Junior Advisor - Energy and Software Development at GIZ Kenya Health

Responsibilities

The Junior Advisor will be responsible for:

• Supporting coordination and implementation of project activities by implementing partners and ensure the achievement of the intervention objectives and results.
• Provide technical advisory to the financial intermediaries on renewable energy technologies particularly PUE technologies
• Monitoring and reporting on the implementation of project activities related to digitization of village savings and loans associations and promotion of relevant PUE technologies
• Development of digital solutions for the Innovation Fund Intervention and EnDev portfolio at large but mainly EnDev, EnDev-ABC and EnDev/GCF.

The Junior Advisor will also be responsible for the following tasks:

EnDev (40%)

• Support coordination and implementation of the project by implementing partners in-line with the approved proposal.
• Contribute towards the achievement of project objectives and KPIs in line with the approved proposal.
• Support achievement of digitization of village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) and financial intermediaries participating the project.
• Support the implementation of the awareness creation activities by implementing partners to promote relevant PUE technologies.
• Support the identification of relevant renewable energy technologies for PUE and orient the financial intermediaries on the same
• Support establishment of linkages between implementing partners and suppliers of relevant PUE technologies.
• Preparation of timely routine updates and reporting on the project activities to the EnDev innovation window team.
• Perform relevant administrative duties to ensure effective implementation of the project
• Support monitoring and verification of project activities and results against targets.
• Support the development of digital solutions for financial intermediaries
• Any other functions assigned by project

EnDev ABC (30%)

• Draft the concept note for the ABC Kenya project website ensuring its life beyond the project
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• Develop the project website including geolocalisation of built biodigesters
• Develop an app for easy data collection in partnership with the IVA and biodigester companies
• Support ABPL in their biodigester troubleshooting app
• Any other functions assigned by project

EnDev/GCF (30%)

• Development and administration of the GCF data management systems
• Support the development of the GCF knowledge management framework
• Develop and administer data collection tools on need basis
• Support in the development and administration of a filing management system
• Train the team on the use of the applications developed
• Any other functions assigned by project

Candidate Profile:

• The ideal candidate should have an undergraduate degree or equivalent in a relevant field such as engineering, renewable energy or software development.
• The candidate should also be a competent software developer, capable of using the latest software development technologies for front-end, back-end and mobile applications.

Desired competence:

• General understanding of renewable energy technologies and productive use of energy solutions
• Experience in latest software development tools/technologies and frameworks e.g. Python, React, Django, Bootstrap e.t.c
• Competency in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite (Office 365, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Power BI e.t.c)
• Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, internet and computer applications)
• Excellent command of English
• Excellent technical/business report writing skills
• Able to work independently and perform well under pressure (i.e. handling significant problems and tasks which come up simultaneously and/or unexpectedly and meeting deadlines)
• Ability to handle confidential information, using good judgement and discernment

Desired professional experience:

• At least 2 years work experience particularly in renewable energy and software development. Combination of these is preferred.
• At least 1.5 years experience in software development (evidence of relevant software applications developed shall be required)
• Work experience or association (e.g. consultancy) with GIZ is an added advantage