RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversight for quality program implementation
• Through regular check-in calls and country visits, provide ongoing technical assistance and portfolio management oversight to the Enter Energy programs in Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia and Jordan to ensure quality implementation according to the Mercy Corps Program Quality Standards
• Act technical back-stopper for program implementation in the various countries, working closely with the program team, country leadership and TRaQ
• Work with the Complex Program Board and Coordinator to fulfil the Complex Program requirements including board meetings and reporting
• Provide program management for the Enter Energy Expansion grant
• Together with the country team and the MCE Desk, manage the donor relationship with including opportunities for program expansion
• Vision and Pathway to Growth
• Lead the development and creation of a pathway to scale for the implementation of the Enter Energy Initiative’s vision and strategy including the development of a strategic and business plan for Humanitarian Energy Plc.
• Supervise the collaboration with internal stakeholders to determine the most appropriate legal set-up for the scale up of the Humanitarian Energy venture.
• Closely liaise with implementing countries teams to ensure correct leverage of existing programs and clear understanding of regulatory framework to contextualize the Enter Energy Initiative
• Leverage humanitarian energy initiatives to ensure complementarity toward maximization of impact (e.g. derisking financial mechanisms)
• Partnerships promotion and Advocacy
• Lead advocacy efforts within the humanitarian sector to encourage partner agencies to adapt and tailor the Enter Energy model to their operational and programmatic commitments to decarbonize their interventions in situations of displacement
• Develop alliances and partnerships with potential partners from the humanitarian, private and public sectors
• Represent the Enter Energy Initiative internally and externally, focusing on enhancing visibility through communication materials and channels; and at dedicated fora (e.g. working groups, conferences, events, humanitarian cluster structure)
• Fundraising
• Lead the Global Enter Energy Hub’s efforts to identify and secure new donor funding for the Enter Energy initiative, in close collaboration with MC Programs, New Initiatives, Fundraising, Communications, and Finance teams
• Build relationships with existing and new donors, including development agencies, development financing institutions, corporate trusts and foundations, and other potential targets
• Lead the preparation of high-quality bids, proposals and concept notes which are consistent with the vision of the Enter Energy Initiative and tailored to the needs of the donor. Some proposals will be solicited, while others will be unsolicited and bespoke
• Analyse new business opportunities (e.g requests for proposal) and make go/no go recommendations

Supervisory Responsibility

• Direct supervision: Business Development, Legal and Financial consultants
• Dotted-line/Indirect supervision: Enter Energy country team leads,

Accountability

• Reports directly to: Regional Director, East and Southern Africa
• Reports with a dotted line to: TRaQ Director for Energy Access
• Accountable to: the Enter Energy Complex Board, chaired by the Chief Climate Officer
• Works directly with: TRaQ Unit, Regional and Country Program Teams, New Initiatives, Corporates and Foundations, private and public sector companies, humanitarian energy stakeholders
• Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
• MC team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically with our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field programs.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree in Business Management, Economics, Finance, International Development, Energy, Environment, Climate Change or other relevant subject.

Experience

• 7 years’ experience in leading and shaping innovative initiatives, including in humanitarian settings and/or energy sectors
• Advocacy and relationship building and management experience with UN and other NGOs
• Positive track record in establishing partnerships with private and public sector organizations
• 5 years’ experience in NGO fundraising, business development and proposal preparation, ideally in an energy access and humanitarian response context