RBF, Clean Energy & Clean Cooking Experts at Allied Talent Partners

Key Deliverables:

• Design, structure and implement RBF facilities for renewable-energy, energy-access and clean-cooking programmes.
• Develop programme eligibility criteria, application processes, evaluation frameworks and implementation manuals.
• Lead or support technical and financial evaluation, due diligence, contracting and onboarding of participating companies.
• Manage portfolios of clean-energy enterprises, including performance monitoring, milestone tracking and risk management.
• Design verification processes and coordinate with independent verification agents.
• Validate reported results and support performance-linked incentive or grant-disbursement processes.
• Develop programme indicators, reporting systems and learning frameworks.
• Support clean-cooking market development, behaviour-change initiatives and private-sector participation.
• Advise on relevant energy-access policies, regulations and market-enabling interventions.
• Coordinate stakeholders across government, development-finance institutions, donors, implementing partners and the private sector.
• Produce programme reports, portfolio insights and recommendations to guide implementation and investment decisions.

Requirements
Experience Required:

• Target of 15+ years of experience in results-based financing, renewable energy, clean cooking, energy access or related development programmes.
• Demonstrated experience working on donor-funded or development-finance programmes.
• Experience delivering assignments in Kenya, East Africa or other African markets.
• Experience working with government institutions, development partners and private-sector energy companies.

Technical Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of RBF programme design and implementation.
• Experience with clean-cooking technologies, off-grid energy, distributed renewable energy or related energy-access solutions.
• Experience conducting technical and financial assessments of companies or programme applications.
• Understanding of contracting, results verification, portfolio monitoring and performance-linked disbursement.
• Ability to translate policy and programme objectives into practical implementation plans.
• Familiarity with market-systems development, enterprise support or investment-readiness approaches.
• Strong programme-management, analytical and reporting capability.

Other Skills:

• Strong stakeholder-management and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work across policy, technical, financial and programme-delivery teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Strong analytical judgement and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate effectively across diverse African markets and institutional environments.

Additional Information About Desired Profiles:

• Kenya-based or East Africa-based professionals are strongly preferred.
• Direct experience managing an RBF facility or portfolio is highly desirable.
• Clean-cooking programme design, commercialization or market-development experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with DFIs, bilateral or multilateral funders, governments or international development organisations is an advantage.
• Exceptional candidates with slightly fewer than 15 years of experience may be considered where they demonstrate particularly strong direct RBF or clean-cooking delivery.