Publishing date: 16 November 2020

Location: Nigeria or Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Description: Okra is looking for a Global Business Developer to join their team full-time in Nigeria & Malaysia.

Are you experienced in business development, deal origination and pushing the envelope till the deal is done and delivered? Do you want to use those skills to create a positive impact and get energy out to the last-mile? This opportunity will give you the chance to use those skills to change the lives of millions through the development and deployment of solar electrification projects for off-grid communities.

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Publishing date: 13 November 2020

Location: West Africa

Description: Accountable to the Managing Director for originating and developing a constant flow of new projects to the stage being ‘construction ready’. This involves identifying feasible situations that offer the potential to develop and build new plants in a manner that is aligned to the company strategy and objectives, and then securing the necessary project rights to justify investment in the completion of the tasks that will result in bankable projects. The volume and nature of new projects will be defined in the business and operating plans for the company.

Working with senior colleagues, the Development Director will ensure that the full range of necessary inputs from other functions contribute to the early stages of the project lifecycle so that projects are optimised over their complete lifecycle and are undertaken in accordance with company policies and standards.

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Publishing date: 12 November 2020

Location: Arusha, Tanzania

Description: This is a consulting opportunity.

Project Pipeline:

• Responsible for project origination across the Business Units through the identification and packaging of different market-specific value propositions;
• Respond to requests for proposals (RFPs), developing and drafting project proposals for solar and solar plus storage solutions;
• Build strong relationships with project financiers;
• Responsible for negotiation with clients for EPC contracts and facilitate deal closure. 

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Publishing date: 10 November 2020

Location: Lome, Togo

Description: Bboxx are looking for a Country Managing Director or their new entity, with solid commercial and leadership experience to control and oversee all business operations, people and ventures and drive the strategic growth.

The ideal candidate will be a strategist and a leader able to steer the company to the most profitable direction while also creating and implementing high-quality strategy and business plans at the country-level. Very strong analytical and project management skills will also be essential since the MD is the one expected to deliver results and changes necessary.

The goal is to ensure the company is constantly moving towards fulfilling its short-term and long-term objectives and does not diverge from its strategic guidelines. You will be joining a team of 600+ staff across multiple offices in East Africa, China, UK, France and West Africa.

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Publishing date: 10 November 2020

Location: Nigeria

Description: Bboxx are looking for a Country Managing Director or their new entity, with solid commercial and leadership experience to control and oversee all business operations, people and ventures and drive the strategic growth.

The ideal candidate will be a strategist and a leader able to steer the company to the most profitable direction while also creating and implementing high-quality strategy and business plans at the country-level. Very strong analytical and project management skills will also be essential since the MD is the one expected to deliver results and changes necessary.

The goal is to ensure the company is constantly moving towards fulfilling its short-term and long-term objectives and does not diverge from its strategic guidelines. You will be joining a team of 600+ staff across multiple offices in East Africa, China, UK, France and West Africa.

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Publishing date: 6 November 2020

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Description: As part of the Access to Energy management team in Nigeria, and building on the Access to Energy platform support functions, the Head of Minigrids Nigeria will be responsible for the overall strategic planning and the operational, technical and sales related Engie Minigrid activity in Nigeria.

Her/his main objectives will be to grow the business in a sustainable way by playing a key strategic role in identifying and pursuing minigrid business development opportunities in Nigeria; maintain an inspiring culture; develop a competent and motivated team within an efficient organization; and coordinate with other entities in the ENGIE Group. For the scope of minigrid developments in Nigeria, he/she will entertain external relations with the host government (e.g. Ministry of Energy, Finance, Environment, Chiefs and Traditional Affairs, Agriculture and Local Government), Cooperating partners, donors, local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutions to strengthen working relationships with these entities and ensure overall success of the minigrid project. The Head of Minigrids Nigeria has overall P&L responsibility for the minigrid activities in Nigeria and will report in this responsibility to the global Head of Minigrids in A2E.

