrification, domestic and medium-sized biogas plants, clean cookstoves, solar energy, biomass as well as feasibility, design and financing of energy projects;
• Mobilisation of funds and facilitation of SE4ALL partnerships: enabling investments, designing innovative local and international financing instruments and preparing bankable projects.

We request at least five years of experience in the energy sector and a university degree in an energy-related discipline.

Future positions in this framework are subject to approval of the donor.

How to apply?

Do you have expertise in one or more of the areas described above?

Join our pool of expert consultants by uploading your CV in our in-house recruitment system -http://snv.devhire.devex.com/jobs/327815.

SNV intends to expand its pool of consultants with renewable energy expertise for different short- or longer term assignments. In case you have renewable energy experience and are interested in other consultancies than the one in this advertisement, we would like to encourage you to apply as well, and indicate your interest.      

We appreciate your interest and we will read all applications. In case you don’t hear back from us before the end of August 2013, please consider your application as not successful.

For more information, please refer to our website:www.snvworld.org

We do not appreciate third-party mediation based on this advertisement.

Closing date: 

Friday, August 30, 2013

Type of contract: 

Consultancy