Consultant: Accra, Ghana - Regional Market Consultant, West Africa, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

Open Date: 11/29/2012

Close Date: 1/15/2013

Summary of Consulting Opportunity

When the Alliance launched, it identified the creation of a thriving global market for clean cookstoves and fuels as the most viable way to achieve universal adoption. This principle was enshrined in its mission: ‘to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women and preserve the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels.’ Giving away stoves to half the world’s population was simply not a viable option and past attempts to do donate stoves had failed.

This market-based approach is the central tenet of the Alliance’s strategic business plan to reach its goals of 100m households adopting clean cooking solutions by the year 2020.  The Alliance has developed a three-pronged strategy for creating such a market:

• Enhance demand by understanding and motivating potential users, developing better and more technology, providing consumer finance and creating innovative distribution models to reach remote consumers;

• Strengthen supply by attracting more finance and investment, accessing carbon finance, enhancing market intelligence and creating inclusive value-chains; and

• Foster an enabling environment by engaging national and local stakeholders, building the evidence base for the benefits of stoves, promoting international standards and rigorous testing protocols and enhancing monitoring and evaluation.

The priority now is to turn strategy into implementation in order to deliver results.

Location:

Accra, Ghana

Length of Engagement: The projected length of engagement is 1 year with an option to renew.

Interested applicants are asked to submit a short summary (no more than 3 pages) outlining core competencies, prior experience, and proposed approach to fulfilling the project needs.  A resume is also requested. – NOTE our online system allows you to upload only ONE document – please save all application materials as one document prior to beginning to process.

Department/Issue Area

Global Health

Reporting Relationships/Scope

The Regional Market Consultant will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Alliance’s market development activities within the region, coordinating with Alliance partners and stakeholders to ensure the Alliance reaches its in-country and regional goals as part of its global vision of 100m households adopting clean cooking solutions by 2020.
The Regional Market Consultant will support with the implementation of a range of activities on the regional and national level to enable cookstove and fuel markets, enhance demand, and strengthen supply. The Regional Market Consultant is also expected to play a global role across all Alliance partners within an area of specialization to be determined.

Responsibilities/Deliverables

To develop and implement the Alliance’s market enabling approach and activities, delivering tangible and measurable benefits to the cookstove sector within the specified regional and target national markets. Specifically:

• Lead development and implementation of Alliance Country Action Plans and annual operating plans in-country/region

• Foster close collaboration with key stakeholders

• Steward appropriate outreach to important stakeholder groups to keep them apprised of Alliance activities regionally, locally and globally

• Clearly define roles and engagement priorities for the Alliance, Alliance partners, local and national government actors and other critical stakeholders.

• Identify and lead the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves presence in important events

• Work with relevant government ministries to identify and support an effective enabling environment for the clean cookstoves and fuels market;

• Understand the needs of players in the clean cookstove and fuel value-chain (e.g. stove entrepreneurs and businesses, NGOs, MFIs, investors) and keep abreast of new developments in the global cookstove market.

• Robustly monitor and evaluate all Alliance market enabling activities and evolve them based on a constant feedback loop with key stakeholders;

• Cultivate establishment of champions/ambassadors and identify opportunities for engagement.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in a relevant subject e.g. business or international development. At least 10 years professional experience in both business and international development, including significant experience working on-the-ground.

• Experience with markets at the Base-of-the-Pyramid promoting clean cookstoves and fuels and/or products at a similar price point and facing similar challenges, e.g. solar lanterns or water purifiers.

• Flexibility to handle varied and demanding tasks and ability to balance priorities, thrive under pressure and juggle a multitude of details in a fast-paced environment, significant experience developing and managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives directly delivering change.

• Ability to work independently, as well as member of a team, and to be flexible to accommodate the needs of stakeholders.

• Ability to lead in-country and regional programming with remote supervision.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Fluency in English, as well as relevant national and local language(s), both oral and written if applicable.

• Detail-oriented with strong project and time management skills, including ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously. Motivated self-starter with positive attitude

• Ability to travel extensively within the region.

• Experience working in the household energy sector and a detailed understanding of clean cooking technologies and fuels.

Compensation and Benefits

This is a consultant opportunity, compensation will be based on experience.

Location

Accra, Ghana

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