About ZOA

ZOA works with committed and motivated staff in serving millions of people affected by poverty, disaster, injustice and conflicts. Through the efforts of our dedicated staff, we are able to bring Signs of Hope and to support people who suffer due to armed conflict or natural disasters by helping them to rebuild their livelihoods.

We value our employees and offer a wide range of benefits to meet the specific needs of our staff and their families. However, ZOA has a zero tolerance towards violation of safeguarding policies like Child Protection & Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuses.

Because ZOA highly values Integrity, we also expect all colleagues to sign up for and adhere to our Code of Conduct. As part of its recruitment process, ZOA carries out rigorous background and reference checks for all candidates, which will include checking government sanction lists and possibly criminal records. As ZOA also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, all reference checks include a written questionnaire, the “Statement of Conduct”, which will be sent to past employers regarding Misconduct (such as sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment). This Statement of Conduct adopts the definitions used in the Scheme. The provision of references by ZOA will be subject to the Scheme as well.

Purpose

Educational Qualification and Experience

• B.Sc or Masters Degree in Environmental Studies, Renewable Energy,  Electrical Engineering and related fields
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant professional experience regarding on project management, preferably in insecure or transitional environments
• Knowledge of energy policies, technologies, or strategies, and institutions, and the ability to contribute to policy dialogue with clients and partners;
• Evidence of design and management of complex renewable energy projects, with preparation of BOQ, generation of work plans, budget documentations, progress reports and deadlines compliance;

Required Management Competence

• Personal qualities of integrity and commitment to ZOA’s mission
• Demonstrated ability and substantial experience of programme management responsibilities in relief, refugee and consortium programmes.
• Demonstrated experience of applying project cycle management practices at a project or community level, with a facilitative approach, while retaining a strong focus on results orientation.
• Proven experience in financial management, including budgeting, monitoring and managing expenditure
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, dialogue and human-resource management skills and proven team-building ability, necessary to support, motivate and mentor staff and partners engaged in a challenging peace building and social cohesion project
• Ability to create a creative, open-minded, learning, constructive and innovative working environment.
• Ability to work with local organizations and actors with knowledge about and experience from the relevant Somali context, to utilize and ensure their capacity and continuous capacity development and to otherwise adapt ways of working accordingly.
• Additional management skills, necessary to meet project requirements in terms of coordination, coherence and consistency of project implementation, financial management, monitoring and reporting.

Other Skills

• Excellent/very good documented analytical skills,
• Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English,
• Self-reliant in computer skills,
• Other relevant knowledge and specific experiences related to the aims and focus of the project within the context of Somali