Solar Energy Engineer

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Job Summary

About your organization: 

UNDP Global Mission Statement:

UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in about 170 countries and territories, working with national counterparts on solutions to global and national development challenges.

UNDP Afghanistan Mission Statement:

UNDP has been working across Afghanistan for more than 50 years on challenges related to climate change and resilience, gender, governance, health, livelihoods and rule of law. Guided by the government and its Development Councils, our work is fully aligned with the Afghanistan National Peace and Development Framework and National Priority Programmes and is carried out in close coordination with partner UN agencies under the One UN Framework. As the UN’s development network, we connect the Afghan government and people with the resources and information they need to drive their own development according to their own priorities, as well as to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Project background:

The Area-Based Approach to Development Emergency Initiatives (ABADEI) Strategy has been designed as a response to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan upon a call of the UN Executive Committee Working Group for Afghanistan.

The ABADEI Strategy is a tailored area-based integrated programming approach to support basic human needs, complementing short-term humanitarian life-saving assistance with safeguarding livelihoods and strengthening community resilience. It is centered around addressing worsening poverty and vulnerability, supporting community resilience and social cohesion, and enabling the rehabilitation of small-scale infrastructure vital for basic human needs. It supports the creation of immediate sources of income through cash-for-work (CfW), cash- for- market (CfM), small businesses and livelihood opportunities with a particular focus on agri-business and regenerative agriculture infrastructure and services (critical for food security) that are under threat. It is sensitive to the chronic and newly emerging vulnerabilities and marginalisation of Afghan women and girls and aims at providing them assistance in a manner that does not exacerbate their susceptibility to violence and deprivation of opportunities and rights.

The ABADEI Strategy is grounded in partnerships in order to maximize synergies and capitalize on existing capacities at the local level. It draws inspiration from the One-UN concept by combining resources, experience and the collective knowledge of UN agencies and development partners. ABADEI interventions will complement the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and seek to address, through a resilience- building approach, key humanitarian concerns such as food insecurity, emergency needs for essential goods and services, and the effects of displacement on IDPs, hosts and refugee returnees.

The value proposition of Area Based Programming (ABP), which forms the core of context-sensitive needs-based targeting of the ABADEI Strategy, lies in its contribution to preserving human, social, cultural and institutional capital in a context of multi–dimensional crisis. It recognizes that while life-saving humanitarian assistance is essential to address urgent needs, it must be simultaneously accompanied by measures to reduce further displacement and the rapid rise of the humanitarian caseload. The distinguishing feature of the area-based approach is that it is an integrated response that addresses multiple vulnerabilities simultaneously to avoid the socio-economic collapse of the country, in a context of severe instability.

In the volatile circumstances of crisis, the political, security and operational risks of delivering assistance in Afghanistan will remain substantial. The ABADEI Strategy is therefore grounded in a thorough risk analysis, informed by the UN’s work on the ground, that includes a review of socio-economic and conflict trends and identifies likely scenarios for the next 36 months. No analysis can eliminate risk, but this will help the UN to design its work in a risk-informed way and mitigate the risks of delivering assistance in this unpredictable context.

The Project will mainstream gender by applying three approaches, such as (i) facilitate women’s improved access to essential services and opportunities for community-based economic activities and skill development, as well as strengthen community resilience and social cohesion within all interventions as feasible; (ii) targeted interventions for women and girls that enable strengthening women’s agency, voice, participation, and support to alter the existing social relationship where women are in a weaker position and mitigate the risk of GBV through regular safety planning, (iii) Continuous advocacy efforts will be made at the community and different community formal and informal institutions and platforms through all programme outputs of ABADEI, as well as capitalizing social cohesion pillar. The Project will support community leaders to include diversity, inclusivity, equity, non-discrimination and equality principles in local activity planning, implementation, dispute resolution, and resource management. The Project will also dedicate activities to increase the use of gender-disaggregated data, gender analysis and access and to mainstream gender equality and empowerment into the procedures and processes for the design, selection, and implementation monitoring of community interventions.

The Project has gender-specific results and activities such as support to women MSMEs, women’s access to health, energy, and community-based-vocational training and increased opportunities for women, girls and survivors and at-risk women to participate actively in alternative livelihoods or income generation activities supported with cash-based interventions (CBIs). The gender-specific results will be measured with both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Sex-disaggregated data of the resulting framework will provide a basis to assess the gender results with regard to the changes at the level of women’s Agency and voices, changed relational dynamics, and changes in the structures, especially norms and social institutions.

