Background
- Finance for Clean Energy to strengthen capabilities of 18 FSPs to provide microfinance for clean energy to low-income households and micro-entrepreneurs;
- Technical Assistance for Clean Energy to remove barriers to the successful deployment of those technologies and services for which the selected MFIs will provide microfinance;
- Global Knowledge and Learning to enhance understanding and awareness globally of the potential for microfinance to scale-up access to clean energy and make available the tools and knowledge needed to scale-up access to clean energy beyond the project; and
- Advocacy and Partnerships to create an enabling policy and business environment to expand microfinance for clean energy.
Knowledge management and communication of programme results is a key component of CleanStart. Knowledge generated from the programme will support financial service providers and other stakeholders at all levels to gain confidence and learn from the results of CleanStart and beyond, leading indirectly to scaling-up end-user financing globally. This is both practically and strategically important for the development of a market for end-user finance for clean energy systems and services, particularly given the embryonic stage of this market.
Duties and Responsibilities
- A knowledge management and communications strategy for CleanStart with different elements for different stakeholders/audiences
- A number of specific knowledge & communication products or events for CleanStart
- Quality control knowledge and communications outputs produced through CleanStart
- Duration of assignment: 1 April, 2013 - 31 March 2014
- Maximum number of working days: Up to 130 working days
- Knowledge management and communications strategy for CleanStart
- Specific knowledge and or communications products or events as requested by the CleanStart team
- Quality control and design of knowledge and communications outputs produced through CleanStart
Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
- Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment
Functional Competencies:
- Good interpersonal skills and experience in working effectively in a multi-cultural environment, with sensitivity to diverse opinion.
Required Skills and Experience
- Postgraduate qualification in communications, journalism, media/film studies, social sciences, business, marketing, or knowledge management.
- At least 10 years of professional experience with proven competence in any of the any of the areas detailed in the scope of work.
- Experience in delivering a range of communications and knowledge products for a various, diverse development projects or programmes in developing countries.
- Experienced in developing, managing and executing multimedia projects, including developing video material, art work, or photographs.
- Experienced in directing film projects, including script writing/development, organizing and directing shoots, editing footage (with audio lay-over where required), and producing video clips.
- Strong knowledge of state-of-the-art techniques in communications and knowledge management.
- Strong writing skills and editing skills, with a concise and compelling style; experienced in producing concise, executive-level presentations.
- High-level presentation skills, using PowerPoint, PDF editing software, often incorporating graphics, flow-charts, diagrams, video material or other visual tools to convey information.
- Knowledge about microfinance or energy lending at the micro-level, would be an asset.
- Fluency in English is required; proficiency in French would be an asset.