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2 GVEP (Global Village Energy
Partnership) International Career Vacancies - Outreach Officers
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Monitoring
and Evaluation Jobs in Uganda , NGO - Non-Government Organisations Jobs in
Uganda ,
Position Title:Outreach Officer (2 Career Vacancies)
Reports to: Business Development Services (BDS) Coordinator
Organization: GVEP (Global Village Energy Partnership) International
Primary Location:Kampala, Uganda
Funding Source: Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Closing date: 27th June, 2014
Brief Company Profile:
GVEP (Global Village Energy Partnership) works with local businesses in
developing countries to increase access to modern energy and to improve the
quality of lives for millions of people. To date, we have provided four million
people with access to clean energy; over 3000 local energy jobs have been
created; 2.7 million tonnes of CO2 have been saved and $20 million has been
leveraged to support the development of energy products and services across the
developing world.
Job Summary:
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.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Implementing the communication
and outreach strategy for the PDP1. 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.
·
Performing 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 Loan Guarantee Fund officers) 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
·
Responsible for 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.
·
Monitoring and Evaluation: Data
collecting, analysing and providing feedback to the Business Development
Services Coordinator and Country Manager
·
Supporting the M&E
Coordinator with quality control on field information.
·
Support the M&E in
undertaking analytical studies.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate should possess the necessary skills, knowledge and
experience in executing the above duties and responsibilities.
Mode of Application:
All qualified candidates should submit their application by sending a
complete and comprehensive CV and a cover letter via e-mail to
recruitment@gvepinternational.org under the reference Application for Outreach
Officer- Uganda including salary.
Deadline: 27th June, 2014