Job Summary: 

The overall objective of this assignment is to hire solar energy engineers for ABADEI and SESEHA projects to support the implementation of different renewable energy activities including the energy need assessments, site visits, system designing, developing technical specs, drawings, and BOQs and monitoring of installation work. The engineers would support the implementation in various targeted locations in 8 regions of Afghanistan.

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities: 

The consultant will work closely with the project officer and line manager to support the activities implementation and perform the following tasks:

• Carry out site visits to the nominated facilities to collect required information related to energy need, energy Systems, applications and use descriptions, energy future needs, energy consumption and cost, and the building drawings. 

• Conduct in-depth energy need assessment for locations planned for expansion including energy requirement, load, detailed bills of quantities (BOQ), drawings, and specifications. 

• Conduct site visit for the verification, validation and analysis of data collected and propose the appropriate energy solution to meet the energy need of the community for the identified sites.

• Work with rural communities and local councils and health and education offices at the province and district level on addressing institutional arrangements related to the solarization of the targeted public service facilities.

• Verify institutional arrangement with the beneficiaries and related executive offices of the solar systems to ensure proper use, management, and control of any misuse or other risks. 

• Undertake inspection of the goods and coordinate with the suppliers for effective O&M of the systems.

• Conduct site visits along with the contractor to collect required data and monitor the pre-installation arrangements and installation work by the contractor.

• Supervise the installation of the solar system, ensuring completion within timelines, contract schedules, specifications and according to approved Purchase Order.

• Assist and provide technical support for implementation of large-scale solar PV, institutional PV and mini grid development. 

• Develop project time schedules for implementation of project including list of main deliverables/ milestones.

• Identify and seek corrective measures if needed.

• Provide assistance to develop the operation and maintenance modalities of the projects implemented.

• Provide support and guidance to the contractors/supplier and assist in resolving site problems.

• Record issues, risks and lessons learnt before, during and after projects completion.

• Monitoring and Evaluation of above tasks and provide progress, and monthly reports.

• Develop appropriate documentation and communication materials before, and after interventions in close coordination with the project team including donor requirements, and document all processes, lessons learned, success stories, direct impact, and recommendations.

• Perform other relevant duties as assigned by the Direct Supervisor

Job Requirements

Skills: 

Language:

• Excellent written and oral English skills a necessary requirement.

• Excellent spoken and verbal skills of Pashto and Dari languages required. 

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards.

• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

• Treats all people fairly without favouritism.

Functional Competencies: 

• Knowledge Management and Learning.

• In-depth practical knowledge of inter-disciplinary development issues.

• Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside of UNDP. 

Management and Leadership:

• Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback.

• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.

• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.

• Ability to lead effectively, mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills.

• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.

• Remains calm, in control and good humoured even under pressure.

• Proven networking, team building, organizational and communication skills.

Qualifications

Years of experience:

• At least 1-3 years of relevant field experience in energy need assessments, system designing, supervision and monitoring of system installations.

• Proven experience in the implementation of solar energy projects or other renewable energy projects.

• Experience in providing technical support renewable energy-related projects with accountability for project performance. 

• Strong knowledge of photovoltaic system design (renewable energy) and optimizing system components for energy production in Off-grid and rooftop Solar energy systems.

• Experience in energy consumption and data collection is required.

• Practical use of AutoCAD will be an added advantage. 

• Experience with government, UN and donor agencies in Afghanistan is an advantage.

• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages.

Job Location: 

• Balkh, Faryab, Jawzjan, Sar-e-Pul, Wardak, Kabul, Kapisa, Bamyan, Ghor, Daykundi, Badghis, Farah, Herat, Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Khost, Paktika, Paktya, and Ghazni

Education:

• University degree in the area of renewable energy, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other relevant fields.

Note: The consultant shall accommodate having a functional laptop, phone, sim cards, transportation/DSA and etc from the salary.

Submission Guideline

Qualified candidates from the provinces mentioned above should submit their CV through our AHG portal linked with Jobs.af:

https://careers.ahg.af//Home/view_job/iQqlvKtL3M--yKbKhUjDQGU6tIde0SnTY09RTimPW8c               

Functional Area

Engineering

Countries

Afghanistan

Provinces

Kabul

Kapisa

Wardak

Baghlan

Bamyan

Ghazni

Paktika

Paktya

Khost

Badakhshan

Takhar

Kunduz

Balkh

Sar-e-Pul

Ghor

Daykundi

Jawzjan

Faryab

Badghis

Herat

Farah

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