Renewable World Vacancy for Regional Technical Officer

1.2 billion people are still living in poverty, inequality is rising, and the world is failing to decarbonise quickly enough to avoid climate disaster. The world’s poorest people contributed little to climate change, yet they are most impacted, and least able to adapt. This is not fair. And it is not sustainable.

At Renewable World we envision a sustainable and fairer world where clean energy is accessible to all – because with clean energy, both people and planet can thrive. By 2030, we aim to enable over 500,000 people living in poverty to transform their lives by improving their access to clean energy, empowering them to develop sustainable and resilient livelihoods, and mitigating the impact of climate change.

Renewable World is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities in our workforce.

Renewable World takes safeguarding seriously. All Renewable World staff will be expected to sign the safeguarding policy and follow the Code of Conduct.

Regional Technical Officer: Connecting communities and ecosystems in Shuklaphanta National Park (CONNECT)

Application Deadline: 1st December 2024

Start: 1st January 2025

Location: Kanchanpur, Nepal – with frequent travel to project communities in the Shuklaphanta National Park Buffer Zone

Salary: NPR 1,500,000

Contract: 2 years initial fixed term (37.5 hrs / week) with the possibility of extension based on performance and funding

Other benefits: 18 days annual leave, 12 days sick leave, 14 days festival holidays and medical insurance

Responsible to: CONNECT Team Leader

Purpose

CONNECT is a clean energy-centred project, designed to conserve the vulnerable ecosystem of Shuklaphanta National Park (ShNP), alleviate multi-dimensional poverty within the park’s buffer zones, and reduce human-wildlife conflict, through a market systems approach to achieve transformational change. CONNECT is designed to be inclusive, locally owned, and sustainable, benefiting over 12,000 people, with the potential to benefit many more through replication, and through its research and learning components.

The project is delivered in consortium with three conservation and livelihood development partners, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Himalayan Nature (HN), and National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), and in close coordination with National Park and Government stakeholders. The project started in October 2023 and ends in March 2027.

As the Regional Technical Officer for the CONNECT project, you will support the project team and implementing partners with a particular focus on renewable energy technologies (RETs) including site selection, design and cost estimation, feasibility study, implementation, testing and commissioning, all the while ensuring the quality delivery of the technologies and complying with RW’s technical standards. More generally, you will assist the Team Leader and RW MEAL staff to manage, monitor and evaluate project progress and prepare reports following RW guidelines, represent RW at the district and local level, and provide input into improving RW technical approaches and project delivery.

For more information about the role, including responsibilities and person specification, view the Job Description.

How to Apply

To apply for this role please send a copy of your CV (no more than four sides of A4) and a cover letter (no more than two sides of A4) outlining why you feel you are right for this role.

Please send your application to jobs@renewable-world.org with the subject line Position – YOUR NAME.

Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. Interviews will be at Renewable World’s Office, Chakupat, Lalitpur, or will be held on an online platform. Due to the expected volume of applicants, we will not be able to acknowledge candidates who are not shortlisted.

Women and disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.