Careers
Are you passionate about Open Innovation in Energy Access? If you think you would enjoy working with us, we want to hear from you.
Program Manager
We are seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to join the EnAccess Team to drive Energy Access through our Open Innovation approach. As the Program Manager of EnAccess, you will be responsible for managing high-level administrative tasks and ensuring that our remote team is functioning smoothly and efficiently. You will be in charge of overseeing program budgets, tracking and reporting on program performance, and ensuring compliance with grant requirements. You will be driving our organization’s mission by maintaining organized systems, coordinating logistics, and managing relationships with key stakeholders.
As the Program Manager you play a critical role in supporting our mission of advancing open-source solutions for energy access. You will work closely with our CEO and a remote team of dedicated professionals to ensure that our programs run smoothly and efficiently. This position is ideal for someone with mid-level work experience who is looking to take on a challenging and rewarding role in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
About you
You’re passionate about making a positive impact on the world. You love to work collaboratively with others to achieve common goals, and you thrive in a dynamic and changing environment. You are driven by the desire to find innovative solutions to complex challenges and you are committed to using your skills and expertise to help others. You have a strong background in program management, with experience in budgeting, reporting, compliance and pipeline management. You are highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and you are working in a virtual environment, with a proven track record of building strong relationships with remote teams.
If you are passionate about making a difference in the world, and you have the skills and experience we are looking for, we would love to hear from you. Join our team and help us advance open-source solutions for energy access!
Qualifications
– At least 3-4 years of working experience, preferably in a non-profit organization and/or a small company
– Experience in project management (budget planning, reporting, administration, payroll, pipeline management, etc.)
– Bachelor’s degree or similar qualification
– Excellent ability and interest to quickly learn new tools and skills
– Ability to work independently and experience with remote teams
– Familiarity with open-source approach, ideally have worked with Open Source tools
– Familiarity with public and philanthropic donors and their processes
– Savvy with Google Workplaces, such as Gmail, Google Drive, etc
– Experience and network in Energy Access, Renewable Energies, or development aid is a plus
– Fundraising experience is a plus
Additional details about the role
– This is meant to be a full-time or part-time position (min. 50%)
– Candidates should want to commit for at least one year
– This position is based in any of the European/African time zones (CET +/- 2h)
– This will be a job with a mostly remote team, and you must have experience working in these sorts of conditions and rather be motivated by the provided flexibility
– You will be part of a small team and often have to wear multiple hats and be comfortable and open to leaving your comfort zone in order to learn and grow in these roles
– Fluency in English is required; written English should be at a native level though we love accents and welcome yours to the team
– This role is open to all ages, genders, and backgrounds
– Report to the CEO
– Salary will be based on experience, but we anticipate it being in the US$ 36k-50k bracket for a full-time position, growing over time based on results
– International travel will be required
How to apply
Prepare a cover letter and tell us who you are, and why you would be a good fit for EnAccess. Your cover letter should be in the body of the email you will send to: hr@enaccess.org.
Your CV can be attached as a PDF or sent as a link as long as it’s complete and detailed. The format of the CV isn’t very important, as long as it’s not a Word document, since those will be ignored along with cover letters that are not in the body of the email. A good cover letter is what prompts your CV to be reviewed.
Position will remain open until filled with the right candidate.
Product Adoption Manager
We are looking for the Product Adoption Manager to support Energy Access companies in discovering and using Open Innovations. You will be the “Open Innovations Advocate” and help companies learn about new open solutions available in the market and how to make the best use of them. You will be helping prospective adopters learn and adopt the new innovations being published relevant to their business.
The Product Adoption Manager also promotes Open Innovation as a key to reducing barriers for new players to enter the market. Your success will lead to many companies adopting these open innovations in their businesses and actively growing open source within the Energy Access space enabling many more thousands of people to be electrified.
