[CLOSED] VACANCY: Senior Project Officer (Caribbean)

The INTASAVE Partnership and CARIBSAVE, an international not-for-profit organisation specialising in innovative climate change solutions, are seeking experienced and self-motivated individuals for the position of Senior Project Officer (Caribbean) to be based at the Caribbean Regional Headquarters in Barbados. The post will be for a one-year term, either on an employment or a consultancy basis.

The Senior Project Officer (SPO) will work directly with the Regional Director, delivering climate change projects in the Caribbean as well as contributing to exploring opportunities to secure significant resources and funding from a variety of major national, regional and international donors and organisations. The main duties of the position are to provide technical input and administrative management for CARIBSAVE’s projects in the Caribbean region in the areas of:

• Climate change science and ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation


• Community-based adaptation


• Vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessments


• Capacity building of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to respond to climate change


• Marine protected areas

Experience of working for a global organisation with international standards and expectations, in relation to delivery, implementation and performance is desirable.

Salary for this position will be commensurate with skills and competencies.

Please submit your application complete with a covering letter and CV to the Human Resource Manager at: hr@intasave.org.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30 June 2014.

When submitting your application please reference Senior Project Officer (Caribbean) in the subject title of the email and indicate where the advertisement was seen.

Successful candidates will be responsible for acquiring the necessary work permit/visa to work and be based in their chosen work location.

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[CLOSED] VACANCY: Senior Project Officer (Remote)

The INTASAVE Partnership and CARIBSAVE, an international not-for-profit organisation specialising in innovative climate change solutions, are seeking experienced and self-motivated individuals for the position of Senior Project Officer who will work remotely / from a home-base. The post will initially be for a one-year term, either on employed or a consultancy basis.

The Senior Project Officer (SPO) will work directly with Regional Directors, delivering climate change projects around the globe as well as contributing to exploring opportunities to secure significant resources and funding from a variety of major national, regional and international donors and organisations. The main duties of the position are to provide technical input and administrative management for INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE’s projects in the African and Caribbean regions in the areas of:

• Climate change science and ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation


• Community-based adaptation


• Vulnerability, impact and adaptation assessments


• Capacity building of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to respond to climate change


• Marine protected areas

Experience of working for a global organisation with international standards and expectations, in relation to delivery, implementation and performance is desirable.

Salary for this position will be commensurate with skills and competencies.

Please submit your application complete with a covering letter and CV to the Human Resource Manager at: hr@intasave.org.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30 June 2014.

When submitting your application please reference Senior Project Officer (Remote) in the subject title of the email, indicate where the advertisement was seen and where you would be based.

Successful candidates will be responsible for acquiring the necessary work permit/visa to work and be based in their chosen work location.

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Employment Opportunity: Research & Project Development Officer

The INTASAVE Partnership is seeking an experienced and self-motivated individual for the position of Research & Project Development Officer (RPDO), for a number of hours per week initially for 6 months (renewable for the right candidate), to be discussed with the individual offered the position.The RPDO will work directly with the Project Development and Philanthropy team, undertaking research for projects within Africa and project development tasks as directed.

Salary for this position will be commensurate with skills and competencies.

Please submit your application complete with a covering letter and CV to the Human Resource Manager at: hr@intasave.org.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30 June 2014.

When submitting your application please reference Research & Project Development Officer in the subject title of the email and indicate where the advertisement was seen.

Successful candidates will be responsible for acquiring the necessary work permit/visa to work and be based in their chosen work location.

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Employment Opportunity: Manager of Philanthropy and International Project Development

The INTASAVE Partnership and CARIBSAVE, an international not-for-profit organisation specialising in innovative climate change solutions, are seeking experienced and self-motivated individuals for the position of Manager of Philanthropy and International Project Development to be based in Canterbury, UK or Cape Town, South Africa or possibility of a remote base. The post is initially for a two-year term, with the possibility of renewal. The Manager of Philanthropy and International Project Development will be responsible for developing and implementing all aspects of a comprehensive fundraising program that includes major gifts, proposal writing for international development agencies, development banks, charitable foundations, High Net Worth Individuals and other donors.

S/he will possess strong skills in relationship building, fund development and leadership and will proactively identify and capitalise on opportunities to secure significant financial funding from a variety of major national, regional and international donors and organisations. It will be the responsibility of the Manager of Philanthropy and International Project Development to work with the Regional Directors to develop and implement global and regional fundraising strategies; establish positive relationships with many partners including existing and potential donors; and coordinate and oversee the work of the Philanthropy and Project Development team based across INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE’s offices. The position requires a charismatic, highly organised and target driven individual who embraces working in a global, interesting and fast paced environment.

Experience of working for a global organisation with international standards and expectations, in relation to delivery, implementation and performance is desirable.

Salary for this position will be commensurate with skills and competencies.

Please submit your application complete with a covering letter and CV to the Human Resource Manager at: hr@intasave.org.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30 June 2014.

When submitting your application reference Manager of Philanthropy and International Project Development in the subject title of the email, and indicate where the advertisement was seen and in which location (Canterbury/Cape Town/Remote-Home Based) you would be based.

Successful candidates will be responsible for acquiring the necessary work permit/visa to work and be based in their chosen work location.

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[CLOSED] VACANCY: Senior Project Development and Philanthropy Officers (3 posts)

The INTASAVE Partnership, an international not-for-profit organisation specialising in innovative climate change solutions, are seeking three (3) experienced and self-motivated individuals for the position of Senior Project Development and Philanthropy Officer (SPDPO):

• one position will be based in Cape Town,


• one will be based in Kuala Lumpur


• the third to be based remotely.

