The
Advocacy Officer - Climate and Energy will be part of the Global Climate and
Energy team and the Hivos Regional Office for East Africa.
Vacancy
Name: Advocacy Officer - Climate and Energy
Number
of hours: Full
time (40 hours a week)
Region:
East
Africa
Office:
Regional
Office, Nairobi Kenya
Hivos opts for 100 per cent renewable energy, both in the Netherlands and in developing countries. Energy is a vital driving force for development.
Hivos opts for 100 per cent renewable energy, both in the Netherlands and in developing countries. Energy is a vital driving force for development.
Access
to energy can alleviate poverty, improve living conditions and propel economic
development.
Continuing
along the fossil fuel route to harmful climate change will have disastrous
effects, especially for developing countries.
Hivos
stimulates sustainable development fuelled by clean energy.
Climate and Energy Advocacy
Hivos objectives on energy are:
Climate and Energy Advocacy
Hivos objectives on energy are:
(1)
to improve access to sustainable produced energy for cooking, lighting and
productive activities,
(2)
to develop renewable energy markets and promote entrepreneurship in the
renewable energy sector and
(3)
to call for more attention to decentralized sustainable energy and gender in
policy and investments.
Much of the scarce resources of donors and recipient countries are spent on supporting large scale fossil fuel based energy production and consumption.
Much of the scarce resources of donors and recipient countries are spent on supporting large scale fossil fuel based energy production and consumption.
Hivos
advocacy aims to shift this towards renewable and decentralized energy
production to prevent further climate change and biodiversity losses and at the
same time address the full energy needs and rights of the poor.
New
developments such as the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative of the
UN, provides ample opportunities for Hivos and local civil society
organizations to influence decision-making and funding into this
direction.
From
2013 to 2015 Hivos wants to strengthen its position in this field to influence
governments and private sector at a national and international scale.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- To coordinate
existing advocacy strategies and initiate new advocacy activities of Hivos
in East Africa
- To support and
cooperate with civil society organizations engaged in energy access
advocacy work in East Africa
- To manage on a
daily basis the existing energy advocacy contracts with partners in East
Africa
- To develop
networks and strategies with the private sector to engage them in energy
access advocacy
- To develop
advocacy positions and materials in close coordination with the global
climate and energy team
- To represent
Hivos East Africa in (advocacy) meetings in East Africa and act as
spokesperson for Hivos on these issues
- Identify and
analyze new approaches and cooperation for energy access and just and
climate smart energy systems
- To contribute to
the Hivos overall organizational and policy development
Requirements
- A master's
degree in environmental policies, sustainable energy, environmental and
natural resource management, economics of natural resources or other
relevant field. (Bachelor degree with several years of relevant experience)
- 5 to 7 years
work experience in a relevant sector
- An excellent
understanding of energy and development policies and experience in
advocacy work
- Excellent
communication skills including public speaking in English and Kiswahili
- Strong
interpersonal communication and negotiation skill with private sector,
civil society organizations, government officials and community
- Good
understanding of and strong affinity with civil society, in particular
with non-governmental organizations
- Capacity and
willingness to strategize and work closely with relative new stakeholders
for Hivos such as specific energy related private sector actors and
government bodies
- Having respect
for humanitarian or humanist principles and willing to work in a non-
discriminating, neutral, impartial and gender equal environment
Reporting Line
The Program Officer is part of the Green Entrepreneurship team in Nairobi and reports directly to the Global Coordinator for Climate, Energy and Development in Hivos Head Office under supervision of the Regional Director in Nairobi.
The Program Officer is part of the Green Entrepreneurship team in Nairobi and reports directly to the Global Coordinator for Climate, Energy and Development in Hivos Head Office under supervision of the Regional Director in Nairobi.
Vacancy
Name: Coordinator Women@Work Programme East Africa
Number
of hours: Full
time (40 hours a week)
Region:
East
Africa
Office:
Regional
Office, Nairobi Kenya
The Women@Work programme is a multi-year advocacy programme to enhance policy change in the Netherlands through consumer action and through influencing the business sector in order to achieve better labour conditions for women workers.
To protect the rights of women and improve working conditions in global supply chains in the South, we need to show the connection between the women who produce the goods and the women who buy them.
The Women@Work programme is a multi-year advocacy programme to enhance policy change in the Netherlands through consumer action and through influencing the business sector in order to achieve better labour conditions for women workers.
To protect the rights of women and improve working conditions in global supply chains in the South, we need to show the connection between the women who produce the goods and the women who buy them.
The
public campaign in the Netherlands targets the flower industry, for example,
because of the overwhelming number of women it employs and because flowers are
a product with a particular appeal for women.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- To coordinate
research initiatives in the region on the position of women in the
cut-flower industry (mapping and analysing of labour conditions and
certification initiatives) in collaboration with research institutions
- To liaise with
the Hivos partners in the Women@Work programme in East Africa; help
stimulating their activities in various working groups; help organising
their meetings; and manage the Hivos funding portfolio for these partners
- To liaise with
the various stakeholders in the flower-industry, mainly the producers, the
Kenya Flower Council, but also with the Union, various certification
bodies, and the local FSI (Floriculture Sustainability Initiative)
representative
- To assist the
global Women@Work campaign coordinator with organising meetings with the
partners and stakeholders
Skills
- A master's
degree in a relevant field (e.g Law)
- 5 to 7 years
work experience in a relevant sector
- Excellent
communication skills including public speaking in English and Kiswahili
- Strong
interpersonal communication and negotiation skill with private sector,
civil society organizations, government officials and community
- Good
understanding of and strong affinity with civil society, in particular
with non-governmental organizations
- Capacity and
willingness to strategize and work closely with relative new stakeholders
for Hivos such as related private sector actors and government bodies.
- Organization
and administrative skills
- Having respect
for humanitarian or humanist principles and willing to work in a non-
discriminating, neutral, impartial and gender equal environment
Reporting
Line
The Coordinator reports directly to the Global Women@Work campaign coordinator in Hivos Head Office under supervision of the Regional Director in Nairobi.
Like to apply?
Please send your CV plus motivation letter to: jobs@hivos.or.ke, reference number: CO/W@Wmay2013.
The Coordinator reports directly to the Global Women@Work campaign coordinator in Hivos Head Office under supervision of the Regional Director in Nairobi.
Like to apply?
Please send your CV plus motivation letter to: jobs@hivos.or.ke, reference number: CO/W@Wmay2013.
The
deadline is Friday May 24th 2013.
Only
short listed candidates will be contacted.