Program Overview:

TheAfrican Energy Dialogues (AED)aims tocreate a space for African voices to converge in developing nuanced energy pathways for African countries. The stakeholders involved in this initiativewill deliberate on opportunities and trade-offs for achieving African countries’ energy development andindustrialisationobjectives. The discourse facilitated byAEDwill address numerous key topics related to countries’ unique energy transition pathways – including theutilisationof fossil fuels and renewable energy resources; enabling policies and regulations; trade, import and export considerations; local and regional transmission and distribution issues; and strategies for scaling up investment and finance.

The discourseof AEDisled collaboratively by a Steering CommitteeincludingWorld Resources Institute (WRI)Africa, the African Energy Commission (AFREC), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).TheAEDmeetings include in-person and virtual convenings of national and regional policymakers and other keystakeholders in the energy sector across the continent.The AEDwill deliver reports, policy proposals, recommendations, and tools developed through rigorous discussion, research, and analysis carried out by thematic Working Groups.Currently, the AED Steering Committee has identified three working groups,including Investment and FinanceWorking Group (IFWG),EnablingPolicies and Regulations Working Group(EPRWG),andTechnologiesand InfrastructureWorking Group(T&IWG). These knowledge materialswill be developed in part by ad hoc taskforces assigned to each Working Group,will be reviewed and approved bythe appropriate Working GroupandtheSteeringCommittee,and will be used strategically to support country-level policymakers in their energy transition planning.

WRIintendsto award a consultant a nine-month reimbursablecontract forresearch and analysis to support the taskforce of the IFWG under the AED,on various topics related tolocally ledinvestment and financeissuesforAfrica’s energy transition pathways.

Scope of Work(SoW):

1. Engage with the IFWG and Lead the Taskforce of IFWG.

• Participate in the IFWG discussion meetings, and draft meeting reports with key findings and next steps.
• Work with the taskforce members of the IFWG regularly (virtually and in person) to deliberate on key issues identified by the IFWG.

1. Research and Analytical Support

• Lead the taskforce to carry out research and analysis on the key issues identified by the IFWG, that are related to locally led investment and finance issues for African energy transition pathways.
• Systematically document key insights and findings derived from the research in the form of taskforce briefing reports.
• Develop at least two stand-alone case studies to share knowledge through the AED on best practices as identified by the taskforce.
• Report and present evidence based on research, case studies and analysis on the key issues and topics to the IFWG for policy proposals.
• Prepare a draft policy proposal to be considered by the IFWG out of the research and case studies developed by the taskforce.

1. Roadmap Development

• Conduct due diligence on strategies and engagement plans for IFWG to work on in the following two years on locally led investment and finance issues for African energy transition to inform and influence country-level energy transition planning.
• Develop a detailed Concept Note outlining the key issues to be addressed by the IFWG in the following two years.
• Design and develop a roadmap for IFWG to carry out in the following two years including strategies and engagement and implementation plans.

Deliverablesand TermsofPayment:

The consultantwill receive compensation based on deliverables submitted throughout the project period (deliverable-based) with deliverables, timeline, and terms of payment as follows:

Consultant Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in renewable energy, energy transition, investment and finance, international development, international trade or relevant field required.
• At least 5 to 8 years of research or industry experience with good working knowledge of investment and finance in the African energy transition.
• Experience supporting the African Union or African country governments is an added advantage.
• Excellent research and analytical skills, with comfort in exploring new research topics and identifying synergies within a broader context of energy transition.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience drafting reporting documents, including but not limited to literature reviews, policy proposals, case studies and brief reports on the basis of working group discussions.
• Flexibility in working with dynamic and diverse project teams and comfortable with tight timelines in a diverse cultural environment across multiple time zones.
• Proficiency in English is required, and fluency in any French or Portuguese or any African language is highly desirable.
• Located in Africa with the ability to travel within the continent whenever needed.

Evaluation and Selection:

The following elements will be the primary considerations in evaluating allapplicationssubmitted in response to thisposting:

• Submission of resume with a cover letter;
• Demonstrated expertise and experience with similar projects;
• Overall cost of the applicant’s proposal;
• The extent to which the consultant’s qualifications fulfils WRI’s stated requirements as set out above;
• Debarment and sanctions – WRI will not consider proposals from vendors/consultants, etc., that are presently debarred by the U.S. government or named on any restricted parties lists;
• Sustainability – WRI values sustainability and all other factors being equal, will favor a proposal to perform the work more sustainably.

Theconsultantoffering the best overall value will be selected.For thisposition, price and non-price aspectsare considered to berelatively more important than price.

Compliance Requirements:WRIreceives funding from a variety ofsources, including governments and other non-governmentalorganizations.In addition toWRI’s standard contract terms, certain funderconditions may apply.

How to Apply:

Applicants mustapply through the WRI Careers portal to be considered.

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