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About The Role
The Country Manager will support the Country Lead in planning, developing, and deploying programs in Indonesia. This will involve leveraging the full capacities of the Alliance to drive transformative energy transition under the two pillars: (i) Energy and Opportunity; and (ii) Grids for the Future. Following priority areas of work are integrated into the two pillars:
Priority 1: Energy Access for Development: Powering livelihoods and energy access for remote island communities through Renewable Energy (RE) solutions and Productive Use of Energy (PUE), connecting over 6 million people the Alliance is currently working on deploying an integrated development model in remote island communities in Indonesia that is anchored in access to clean, reliable, affordable electricity via RE and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to catalyse local action aimed at addressing the interconnected challenges of energy poverty, climate vulnerability, and ecosystem degradation.
Priority 2: Modernizing grids by accelerating RE and BESS installation and increasing regional connectivity, adding ~10 GW of new renewable generation. The Alliance is co-developing the Enhancing Access to BESS for Low Carbon Economies (ENABLE) Platform with ADB and other alliance partners. ASEAN Power Grid (APG) is an ambitious project to create a unified regional energy network across 10 Southeast Asian countries. The Alliance’s role will be to bring in philanthropies, trigger grid modernization using AI technologies, and incorporate a focus on people and communities through our PUE experience and portfolio.
Priority 3: Decarbonization: Removing 100 million tons of CO2 by accelerating the phase-out of 5GW of fossil fuel (e.g., coal and diesel) generation capacity.
The Country Manager will work closely with colleagues, governments, multilateral donors, and private sector players to identify and validate project pipelines or partnership opportunities. They will also oversee the work of in-country partners, grantees, and contractors.
Accountabilities
Specifically, the Country Manager's responsibilities will include:
- Coordinate and design the development and implementation of ambitious strategies for energy transition in Indonesia:
- Supporting the management of existing program delivery:
- Working with the Country Lead to draft work scopes for in-country partnerships and projects.
- Carrying out appropriate grant and contract management procedures.
- Collating the supporting data to provide oversight of the work of grantees, contractors, and partner organizations to ensure the quality of their outputs and delivery aligns with the country strategy goals.
- Synthesize program output and recommendations into clear and compelling presentations or written reports.
- Collaborating with country teams in the Asia region and linking Alliance's work in Indonesia and the region.
- Engaging with in-country stakeholders, including government, utilities, development partners, private developers, and others as appropriate.
- Support the organization of workshops, stakeholder meetings, and other events.
- Assessing existing programs, identifying opportunities for leveraging philanthropic capital, and supporting program delivery:
- Identifying, vetting, and proposing work scopes for in-country partnerships and projects.
- Carrying out appropriate grant and contract management procedures.
- Overseeing the work of grantees, contractors, and partner organizations to ensure the quality of their outputs and delivery aligns with the country strategy goals.
- Synthesize program output and recommendations into clear and compelling presentations or written reports.
- Support Country Lead and Fundraising/Partnership team to develop funding strategies and participate in cultivating business development/opportunity.
- Collaborating with country leads and their teams in the Asia region and linking the Global Energy Alliance's work in Vietnam and the region.
- Engaging with in-country stakeholders, including government, utilities, development partners, private developers, and others to communicate insights.
- Support the organization of workshops, stakeholder meetings, and other events.
- Collaborating with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning team/partner to track progress, adjust strategy, and ensure effective data collection:
- Monitoring and reporting on the progress and outcomes of grants, contracts, investments, and other financial instruments deployed in Indonesia.
- Identifying gaps, delays, or potential risks to the program and proposing measures to mitigate these issues.
- Assisting in data collection & collation to enable effective monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) practices.
- Create innovative problem-solving approaches to drive project learning/insights.
- Other works as necessary based on coordination with Country Lead and/or the Global Energy Alliance's regional and global leadership.
