Energy Specialist
Energy Specialist
- Kenya
The East Africa unit (IAEE1) of the World Bank seeks an Energy Specialist to be a key member of the Energy Team to support the Governments to support the design and implementation of the ongoing and future World Bank support in energy in East and Southern Africa in general and in Madagascar, Somalia and DRC in particular (other countries may be added) in its efforts towards provisioning of clean, affordable, and sustainable electricity. The candidate is expected to be a core member of regional initiatives focusing on energy access, in particular the regional energy access MPA program, Electrifying Africa, and DARES. The work entails strategic, advisory, and operational work. The main responsibility of the candidate will be to support the scaling of the DRE sector through ongoing sector dialogue, implementation of the investment lending operations, preparation of pipeline, as well as analytical work in the energy sector. The candidate will be based in Nairobi but travel frequently to the focus countries.
The selected candidate will participate in overseeing the implementation of energy access operations with the aim to enhance quality and accelerate implementation and will play an active role in the Bank’s policy dialogue with the authorities, development partners, and other stakeholders on strategic energy issues and implementation of ongoing energy sector reforms.
The selected candidate will contribute to the design and implementation of flagship initiatives including the Energy Access MPA program, Electrifying Africa and DARES.
The selected candidate will also support teams, and provide guidance and mentoring to junior staff on operational, policy dialogue, and analytical activities.
The AFR Energy team is a key contributor towards the WBG strategy for “Maximizing Finance for Development (MFD) with the objective to help countries maximize their development resources by drawing on private financing and sustainable private sector solutions. The Energy Specialist is expected to actively seek opportunities to apply MFD principles in our work program and build a strong internal WBG partnership with IFC and MIGA, as well as network with private sector partners that can contribute to the achievement of our development objectives.This page belongs to the Job Offers database.