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Publishing date: 6 November 2020

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description: Would you like to be responsible for delivering the foundations and insights that enables forecasting, budgeting, auditing and other key process to ensure an effective finance department? BBOXX are hiring a Financial Accountant who will be responsible for the financial records of the BBOXX Africa Management office.

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Publishing date: 31 October 2020

Location: Lusaka, Zambia

Description: The Operations & Technical Manager will be responsible for defining, together with the Head of Minigrids Zambia, the strategy of minigrid developments in Zambia, and for steering diverse innovation, technical and commercial projects. He/She will also providing the team with high-quality independent technical advice and assistance on technical and operational viability of new and existing activities within ENGIE PowerCorner Zambia. He/she will work closely with the Managing Director, Commercial Manager, Cluster managers and Financial Manager as well as the Europe-based ENGIE PowerCorner HQ team. The Operations and Technical Manager will be responsible for the technical designs, schedule, procurement, coordination and supervision of all EPC contractors from tendering, construction and maintenance of future mini-grids in Zambia. He/she will work closely with the Technicians to monitor the performance of all installations and maintenance operations.

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Publishing date: 31 October 2020

Location: Lusaka, Zambia

Description: The Strategy & Innovation Manager will be responsible for defining, together with the Head of Minigrids Zambia, the strategy of minigrid developments in Zambia, and for steering diverse innovation, technical and commercial projects. He/She will also providing the team with high-quality independent technical advice and assistance on economic and operational viability of new and existing activities within ENGIE PowerCorner Zambia. He/she will work closely with the Managing Director, Commercial Manager, Cluster managers and Financial Manager as well as the Europe-based ENGIE PowerCorner HQ team. On a high level the Strategy and Innovations Manager will also be expected to engage and steer engagements and collaborations where necessary with relevant stakeholders in the energy sector.

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Publishing date: 29 October 2020

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description: BBOXX Pulse software stack is a comprehensive management platform that enables the growth of next generation, global utility businesses (NGUs) in developing countries by managing scale as customers, products and employees are dispersed across remote locations. Unlike other pay-as-you-go platforms, Pulse is a fully integrated solution with IoT, ERP and CRM systems covering the management of devices, customers and back-office functions. Pulse also enables the collection and analysis of data with over one billion data points obtained every day from remotely connected devices in a dozen of our markets in Africa and Asia.

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Publishing date: 27 October 2020

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Description: The Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) is seeking a highly motivated and creative thinker for the role of Energy Access Finance Advisor. The successful candidate will work directly with multilateral and bilateral donors, commercial and concessional investors, foundations, minigrid companies and their partners to help design and bring to life the financial tools and processes needed to provide the minigrid sector with access to appropriate, large scale finance across the continent. The post is based in Nairobi.

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Publishing date: 9 October 2020

Location: Ogbomosho- Oyo & Shendam- Plateau, Nigeria

Description: Fenix is looking for a dynamic, highly motivated and disciplined Stock Control Officer with a passion for entrepreneurship, renewable energy, and financial inclusion to join our team. This position is an important role within the Customer Experience Department in a fast paced environment at the forefront of providing a world class customer service experience in the sectors of renewable energy.

This role requires an individual to work under limited supervision, perform duties associated with direct interaction with customers, inventory management, and providing after sales service support (both technical and non-technical) to existing Fenix customers with an emphasis on providing an exceptional customer experience.

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Publishing date: 9 October 2020

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Description: The Business Development & Expansion Associate will travel regularly to states within Nigeria not yet covered by the business to tap into new markets and build strong long lasting relationships with new customers. You will demonstrate and maintain a clear understanding of customers, their livelihood, wants and their requirements with regular visits. The role will require you to supervise the setup of a new State, completing all legal requirements and develop a marketing & sales strategy. The role will also require you to complete all tenders in compliance with tender clarifications and negotiations in Nigeria. The incumbent must understand and be able to justify qualitatively and quantitatively, the basic requirements for recommendation of a location.

