RTI Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor & Power Africa Liaison Jobs in Kenya

RTI Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor & Power Africa Liaison Jobs in Kenya

RTI International is a research institute based in North Carolina, USA of approximately 5000 employees with 30 years of worldwide experience implementing international development projects in energy and other disciplines.

We have extensive experience implementing a variety of projects worldwide focusing on legal/regulatory reform of the energy sector, improving energy efficiency, utility turnaround, raising private financing for energy infrastructure, working with governments on legal and regulatory reforms to alleviate bottlenecks, and increasing underserved populations’ access to energy.

Kenya is a priority country, as are Rwanda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. Other countries include Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Uganda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This 4-year task order will run through December 2023.

Power Africa is appointing a full-time Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor & Power Africa Liaison (the ‘Senior Ministry Embedded Advisor’) who will be responsible for providing high-level policy, legal, regulatory and strategy advice to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, Kenya and senior staff in the Ministry.

Through this appointment, Power Africa is looking to support the Government of Kenya as it aims to achieve its energy sector objectives.

In this direction, the Senior Ministry Embedded Advisor will work with the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to create and maintain a stable investment climate for increased private-sector participation in energy, developing expanded transmission and distribution networks to deliver power to customers, enhancing the credit-worthiness of off-takers, maintaining cost-reflective tariffs, and increasing efficiency in the sector to support more affordable end-user tariffs .

The Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor will also serve as a link between the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and Power Africa in order to communicate and coordinate activities that relate to the advancement of the initiative’s goals.

The Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor will be embedded within the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in Nairobi and will be expected to work closely with the Cabinet Secretary and senior staff in the Ministry.

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum will also provide office accommodation, phone, computer and all associated office support for the Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor.

The Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor will be recruited through, and employed by USAID’s implementing partner, RTI International, under the East Africa Energy Program (EAEP) and as such will be bound by the expressed terms and conditions of their consulting/employment agreement with RTI International.

The Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor will report directly to the Chief of Party, who is also located in Nairobi, Kenya.

Maintaining consistent, open, and frequent communication with the EAEP Chief of Party and the rest of the EAEP team is requisite for successful completion of this scope of work.

The Senior Embedded Ministry Advisor is expected to be a neutral arbiter, ensuring Power Africa priorities and areas of intervention are dutifully communicated to the Ministry and Ministry priorities are successfully communicated to Power Africa and the EAEP team for support.

This is a full-time resident position in Nairobi, Kenya for twelve (12) months, with the possibility of an extension.

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