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|Job title=Advisor (m/f/d) for GET.invest: Mobilising Renewable Energy Investments
|Organisation=Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
|City=Brussel/Eschborn
|Country=Belgium
|Region=Sub-Saharan Africa
|Sector=Financing and Funding
|Application deadline=2021/04/01
|URL=https://jobs.giz.de/index.php?ac=jobad&id=54101&language=2
|Language of description=English
|Job description=GET.invest (www.get-invest.eu) supports investments in decentralised renewable energy projects in developing countries. It is implemented by GIZ on behalf of several European donors: the EU, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria. It is part of the platform GET.pro (www.global-energy-transformation.eu) and works with a focus on sub-Sahara Africa, with additional activities in the Caribbean.

The programme supports all relevant technologies, addressing a critical barrier towards investment by assisting project developers and companies towards “bankability” and  linking them with financiers. It also stimulates new partnerships and ventures by providing information about market opportunities, through (online) events, and by cooperating with associations and many other partners. 

GET.invest is implemented by an international team between Eschborn, Brussels and Maputo. The programme is fully funded for two more years. With implementation ongoing, the team is already engaged in a strategy process leading towards fundraising for the future.  

Your tasks:

- Contributions to strategic and conceptual development of the programme to ensure best possible added value on needs and expectations of beneficiaries, as well as alignment with donor priorities

- Donor engagement and acquisition, incl. key account for contributors

- Coordination and steering of thematic work packages, incl. management and back-stopping of team members

- Stakeholder and partner engagement, incl. key account of one or several cooperations and partnerships

- Active networking among other partners, peer initiatives as well as beneficiaries

- Monitoring, evaluation and reporting to contributors

- Communication and representation of the programme in many exchange formats, incl. panels, conferences, webinars etc.

Your profile: 

- Master´s Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject e.g. engineering, economics, social sciences

- Many years of relevant working experience, a substantial part of which should be on clean energy or a closely related area in Sub-Sahara Africa

- Working experience on related topics such as project and business development as well as investment and financing are strong assets

- Broad network in the relevant community (development cooperation organizations, private sector or consulting firms or other key players)

- Full proficiency with the standard Microsoft office applications

- Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills in English 

- Very good social skills and teamworking ability

- Excellent English language skills, French or Portuguese is an asset

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