Energy Specialist_ IPSA-10 (Open to Tier 0, 1 & 2 applicants)

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Tier 0, 1, or 2 contract status as defined in the vacancy title
• •Permanent (PA) and fixed-term (FTA) appointments
• •Temporary appointments (TA) and personnel on regular PSA contracts
• •Advanced technical support capability in the energy and climate space
• •In-depth sectoral and field expertise
• •Experience with feasibility assessments
• •Experience with technology selection
• •Experience with ToR and technical specification drafting
• •Experience with project structuring
• •Experience with environmental and social safeguards
• •Capacity to draft concept notes, project documents, and funding proposals
• •Ability to engage and coordinate with national and international stakeholders
• •Ability to organize stakeholder consultations, roundtables, and technical workshops
• •Ability to facilitate knowledge and capacity building
• •Ability to develop and maintain monitoring tools and systems
• •Ability to systematically capture lessons learned, good practices, and evidence of impact
• •Ability to contribute to the organization of stakeholder consultations, roundtables, and technical workshops
• •Ability to provide technical inputs to inform partnership development and structuring
• •Ability to deliver technical advice and hands-on support to the implementation of Energy for Growth Africa, I4MI, and other Rome Centre initiatives
• •Ability to ensure consistency, technical quality, and alignment across programmes
• •Ability to identify opportunities for replication, scaling, and knowledge transfer across countries and regions
• •Ability to explore and facilitate collaboration with UNDP Country Offices, national governments, other UN agencies, private sector actors, and international partners
• •Ability to liaise closely with the Partnerships team
• •Ability to ensure timely and high-quality reporting in line with Energy for Growth programme requirements
• •Ability to support alignment with the UNDP Rome Centre results-based management framework
• •Ability to track activities, outputs, and outcomes
• •Ability to ensure that reporting reflects agreed indicators and results chains
• •Ability to contribute substantive inputs to strategic reporting processes
• •Ability to ensure coherence with national priorities, Mission Innovation objectives, and the Energy for Growth Africa initiative
• •Ability to avoid duplication and promote synergies in the clean energy space
• •Ability to strengthen the capacity of country-level counterparts and partners
• •Ability to identify and operationalize innovative delivery mechanisms
• •Ability to identify and advancement of a pipeline of innovative, low- or zero-carbon energy projects
• •Ability to support the design and preparation of pilot projects aimed at reducing knowledge gaps and demonstrating the viability of low-carbon technologies
• •Ability to support the identification and engagement of strategic partners
• •Ability to provide technical expertise and project-specific insights
• •Ability to identify regional/country activities that can boost energy transition and advance regional and national climate targets
• •Ability to identify clean energy projects in target countries
• •Ability to identify innovative, infrastructure-based pilot projects characterized by high potential for scalability and market creation
• •Ability to support the design and execution of targeted, high-impact activities aimed at addressing key market and knowledge barriers affecting public institutions, private sector actors, investors, and end users
• •Ability to contribute to the de-risking of strategic initiatives
• •Ability to strengthen project fundamentals
• •Ability to support their progression toward implementation
• •Ability to contribute to unlocking new market opportunities
• •Ability to advance a more sustainable, resilient, and innovation-driven energy transition in Africa
• •Ability to serve as a focal point for coordination with other development initiatives
• •Ability to ensure close coordination with UNDP Country Offices to align activities, timelines, and responsibilities under the I4MI workstream with country-level priorities and programmes
• •Ability to support the Rome Centre Partnerships team
• •Ability to contribute to the identification and advancement of a pipeline of innovative, low- or zero-carbon energy projects
• •Ability to lead the identification and advancement of a pipeline of innovative, low- or zero-carbon energy projects
• •Ability to focus on catalytic interventions and infrastructure-based pilot initiatives that can accelerate deployment, demonstrate viability, and enable scaling in target markets
• •Ability to support the implementation of the Energy for Growth in Africa programme
• •Ability to work closely with UNDP Country Offices and partners to ensure alignment with national priorities and effective coordination across countries
• •Ability to shape and operationalize the Italy for Mission Innovation (I4MI) workstream
• •Ability to cover the full project lifecycle from opportunity identification and concept development to implementation oversight
• •Ability to support the design and preparation of pilot projects aimed at reducing knowledge gaps and demonstrating the viability of low-carbon technologies
• •Ability to draft concept notes, project documents, and funding proposals aligned with national priorities and programme objectives, for submission to donors and financing institutions
• •Ability to ensure close coordination with UNDP Country Offices to align activities, timelines, and responsibilities under the I4MI workstream with country-level priorities and programmes
• •Ability to engage and coordinate with national and international stakeholders to ensure coherence with national priorities, Mission Innovation objectives, and the Energy for Growth Africa initiative
• •Ability to serve as a focal point for coordination with other development initiatives to avoid duplication and promote synergies in the clean energy space
• •Ability to support the Rome Centre Partnerships team, contributing to the identification and engagement of strategic partners, and provide technical inputs to inform partnership development and structuring
• •Ability to support the Rome Centre Partnership team and contribute to the organization of stakeholder consultations, roundtables, and technical workshops, engaging public and private sector actors, and provide technical expertise and project-specific insights
• •Ability to contribute to the organization of stakeholder consultations, roundtables, and technical workshops, engaging public and private sector actors and providing technical expertise and project-specific insights
• •Ability to provide advanced technical support to energy projects across the development cycle, including feasibility assessments, technology selection, ToR and technical specification drafting, project structuring, and environmental and social safeguards, drawing on in-depth sectoral and field expertise
• •Ability to support the Rome Centre in strengthening technical and institutional capacity for the preparation and implementation of innovative clean energy projects
• •Ability to deliver technical advice and hands-on support to the implementation of Energy for Growth Africa, I4MI, and other Rome Centre initiatives, ensuring consistency, technical quality, and alignment across programmes, while actively identifying opportunities for replication, scaling, and knowledge transfer across countries and regions
