Job Description

Posted on November 21, 2022

SolarAid Zambia
Location: Zambia
State: Lusaka
Job type: Full-Time
Job category: Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in Zambia

Job Description

This is a unique opportunity to work with an innovative and ambitious organization that sells solar lights at scale across Zambia, bringing electricity through solar to rural households and reducing reliance on candles and fuels such as kerosene.
About SunnyMoney
SunnyMoney is a social enterprise, wholly owned by SolarAid, an innovative, fast-growing organization working in Malawi and Zambia which focuses on business based solutions to poverty. Our goal is to eradicate the kerosene lamp in Africa by the end of the decade. For all countries this means a substantial scaling up of operations. We believe our goal is achievable by creating a genuine solar lighting market by ensuring anyone can gain access to clean, safe reliable and affordable energy. We have begun to reach this goal by selling over 2 million lights across Africa and over 250,000 in Zambia.
Position
We are looking for a hard-working, quick thinking and enthusiastic Technical Officer with the ability to assist the Project Manager on our Repair grant. This would include supporting operational planning and implementation risk assessment, supporting the development of and implementing the monitoring and evaluation of the project, lead the technical repair components of the project ensuring that key milestones are met and ensuring the project remains on schedule. The successful candidate will be creative, adaptive, follow high standards of ethics and able to work independently as well as manage staff.
Skills and Qualifications

University degree in business, engineering or other related field
Must hold an EIZ license
Experience of working with renewable energy and PicoSolar
Experience and ability to write high quality reports.
Ability to work with and communicate effectively with people from different education, economic and cultural backgrounds
Ability to set work plans and meet deadlines
Well organized and detail oriented
Able to work well under pressure and multitask
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Able to manage flow of information and communicate with a diverse array of people
Effective time management and planning
Good IT skills in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Passion and enthusiasm for SunnyMoneys social goal and the work it does.
Desirable: speak some local Languages- Lozi, Tonga and Bemba

Job Description
Project Coordination

Support Project Manager on managing and overseeing the Repair Grant under SunnyMoney Zambia
Obtain an in-depth understanding of picosolar lights and the repair industry, and contributing to workable solutions to bring about a sustainable repair environment
Ensure project activities are implemented according to project timeline and milestones;
Develop regular project reports for donors, trip reports and regular updates on project
Able to thoroughly assess risks and put in place contingencies
Preparing project presentation to update senior management on project progress
Manage budget and all costs related to the field work and being responsible for all money spent and money collected
Manage Driver/Project Assistant
Responsible for recruiting and signing up agents and shops and the follow up, training and paperwork of said people
Carry out marketing and agent surveys as required
Developing a tracking network of faulty lights and repaired lights

Monitoring and Evaluation

Ensure all data is regularly collected as per the Monitoring and Evaluation plan and that data is sound and of the highest quality;
Provide guidance to staff to ensure smooth data collection and project management
Assist in adequate resources are allocated in the project budget to cover M&E related tasks, including monitoring reviews, external evaluation and AARs
Keep the project workplan updated according to the project activities and timeframes.

Training

Update the current training material based upon a needs assessment
Facilitate trainings for agents and repair shop staff, or others as needed;
Follow up with agents, shops and participants of trainings to assess the success of the training
Work with Repair App developers to update as needed
Work with Technical schools and meet with students to ensure good understanding of solar
Fixing of broken solar lights and ensuring that fixe