ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS:
Energetic, positive, team player, result orientated, quality orientated, collaborative, leadership, pragmatic, and inspirational.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES:
Program Effectiveness (70%)
Accountable for planning, managing, monitoring, and evaluating the project activities in an effective, efficient, and timely manner.
• Ensure that the Producer Organization (POs) have adequate knowledge, information on renewable energy and solar powered chilling plants.
• Support the Solar service providers to design and roll out training, monitoring and management of solar facilities to achieve expected efficiency levels.
• Explore, develop and document and pursue opportunities to scale up and replicate the technology with more POs, service providers and financial institutions.
• Coordinate procurement and construction/installation of solar facilities in partnership with service providers and POs.
• Ensure that quality productive equipment are procured.
• Ensure service providers for Productive equipment provide the required after sales services.
• POs are sensitized and trained to appreciate understanding of renewables and productive energy use.
• Feasibility and appraisal systems conducted for POs to prepare for sizing and installations including technical and economic feasibility, environmental and health impacts.
• Design/ review designs ensuring that they are appropriate to each given context; aspects such as cost, sustainability should be considered.
• Support the reviews of the Bids received, draw up a set of technical specifications that prospective solicitation service providers will need to meet.
• Supervise contractors for installation of solar PV systems in compliance with set standards ensuring quality control.
• Ensure that Producer Organizations have efficient and functional solar systems.
• Build local capacity for sustainable operation and management of solar facilities to promote productive uses of energy and linking with service providers with POs.
• Partnerships strengthened with key stakeholders including financing partners in the energy sector.
• Strategically leverage the private sector, government, and producer organizations periodically to create avenues for scalability.
• Coordinate the distribution of quality productive equipment under POs.
• Ensure operation and maintenance of productive equipment.
• Monitor monthly and report on equipment distribution including cumulative revenue generated.
• Work with the Business Development Facilitator to monitor the number of clients reporting faults with the equipment distributed.

Management & Compliance (30%)
• Working closely with the Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Manager; to create, execute and monitor action plans & renewable access data and business performance at the Pos.
• Submit timely reports to the project Manager.
• Ensure periodic project reviews are conducted, with learnings documented and shared.
• Ensure that contractual obligations are in compliance with donors point of engagement.
• Manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for the project.
• Review and coordinate the compilation of weekly, monthly, quarterly reports and ensure that a robust data base is maintained at Project level.
• Keep database of all energy access projects implemented under the county program. This is to include milk volumes, energy generated and consumed, and greenhouse gas emissions reduced etc.
• May perform any other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements
• University degree in electrical engineering and / or environmental engineering with at least 5 years of experience at the national or international level in designing/installing solar energy supply systems for commercial use.

Preferred Requirements
• Computer literacy particularly in AutoCAD, MS Word, Excel, Power point, and SPSS.
• Ability to lead and work as part of a team, flexible, adaptable and patient.
• Ability to plan own work, work under pressure when faced with competing demands.
• Innovative, ability to communicate both written and spoken English.
• Ability to work away from workstation and travelling in remote and /or rural environments.
• Analytical and conceptual skills to plan projects, timetable agreed activities and oversee activities.

Most Critical Proficiencies:
• Have at least five years practical working experience with NGOs and private sector involved in renewable energy.
• Living in isolated areas
• Good understanding of the energy sector, technologies in Uganda and networking with energy stakeholders
• Profound technical knowledge on renewable energy technologies and practical experience in implementing (renewable) energy projects is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the latest developments in solar energy for commercial/ industrial use is required.
• Experience in conducting energy audits is considered an asset.
• Having a business approach to energy and agro-processing. Should be able to write business cases.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in facilitating technical project feasibility studies, designs, including the computation of the associated key financial ratios and benchmarks.
• Computer literacy particularly AutoCAD, Word, Excel, and other relevant Microsoft Office Suite applications, as well as any other databases.
• Proficient in communicating in English and local languages, oral and written.
• Ability to prepare and present documents in a well-designed and attractive format with superior attention to detail.
• Proven project management, contract management, motivational and supervisory skills with ability to train and work cooperatively with a diverse staff.
• Demonstrated creativity, ability to think systematically, willingness and ability to incorporate innovative solutions and design catalytic activities to increase access to renewable energy technologies.

Essential Job Functions and Physical Demands:
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills with ability to relate to individuals and groups diplomatically and tactfully.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged populations particularly women and children.
• Working in a multi-cultural setting and commitment to promoting teamwork, gender equality, and sensitivity to hunger and poverty issues.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure in response to changing needs and ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally, occasionally on short notice.
• Sound judgment, professionalism, and a positive attitude with the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and in sometimes difficult circumstances.
• Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.