REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT)

Policy & PPP Advisor

African Development Bank

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department

Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA)

 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) wishes to recruit a consultant under the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support the Bank and its clients in the preparation of projects to support developers of small/medium scale renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) projects, and to engage public parties on enabling environment activities conducive to private RE investments and energy access projects. SEFA, a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) seeded by the Governments of Denmark, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Italy, was created to unlock investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency in the African Continent. SEFA has a special focus on private-sector driven small- to medium-sized projects with the view to stimulating a transition to more inclusive, green growth models while facilitating job creation. SEFA operates under three components to provide project preparation grants for project developers, equity financing, and enabling environment/technical assistance to public sector counterparts.

Under the supervision of the Manager of the Renewable Energy Division (PERN1), and the SEFA Coordinator, the Consultant – to be based at the AfDB Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire – will carry out the following activities:

  • liaise with and support public counterparts in the identification of opportunities for support under the enabling environment component; (ii) provide technical assistance and advisory services aimed at designing policy, regulatory and capacity-development interventions towards supporting private sector and PPP operations of on-grid RE/EE transactions; (iii) assist in the preparation of operations tackling upstream sector challenges for large-scale deployment of mini-grid and off-grid technologies for energy access; (iv) contribute to the preparation of grant requests and appraisal reports for presentation to the various internal review committees up to approval; (v) support the implementation of SEFA projects, including procurement of consultants and project supervision; (vi) support

SEFA’s wider work programme, including screening of funding requests, due diligence of selected renewable energy projects, and appraisal of project preparation grant requests and (vii) all other relevant tasks as may be assigned from time to time.

The AfDB now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing these services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (description of experience in similar assignments). Qualifications and experience required for this assignment include: (i) strong experience in identifying, structuring and closing infrastructure projects and structuring public-private partnerships

  • in emerging markets or in a developing country context with experience and knowledge in infrastructure project finance; (ii) in-depth knowledge of the legal and regulatory frameworks and appropriate policies required for a vibrant power sector and experience engaging with Governments on policy issues (preferably including exposure to structuring feed-in-tariffs, auctions, fiscal incentives, energy access programmes and capacity development); (iii) specialised fields of expertise should include renewable energy; and (iv) knowledge of the African power sector and field experience in at least one African country. Additional requirements include fluency in English with working knowledge of French (or vice versa); a minimum of 6 years post-qualification experience in energy sector policy and/or project financing; and a minimum M.Sc. degree in Economics, Finance, Law or related field.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s Rules and Procedures for the Use of Consultants under projects financed by the Bank Group, May 2008 Edition, revised on July 2012, available on the Bank Website at http://www.afdb.org. The Bank is under no obligation to shortlist any consultant who expresses interest. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours, between 08:30 and 17:30 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in soft to the email address below by Friday, 21 September 2018 at 23.59 hours GMT and mention “SEFA Policy & PPP Advisor – Candidate Name.”

Attn: Antony Karemby, SEFA Coordinator, PERN1

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department

African Development Bank

Abidjan – Cote d’Ivoire

E-mail: SEFA@AFDB.ORG

 

 

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