About you
You’re the kind of person who is passionate about enabling the Energy Access industry to achieve universal energy access via open-source innovations. Your mind lives at the crossing of social impact, finance, and technology, and you are great at communicating what happens there. You are curious to learn about new open innovations being developed and used by companies, and you have ideas on how to get others to learn more about these innovations. You get fired up when finding new ways to use old tools, you see Bluetooth, and think about a smartphone and a water pump talking to each other. You see a USB connector and think about entire houses powered by energy-efficient appliances.
You love to help connect people with technology that makes it. You are a natural relationship and community builder loving to feed, maintain and grow the communities surrounding you. When talking to somebody about their endeavors, you immediately see problems others are facing while connecting the dots to help find a possible solution. You have worked in energy access and are familiar with the challenges and the companies in the sector. You do not hesitate to pick up the phone and call the people that would benefit from that thing you just saw while riding in a tuktuk. And most importantly, you are happy when you help others succeed and will go to great lengths to make that happen.
If that is you, and you are ready to be part of an organization promoting new ways of delivering innovations to the energy access sector, helping to achieve fair and high-quality energy access for all, then reach out to us.
Qualifications
– At least 2-3 years of working experience in energy access or the energy industry
– Experience with sales or technical support in B2B
– Good understanding of the energy access context (mainly Africa/South Asia)
– Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar fields required
– Hands-on with open source tools and approaches, ideally used, created, or contributed to open source projects in the past
– Familiarity with technical decision-makers and their processes
– Outstanding presentation skills
– Excellent ability to quickly learn about products/innovations and to understand the customer’s needs
– Savvy with Google Workplaces, such as Gmail, Google Drive, etc.
– Experience with Github is a big plus, willingness to learn is a must
– Experience with programme management in non-profits is a big plus (overseeing programme budgets, tracking and reporting on programme performance, pipeline management, etc.)me
Additional details about the role
– You will be part of a small remote working team and often have to wear multiple hats and be comfortable and open to leaving your comfort zone in order to learn and grow in these roles
– This is meant to be a full-time position. However, we can be flexible for the right candidate.
– Candidates should want to commit for at least one year, and be ready to show results within that time frame.
– This position is based in any of the European/African time zones (CET +/- 2h)
– Fluency in English is required, though we love accents and welcome yours to the team
– French is a plus
– This role is open to all ages, genders, and backgrounds
– Report to the Innovation & Operations Lead
– Salary will be based on experience, but we anticipate it being in the US$ 34k-48k bracket for a full-time position, growing over time based on results
– International travel will be required
How to apply
Prepare a cover letter and tell us who you are, and why you would be a good fit for EnAccess. Your cover letter should be in the body of the email you will send to: hr@enaccess.org.
Your CV can be attached as a PDF or sent as a link as long as it’s complete and detailed. The format of the CV isn’t very important, as long as it’s not a Word document, since those will be ignored along with cover letters that are not in the body of the email. A good cover letter is what prompts your CV to be reviewed.
Position will remain open until filled with the right candidate.
Work with EnAccess
We are not actively looking to fill any positions within EnAccess at this time. However, if you think you should work at EnAccess then we would absolutely like to hear from you. Within our team, we have people working in management, marketing, design, web development, operations, software engineers, fundraising, sales, and quality control. We have full-time and part time staff, and we also work with a number of freelancers and agencies. EnAccess is committed to gender equality within its workforce, and across the innovation system as part of its wider focus on equality, diversity and inclusion. View our Gender Equality Plan.
Generally speaking, here is what you need to know about working at EnAccess.
– We are based in the European/African time zones (CET +/- 2h)
– We are a mostly remote team, and need to work with people that are experienced working remotely.
– You will be part of a small team and often have to wear multiple hats and be comfortable and open to leave your comfort zone in order to learn and grow in these roles
– Fluency in English is required, though we love accents and welcome yours to the team
– Any position within EnAccess is a role is open to all ages, genders, and backgrounds
How to apply
Write an email to hr@enaccess.org and include your CV as a PDF or a link.
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