Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 12 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose/Mission
As part of the Finance Department, the Energy Access Grant Advisor coordinates and leads the grant fundraising activities across the EEA markets under the supervision of the Head of Energy Access Grant Funding. Its purpose is to identify and secure the financial resources needed to accelerate and increase the scale of our operations. As such, this role entails establishing working relationships with existing and potential funders, policymakers and other external stakeholders while working closely with the rest of the EEA Finance team, the Country teams as well as significant cross-collaboration with other EEA teams. The Energy Access Grant Advisor develops competitive funding proposals, manages the entire end-to-end fundraising and development process and identifies new grant opportunities to drive growth within new and existing markets to establish EEA as the market leader within the industry.

Responsibilities
• Supports together with a colleague the definition and implementation of EEA’s grant fundraising strategy based on the needs of the business.
• Establishes and cultivates working relationships with existing and potential funders, policymakers, and industry relationships
• Promote EEA’s interests by influencing the design of grant programs, contributing as such to EEA’s reputation as a credible and reliable thought-partner in the industry
• Ensure the prompt identification of grant opportunities of interest for the development of our business
• In collaboration with EEA Teams, create competitive proposals to secure grant funding.
• In collaboration with EEA Teams, manage the grant pipeline, the overall grant reporting and monitoring process to donors as well as additional donor-requests
• Develop and maintain grants database, including tracking tender release dates, application close dates, and other key information

Knowledge and skills
Experience:
• Previous experience working in a national development agency, international development organization and/or on grant fundraising projects
• Knowledge of the African donor landscape and fundraising processes
• Experience on energy-related topics, with off-grid solutions being a plus
• Proven track record of writing & closing meaningful grant & concessionary funding opportunities
• Demonstrated experience in Project Management, coordinating multiple deliverables across different departments to meet deadlines
• Demonstrated experience in writing quality and succinct reports to various stakeholders

Specific Competences
• Professional level command of written and spoken English
• Strong IT skills including Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point. Knowledge of MySQL is considered an advantage.

General Competences
• Excitement about EEA´s mission and deep desire to make an impact on off-grid financially underserved customers in sub-Saharan Africa
• A solid team player who also performs independently
• A passion for storytelling -- written, verbal, and visual
• Robust research and analytical skill set
• Curiosity and entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong attention to detail and deadline driven
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and international environment
• Excellent organizational skills, with a capacity to adapt priorities based on key objectives

Qualifications
• At least a Bachelor´s degree in a relevant field (e.g., International Development, Business, Public Affairs, etc.), with a master’s degree being an added advantage

Language(s):
• English
• French and/or Portuguese is a plus


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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