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Publishing date: 5 October 2020

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description: 

• You will deploy and maintain a network of Repair Center in several countries and you will be responsible with the Head of supply Chain operations to coordinate the actions of those units and benchmark the best practices. Each time it’s possible you will have to take advantage of the economy of scales and opportunities related;
• You will implement, analyse, and maintain the KPIs in the different repair centres and you will be responsible for reaching the target to assess the efficiency of the repair centres;
• You will also have to suggest the improvements of the tools, rank the potential new features by managing the product backlog and implement the upgrades. You will work closely with the devices team to design the features and validate their activation;
• You will manage all repair centres under SCaaS and ensure the target SLA is achieved.

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Publishing date: 5 October 2020

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Description: 

• Define Product Failure;
• Classify product failure rates (Mechanical, Electrical, User fault, Tampering etc);
• Work with the quality team in China to set clear Warranty terms with Suppliers and process to Claim warranty;
• Report product Failure rate analysis monthly for all NGUs under SCaaS.;
• Work with the data insight team to develop and maintain the failure rate dashboard;
• Assist with the forecast of needed spares for each repair centre;
• Compare failure rates in different NGUs and understand what influences the variance;
• Work with the devices team to set acceptable failure rates and lifetime of products per year, set SLAs and ensure they are respected;
• Assess the cost of repair per product based on failure rates and determine when it makes sense to repair a product;
• Provide feedback to the QC team and Suppliers for continuous improvement of products.

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Publishing date: 3 October 2020

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Description: The Customer Service Manager will be responsible for delivering high-quality customer service experience. They will organize and motivate Customer Care Agents, take ownership of cross-functional customer experience initiatives, drive strategic improvements in customer experience and communicate customer behavioral trends and needs to the management.

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Publishing date: 1 October 2020

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Description: SNV Tanzania is recruiting a full-time Advisor/Technical Specialist to provide technical leadership of the RBF PU Project under EnDev III Programme, a new  project currently in inception phase. The Advisor will set the strategic vision for the new project, tailor the design of the results-based financing (RBF) fund through analysing market assessment data, launch the new fund and provide technical expertise in the ongoing management of the fund. The Advisor will also act as the SNV Tanzania sector representative for our work in productive use of energy both locally and regionally.

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Publishing date: 23 September 2020

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Description: d.light continues to expand its product offering for PAYG (both software and hardware) while simultaneously expanding its footprint for PAYG operations in Africa. To support this growth, d.light is searching for an experienced Product Manager to own the user experience for their teams on Atlas, their proprietary PAYG software platform, in ther vertically-integrated markets. You will work with a team that is hungry to achieve their goal of impacting 100M lives by 2020, and you will be directly involved in providing their customers with moder, renewable energy solutions, many for the first time.

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Publishing date: 23 September 2020

Location: Flexible, within the Region

Description: As the Business Development & Sales Associate for Francophone Africa, you will be part of the d.light Global Partnerships team, which focuses on identifying and managing product distribution partners. You will report to the Partnerships Director - Africa. Your territory is vast and extremely dynamic, with more than 375M people living across 20+ countries. Your overarching goals will be to (1) identify and onboard new strategic partners, particularly interested in procuring and distributing solar lanterns, (2) assist with the management of existing partners, particularly in relation to written and verbal communication in the French language.

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Publishing date: 22 September 2020

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Description: The Power Africa Off-grid (PAOP) Project Ethiopia Lead Advisor is responsible for increasing the number of off-grid electrification connections in Ethiopia, by providing technical assistance to off-grid energy companies to accelerate system sales. The Lead Advisor is also responsible for supporting investors and Financial Institutions (FIs) to increase access to finance for off-grid companies and potential customers. The job entails leading tailored technical assistance activities to both off-grid companies and FIs on a range of topics such as: business performance; market dynamics; access to finance; policy and regulations; and cross-sectoral themes such as gender and productive uses of energy.  This is a full-time role based in Ethiopia. This position reports to the East Africa Regional Advisor and Chief of Party.

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