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Position: Outreach Officer
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Organisation Background: GVEP
is a UK charity seeking to reduce poverty in Africa through accelerated access
to modern energy products and services.
To do To date, GVEP has supported the development and growth of 2,600 small and micro
this we support the development of a broad range of micro and small businesses
and project companies in the energy economy, by providing them with
high-quality financial, technical and business management support services so
that they can grow and deliver access to energy in of grid areas.
businesses in Africa, delivering energy access to over 7 million people in off
grid areas and creating over 5000 jobs.
Our
ambition is that by 2020 we will have enabled 20 million people to access clean
and reliable energy.
GVEP’s
largest office is in Kenya, with local offices also in Senegal, Uganda,
Tanzania and Rwanda, supported by a small UK head office in London.
Purpose: The Outreach
Officer will promote the project’s objectives among schools by helping connect
them with stove producers and financial institutions as well as promote
briquette making businesses and retailers to leverage credit from financial
institutions.
He/She
will also be involved in monitoring the usage of the stoves and repayments to
financial institutions.
Main duties and responsibilities of the Outreach Officer include:
- Implementing
the communication and outreach strategy for the Programme. This
entails inputs in developing and disseminating communication materials
such as press kits, fact sheets and brochures; promoting the project
vigorously among schools and cook stove and briquette businesses within
the assigned region and recruiting the numbers necessary to realize the
project targets for both improved cook stoves and briquettes. - Carrying
out training on the usage and communicating the economic benefits of
improved institutional cook stoves and briquettes. - Linking
the recruited schools with selected quality stove producers and
pre-identified financial institutions (in conjunction with the Capital
Access officer) and facilitating the development and implementation of
agreements among the three. - Linking
briquette retailers and consumers/users with selected quality briquette
producers and pre-identified financial institutions (in conjunction with
the Loan Guarantee Fund officers) and facilitating the development and
implementation of agreements among the three. - Monitoring
the repayment of loans to financial institutions. - Monitoring
the repayment of loans by briquette businesses to financial institutions - Periodic
and timely reporting to the BDS Coordinator on progress/performance
against the M&E framework - Marketing
solar PV systems to schools and institutions of higher learning. - Carrying
out other duties that may be reasonably assigned by management. - Data
collecting, analysing and providing feedback to the Business Development
Services Coordinator and Country Manager and supporting the M&E
Coordinator with quality control on field information. - Prepare
and submit a weekly report to the Business Development Services
Coordinator and Country Manager.
- Degree
in business or related discipline, a degree in Marketing will be desirable - At
least 3 years’ experience in marketing / business development preferably
in Renewable energy sector - Can
work with minimal supervision - Excellent
levels of customer service - Strong
negotiation skills - Displays
strong clear communication and written skills - A
real self-starter, able to take initiative and operate independently
Interested candidates should forward their cover letters and CVS and indicate
their minimum salary expectation to recruitment@gvepinternational.org before
15th April, 2016.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
GVEP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from
qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin or
disability.
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