These posts will initially be for a two-year term (open to renewal for the right candidates). The SPDPOs will work directly with the Manager of Philanthropy and International Project Development and Regional Directors, identifying, coordinating and delivering on opportunities to secure significant resources and funding from a variety of major national, regional and international donors and organisations.

The successful candidates must be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of sustainable development and climate compatible development issues and have extensive experience of proposal writing and fundraising.  Experience of working for a global organisation with international standards and expectations, in relation to delivery, implementation and performance is desirable.

Salary for this position will be commensurate with skills and competencies.

Please submit your application complete with a covering letter and CV to the Human Resource Manager at: hr@intasave.org.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30 June 2014.

When submitting your application reference Senior Project Development and Philanthropy Officer in the subject title of the email, indicate where the advertisement was seen and which location (Kuala Lumpur/Cape Town/Remote-Home Based) you are applying for.

Successful candidates will be responsible for acquiring the necessary work permit/visa to work and be based in their chosen work location.

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Featured Project: Solar Nano Grids, Kenya & Bangladesh

Since the first solar home system was introduced in Bangladesh in 1996, two million more have been installed throughout the nation with the help of financing from international funding bodies. It’s a similar story in Kenya (albeit on a smaller scale), where in the past two decades about 300,000 of the systems have been connected to homes.

Many of the benefits of solar energy are abundantly clear. Households with these systems can make gains in areas like health and education by, for example, cutting down on air pollution from kerosene lamps and powering lights so children and other family members can study.
But there is no such certainty around the economic benefits – there’s scant evidence that these individual systems have the power to lift people out of poverty or have any financial advantages over other ways of generating electricity, for small-scale users beyond the reach of major power grids. The individual systems are also unaffordable for many of the world’s poorest households.

It’s possible then that clusters of about 20 families in rural communities could be better off linking up to a small-scale, communal solar power system that could also be connected to an agricultural or industrial application like an irrigation system. These “nano-grid systems” could supply enough electricity for each household’s need as well as generate an income for the community, reducing the cost of energy for each family.

INTASAVE, in partnership with Loughborough University in England and United International University in Bangladesh, aims to investigate just how viable that option is for families in Bangladesh and Kenya, particularly as climate change increasingly rules out the use of fossil fuels, like oil and gas.

With funding from Britain’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the inter-disciplinary team of social scientists and engineers is investigating the social, technical and economic merits of solar nano-grids in rural communities. The researchers will compare and contrast the grid approach with household systems in Kenya and Bangladesh and draft business models for broader use across those countries.

It’s a significant project that rests on a detailed understanding of the energy uses and needs of households and communities. Is the technology cost-efficient compared with other sources? Is there an obvious advantage for members of a community to pool their interests? Is the community organized enough to manage such a system? These are just some of the questions that the team is seeking to answer.

For further information contact: admin@intasave.org

Kenya Project Consultation Workshop

The Solar Nano-Grid Consultation Workshop, Kenya

May 2014, Nairobi, the first international workshop was held to bring together the three project partners, associates and guest speakers for the Solar-Nano-Grid (SONG) project, funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. It focused on identifying previous research and existing experience in the use of solar/PV in low-income countries of the global south, doing site visits to similar projects in Kenya to consider their development and practices, reviewing and identifying suitable project methodologies and constructing an implementation framework for the SONG project for the next 12 months.

The aims of the SONG project are to:

• Investigate the impacts of solar home system installations in low-income communities in Kenya and Bangladesh,
• Work with these communities to map energy use patterns as they impact their daily reality,
• Identify the different potential demands for energy through the needs and activities of people and households,
• Evaluate solar-nano-grids (insert link - what is a solar-nano-grid) to improve energy access for income-generating activities, where it seems that solar home systems (SHS) by themselves are less able to contribute,
• Put the research into practice by setting up solar-nano-grids in selected low-income communities in both countries,
• Widely disseminate and distribute the results, to aid learning and replication.

SONG is both an inter-disciplinary project, bringing together social scientists and engineers and as well, includes participation by NGOs and civil society in both countries. Further, at the heart of the project is the involvement of the people and communities themselves.

We're pleased to write that the workshop achieved a number of results:

• Two visits to existing community solar projects in Kenya and a discussion with those involved at both Olosho-Oibor and Kitonyoni communities. These visits were invaluable in feeding into the technical, social and economic implementation discussions of SONG.
• The paper and work package activities were reviewed in terms of overall progress.
• Project partners were engaged in discussions and exercises to further familiarise themselves with relevant methodologies, particularly participatory impact pathways analysis, community based vulnerability assessments and vision-exercising, all relevant to Kenya and Bangladesh.
• The social economy was outlined in which the project will take place, from the international level down to community and household level, as well as some complimentary energy sector mapping.
• A variety of energy sector actors from Kenya (policy, NGO and private sector) participated to enhance understanding of the solar environment and discuss their experiences across an array of projects.
• Participants reviewed the next steps of the project, including the plan for wider community mapping and a comprehensive overview of community consultation.

The mix of participants and the involvement of all partners as well as associates from the UK, brought together a wealth of expertise and experience unusual in such forums. This rich experience will serve us well, as we move the project forward to identifying the communities with whom we will partner to undertake the solar-nano-grid installations and research over the coming months.