SUMMARY:
Outcome 5 Lead. A minimum of ten (10) years of professional consulting experience

POSITION INFO:

Position: Outcome 5 Lead

Opportunity Type: Fixed Term Employment / Independent Consultant Agreement (ICA)

Duration: May 2021 to March 2022, with potential for extension

Location: Pretoria (or within Southern Africa)

Position Description, Objectives and Project Overview:

The Outcome 5 Lead is responsible for scaling successes and sharing lessons learned from SAEP activities across the region. As a regional program, SAEP can cost-effectively leverage program successes and avail them to other stakeholders in the region for possible modification and adoption. As activities are implemented bilaterally with specific counterparts, the Outcome 5 Lead is responsible for determining how lessons learned can be shared, used and implemented across the wider SAEP region. The goal of Outcome 5 is to increase visibility of work already delivered by SAEP, and - working through SADC entities, regional donors and other counterparts - encourage replication of that work by other counterparts. The mode of sharing this work and spreading across the region will be different for many of the activities, and certain activities are riper for sharing. The OC5 Lead will identify these opportunities in collaboration with the SAEP Country Managers, other Outcome Leads and the DCOP-Technical and design the programming and activities to create this regional impact from the program activities.

Responsibilities:

• Reviewing activity scopes from other technical leads to determine what knowledge sharing can be extracted from the planned work, and ensure long-term training plans for capacity building are embedded in all SAEP Work Plan activities
• Identifying required resources necessary to deliver the interventions in full, leveraging funding where possible from other cooperating partners, regional institutions and counterpart organizations to augment delivery
• Sharing the SAEP lessons learned throughout the region in a sustainable manner
• Improve human and institutional capacity of counterparts to bring on new generation, increase cross-border transmission and/or increase connections in the SAEP service territory
• Identifying and assessing training needs across the focal countries/region and designing low-cost, high impact training options that are integrated with the rest of program delivery (e.g. integrated with other Outcomes)
• Developing and deploying a bespoke model for packaging lessons learned in each SAEP Outcome, including identification of audience, learning delivery methodologies, appropriate learning technologies, material available, and capacity of counterparts
• Monitoring and evaluating training program''s effectiveness, success and ROI periodically and reporting on them
• Developing and implementing Human & Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) interventions, which build knowledge and skills within SADC counterpart institutions
• Building relationships and linking energy sector stakeholders to active SAEP counterparts and regional institutions
• Strengthening regional institutions such as RERA, SAPP, SADC and SACREEE in the areas of knowledge management and sustainability of training and capacity building functions
• Implementing good practice learning life-cycle principles, focusing on specific strategic areas in the reforming energy sector like managing renewables, private sector participation, micro-grids and gender mainstreaming
• Support counterparts to become self-sustaining over time and less reliant on donor funding
• Supporting SAEP counterparts in the development of learning and development strategies in addressing competency challenges within the energy sector
• Manage the implementation of Outcome 5 interventions to achieve the target results, providing technical direction to local and international resources and engaging directly in technical intervention delivery as appropriate.
• Engaging in effective communications to promote SAEP activities and results with relevant stakeholders, maintaining a high level of coordination and support for Program activities
• Providing regular reporting of Outcome 5 activities and results, including the achievement of results, leveraging of partner resources and other M&E reporting requirements
• Maintaining a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practices

Minimum Skills, Educational Qualifications and Experience:

• A bachelor''s degree in management, economics, energy related engineering, energy policy, finance and/or other related fields (Master''s preferred)
• A minimum of ten (10) years of professional consulting experience, training experience, and/or guiding knowledge management and institutional development with government officials, bankers, private sector project developers, NGOs, CBOs, and/or others from both public or private sectors required
• Specific knowledge and experience of the energy environment and relevant local and regional institutions in Southern Africa required
• Experience in institutional development and capacity building and training preferred
• Familiarity with USAID capacity building and training strategies and knowledge of USAID requirements preferred
• Exposure to and understanding of energy-related technical terminology preferred
• Experience collaborating with public and private sector agencies and organizations on training and capacity building activities
• Familiarity with traditional and modern training methods (mentoring, coaching, on-the-job or in classroom traini

 

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