Programme Officer: Carbon Credits & Quality Control at Hivos East Africa

Role purpose

The PO in charge of Functionality & Carbon Credits Processes shall leads in coordinating and supporting National Biogas Programmes (NBPs) to design and implement activities of the two set of processes described above and further details in their result areas below. The task covers the 5 ABPP countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso) and therefore includes regular travel to these countries.

The PO is answerable to the ABPP Fund Manager and report to the ABPP Design Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (DMEL) Manager.

Result areas

1. Coordinate all Carbon Finance processes

• Support in Designing of Programme (PoA) and project activities (VPAs);
• Coordinate carbon credit related Monitoring and verification exercises – Support ABPP DMEL to ensure ABPP database is compliance with carbon monitoring requirements;
• Organise monitoring surveys including user, usage surveys and Kitchen Performance Tests;
• Coordinate and organize monitoring site visits by consultants (DOEs).

1. Coordinate the biogas plant quality control processes  

• Monitoring Plant  Repairs, Maintenance and Training (RMT);
• Monitor countries  unflagging of plants with technical issues.

1. Communication

• Oversee internal communication on carbon finance items;
• Ensure effective communication between ABPP central team and the national biogas programmes;
• Prepare communications for stakeholder forum;
• Provide input to communicate about carbon finance items on the carbon website.

1. Training and Guidance

• Mentor and build capacity of national biogas programmes on carbon finance processes 
  •  Monitor overall Functionality rate and provide countries with areas of improvement   

Knowledge, competency and experience

• Bachelors Degree in Environmental Sciences or Energy Financing or other relevant academic background (essential);
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation is an added advantage;
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience (essential), background in a similar role (desirable);
• Well organised and able to keep deadlines. The job requires excellent time management skills and ability to juggle competing priorities;
• Good group leadership qualities and able to work in a multi-stakeholder environment;
• Strong analytical, conceptual skills and knowledge;
• Excellent communication (verbal and writing skills in English) and interpersonal skills;
• Capacity to produce high-quality briefs and reports;
• Good level of proficiency in Windows Excel and quantitative analysis;
• Experience in data management;
• Ability to design data collection tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations;
• Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others;
• Strong interpersonal skills and managerial capacity;
• Experience in a non-governmental organization or donor setting (desirable).

What we offer

We offer a competitive package based on the candidate’s qualifications.