• •Ability to identify and operationalize innovative delivery mechanisms under the I4MI workstream to ensure rapid and effective implementation of activities
• •Ability to explore and facilitate collaboration with UNDP Country Offices, national governments, other UN agencies, private sector actors, and international partners
• •Ability to liaise closely with the Partnerships team, providing technical inputs to support the identification, design, and structuring of partnerships aligned with E4G and I4MI objectives, ensuring effective implementation arrangements that enhance the efficiency, scalability, and impact of catalytic interventions
• •Ability to ensure timely and high-quality reporting in line with Energy for Growth programme requirements, contributing substantive inputs to strategic reporting processes
• •Ability to support alignment with the UNDP Rome Centre results-based management framework by tracking activities, outputs, and outcomes, and ensuring that reporting reflects agreed indicators and results chains
• •Ability to develop and maintain monitoring tools and systems to assess progress, performance, and impact of supported initiatives under the I4MI workstream, ensuring consistency with corporate and programme-level reporting standards
• •Ability to systematically capture lessons learned, good practices, and evidence of impact, feeding into adaptive management, knowledge products, and continuous improvement of the E4G and I4MI workstreams
• •Ability to facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic areas
• •Ability to identify clean energy projects in target countries, with a focus on innovative, infrastructure-based pilot projects characterized by high potential for scalability and market creation
• •Ability to support the design and preparation of pilot projects aimed at reducing knowledge gaps and demonstrating the viability of low-carbon technologies
• •Ability to draft concept notes, project documents, and funding proposals aligned with national priorities and programme objectives, for submission to donors and financing institutions
• •Ability to ensure close coordination with UNDP Country Offices to align activities, timelines, and responsibilities under the I4MI workstream with country-level priorities and programmes
• •Ability to engage and coordinate with national and international stakeholders to ensure coherence with national priorities, Mission Innovation objectives, and the Energy for Growth Africa initiative
• •Ability to serve as a focal point for coordination with other development initiatives to avoid duplication and promote synergies in the clean energy space
• •Ability to support the Rome Centre Partnerships team, contributing to the identification and engagement of strategic partners, and provide technical inputs to inform partnership development and structuring
• •Ability to support the Rome Centre Partnership team and contribute to the organization of stakeholder consultations, roundtables, and technical workshops, engaging public and private sector actors, and provide technical expertise and project-specific insights
• •Ability to contribute to the organization of stakeholder consultations, roundtables, and technical workshops, engaging public and private sector actors and providing technical expertise and project-specific insights
• •Ability to provide advanced technical support to energy projects across the development cycle, including feasibility assessments, technology selection, ToR and technical specification drafting, project structuring, and environmental and social safeguards, drawing on in-depth sectoral and field expertise
• •Ability to support the Rome Centre in strengthening technical and institutional capacity for the preparation and implementation of innovative clean energy projects
• •Ability to deliver technical advice and hands-on support to the implementation of Energy for Growth Africa, I4MI, and other Rome Centre initiatives, ensuring consistency, technical quality, and alignment across programmes, while actively identifying opportunities for replication, scaling, and knowledge transfer across countries and regions
• •Ability to identify and operationalize innovative delivery mechanisms under the I4MI workstream to ensure rapid and effective implementation of activities
• •Ability to explore and facilitate collaboration with UNDP Country Offices, national governments, other UN agencies, private sector actors, and international partners
• •Ability to liaise closely with the Partnerships team, providing technical inputs to support the identification, design, and structuring of partnerships aligned with E4G and I4MI objectives, ensuring effective implementation arrangements that enhance the efficiency, scalability, and impact of catalytic interventions
• •Ability to ensure timely and high-quality reporting in line with Energy for Growth programme requirements, contributing substantive inputs to strategic reporting processes
• •Ability to support alignment with the UNDP Rome Centre results-based management framework by tracking activities, outputs, and outcomes, and ensuring that reporting reflects agreed indicators and results chains
• •Ability to develop and maintain monitoring tools and systems to assess progress, performance, and impact of supported initiatives under the I4MI workstream, ensuring consistency with corporate and programme-level reporting standards
• •Ability to systematically capture lessons learned, good practices, and evidence of impact, feeding into adaptive management, knowledge products, and continuous improvement of the E4G and I4MI workstreams
• •Ability to facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic areas
• •Ability to identify regional/country activities that can boost energy transition and advance regional and national climate targets in line with the Energy for Growth Africa objectives and scope
• •Ability to place particular emphasis on the identification and development of catalytic, innovation-driven interventions aligned with Mission Innovation priorities
• •Ability to strengthen the capacity of country-level counterparts and partners in the energy and climate space
• •Ability to contribute with expertise and technical knowledge, particularly in the areas of: Project Identification and Preparation
• •Ability to contribute with expertise and technical knowledge, particularly in the areas of: Stakeholder Engagement and Coordination
• •Ability to contribute with expertise and technical knowledge, particularly in the areas of: Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
• •Ability to contribute with expertise and technical knowledge, particularly in the areas of: Operational Support and Delivery Mechanisms
• •Ability to contribute with expertise and technical knowledge, particularly in the areas of: Reporting and Monitoring, and knowledge management
• •Ability to contribute with expertise and technical knowledge, particularly in the areas of: Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic areas
• •Ability to contribute with expertise and technical knowledge, particularly in the areas of: The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization
• •Ability to report to the Climate and Energy Specialist leading the Energy for Growth (E4G) programme
• •Ability to collaborate and engage with other Rome Centre teams, including Partnerships, Programmes, and Technical units, to ensure alignment, coherence, and effective delivery across initiatives