Community Livelihood Expert: Cities and Infrastructure for Growth Zambia (CIGZambia)

About us:
Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIGZambia) is a facility that provides high-quality independent technical advice and assistance to Zambian government bodies and private sector organizations engaged in projects /programmes that help harness the potential of Zambia’s cities and towns to act as drivers for economic growth and job creation. CIGZambia is funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

The overall programme objectives are:

•  increasing urban productivity
•  improving inclusive access to urban economic infrastructure services
•  increasing investment into urban economic infrastructure services
• enhancing national and regional integration between cities

Talented, committed and responsible people from diverse backgrounds are essential for us to fulfil our purpose of reimagining Zambia. We strive to unleash the power of our people and we cultivate an organizational culture that is inspired, curious and empowered.

Bioenergy definition: We define bioenergy as a source of energy derived from forest land, forest, manure and municipality waste or energy crops for electricity, heat or transport.

About you:

• You have expertise in working with communities and understand community structures (CBOs, VAGs) and behaviours.
• The biggest benefits of this role are, having to contribute to shaping the potential bioenergy market in Zambia by defining the scope and potential for growth in this sector.
• The biggest challenge of this role will be multitasking and completing documents to adhere to international “client-ready” levels.
• The current team around this role is made up of a bioenergy feedstock experts, strategic planning & business development, project funding, household/medium/large bioenergy experts, demand expert, gender/social/climate change experts, government procedures expert, monitoring & evaluation and behavioural change communication expert. The team, in general, describes themselves as passionate, adaptable and ultimately, capable.

About the Role – Main purpose and scope of work:

• The main role of the consultant will be complete a demand assessment for bioenergy with rural communities and households in peri-urban areas as well as interviews with medium and large organizations.

Duties and key responsibilities:

• Baseline the demand of communities and peri-urban households for bioenergy (power, heat, biofuels).
• Baseline the current usage of communities and peri-urban households for bioenergy (power, heat, biofuels).
• Baseline the demand for bioenergy by institutions (e.g. prisons), NGOs, GRZ institutions and various industry sectors.
• Conduct primary research on demand of bioenergy (Focus Group Discussions, Key Informant Interviews, participatory methods, semi-structured interviews, etc.)
• Conduct analysis of interviews with standard methods and tools (quantitative and qualitative interviews)
• Test potential demand for selected bioenergy technologies with small-/ medium/large-scale level.
• Conduct desk research to obtain information and authentic detail on bioenergy demand (secondary data collection) for Africa and Zambia.
• Prepare all required research/interview tools.
• Train enumerators for primary data collection (international standards).
• Develop content for the report.
• Quantify potential demand for bioenergy technologies by sector small-/medium-/large-scale.
• KII with private sector, NGOs; corporates, etc.) to understand (rural, peri-urban, urban) and African Sub-Saharan region.
• Write, edit and proofread report and documents.
• Present drafts to team leader and incorporate feedback.
• Consult with other work colleagues within the working environment.
• Observe professional conduct in the workplace such as timekeeping.
• Provide other miscellaneous services related to or outside job description as per Team Leader instructions.

Required Qualifications / Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Community related programme.
• Proven experience in community work in rural/peri-urban areas.
• Proven relevant working experience in Zambia.
• 5 years of work experience.
• Worked for 2 organizations (> 2 years’ experience with each).
• Working knowledge of MS Excel Formulas.
• Working knowledge of MS Word Styles.
• Working knowledge of MS PowerPoint Shape Formatting.
• Capable of sitting for hours behind a computer screen to put in the work.
• Capable to conduct fieldwork in rural areas/environments.

Applications:

Please send your CV to [email protected]. For CV to be considered, subject line in email must be completed as follows:

Job Title – Candidate: Last Name First Name. Highest Degree, years of work experience in highest degree. In 3 words why you apply.

Example: Bioenergy Manager – Candidate: John Phiri. MSc Environmental Science, 10.0 years. I live bioenergy.

Deadline for Applications: 3rd of February 2020

Non-Discrimination Claim: We do not and shall not discriminate based on race, colour, faith, gender,
gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors and clients.