Energy Officer (1 Post) at County Government of Nandi

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Director in charge of Climate Change and Energy, The Energy Officer I shall:-
• Identify and promote appropriate alternative energies for cooking, lighting and warming through assessment and analysis of available energies in collaboration with all actors, including private sector, development agencies and governmental institutions;
• Provide technical support with designs of specific energy projects and pilot energy for cooking, lighting and powering, including renewable energy, with a view towards enhancing selfreliance, education and protection;
• Promote by championing the multi-sectoral Environment, Climate Change and Water; In collaboration with both the county and national governments’ line ministries and appropriate NGOs, develop/adopt and implement a robust renewable energy strategy and technologies that promotes sustainability and efficiency in the use of natural resources for consumption and links of Energy with production;
• Develop and sustain a network of appropriate stakeholders in order to ensure access to sustainable energy for the residents of Nandi County
• Adopt and foster an integrated approach to ensure energy based interventions are addressed from a cross-sectoral perspective
• Adopt best practices and technologies and ensure the provisions of the Occupational Health
• and Safety Act, 2007 are met in all energy activities in the County;
• Maintain proper records and write periodic status reports on all project developments including
• monitoring, testing, trouble shooting, lessons learned and solutions applied to ensure
• institutional knowledge development,
• Ensure that you are continually updated on all government directives, new initiatives, changes in policies and legislation regarding national electrical and renewable energy developments in order to give an informed advice/decision to the County Government appropriately and also to ensure that legal and advantageous energy incentives are explored;
• Represent the department/county adequately in relevant energy forums;
• Collect and collate information related to Energy, data analysis, report writing, developingplans, conducting energy audits and site inspections;
• Create awareness on energy conservation through seminars, workshops, public barazas, print and electronic media, publicity materials and conservation activities;
• Provide technical support to the county's needs so as to meet the increasing demands of operations to sustainable energy as well as reducing costs and carbon footprint;
• Mainstream energy as a cross-cutting issue across all county Departments, National Government Agencies, private sector and civil societies;
• Integrate climate change and gender in renewable energy and efficiency and conservation policies;
• Conduct feasibility studies on renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation projects;
• Mobilize resources for renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy conservation projects.
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements for Appointment

• For appointment to this position, the suitable candidate must meet the following requirements: -
• Be a Kenyan citizen,
• Should have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in any one of the following disciplines; Energy, Renewable Energy Technologies, Energy Engineering, Environmental Sciences or other relevant field. A bias in Energy Related field will be an added advantage.
• Should have a practical knowledge of teamwork and leadership, with an understanding of national and international policies, legislations and strategies on energy. Others include renewable energy financial management (community involvement and capacity issues), renewable energy business development (business planning, entrepreneurship development);
• Should have experience in energy audits and comparative energy systems;
• Should have proven knowledge of sustainable energy and technical skills in set-up, design and monitoring of energy programmes from a multi-sectoral and protection perspective;
• Have a demonstrated knowledge in computer applications;
• Have a demonstrated managerial, administrative, professional and technical competence;
• Have excellent interpersonal skills, flexible to work for long hours under pressure so as to meet deadlines and ability to work with minimum or no supervision;
• Have shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership and integrity;
• Having a Master’s degree in related field or a Post Graduate training in Environmental Management field such as EIA/Audits, Environmental Management Systems or any other equivalent will be an added advantage