Renewable World Vacancy for Regional Technical Officer

Application Deadline: 17th January 2025

Start: 1st February 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.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. Interviews will be at Renewable World Nepal’s office, Chakupat, Lalitpur, or will be held on an online platform.

Note: Interested candidates (women and disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply) meeting above criteria are requested to apply. Application received notification will not be provided. The employer reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the applications without any reason thereof. Undue influence will result in rejection of application.

Note: Please do not re-submit those who have previously applied.