Expert in Financing Energy Access Markets
(Five Positions), Home-based with Travel to Countries Where CleanStart Operates
in Asia and Africa, such as Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Nepal, Cambodia,
Thailand

• Develop
  and refine scalable consumer/enterprise financing models (Output 1:
  Finance for Clean Energy);
• Increase
  the ‘scale’ potential of these models by tackling critical bottlenecks in
  the value chain (e.g. distribution, consumer awareness) (Output 2:
  Technical Assistance for Clean Energy);
• Make
  research and tools generated in the process widely available to the
  industry (Output 3: Global Knowledge and Learning);
• Advocate
  for positive industry-wide changes and broker partnerships with upstream
  value chain actors (e.g. investors, policy makers) (Output 4: Advocacy and
  Partnerships);
• CleanStart
  encourages the brokering of risk-sharing partnerships between downstream
  as well as upstream value chain actors, as well as de-risking some
  investment opportunities. In so doing, CleanStart is supporting a range of
  enterprises beyond microfinance institutions, and promoting financing
  solutions that go beyond credit for energy.

• Support
  microfinance institutions on energy lending through grants and technical
  assistance;
• Support
  energy enterprises with viable business models to achieve market
  breakthroughs through seed capital and technical assistance;
• Supporting
  the development of guarantee mechanism and credit enhancement tools to
  microfinance institutions and banks lending to MSMEs and SMEs;
• Strategically
  collaborate with UNCDF’s financial inclusion and local development finance
  initiatives in areas such as mobile money (MM4P), demand-side surveys and
  research (MAP), and private-public financing for energy projects;
• Develop
  toolkits for energy lending and produce consumer-side impact research;
• Expand
  rural energy finance footprint in partnership with Participatory
  Microfinance Group for Africa (PAMIGA), a network of locally-owned African
  microfinance institutions developing rural finance in sub-Saharan African
  countries. PAMIGA is currently implementing their Energy and Microfinance
  Programme in Cameroon, Ethiopia, and planning for Burkina Faso, Senegal,
  Tanzania, and Kenya. CleanStart is part funding this Programme with a view
  to co-benefit from the knowledge and experiences that are generated from
  it;
• Engage
  closely with government partners and regional/global initiatives to
  influence high-level dialogue and policies that help create an enabling
  environment for energy markets for low-income markets to flourish;
• CleanStart
  already has four financial institution partners in Nepal. CleanStart may
  select three to four financial service provider and energy enterprise
  partners each in Uganda and Ethiopia; and up to several financial service
  provider and/or energy enterprise partners in Cambodia;
• CleanStart
  will supplement its core programme team with up to five experts in
  financing energy access markets. The experts will work closely with the
  CleanStart programme team and its team of external specialists, its
  grantees, such as financial service providers and energy enterprises, and
  other UNCDF programmes which have linkages with the energy sector, such as
  agricultural finance, mobile money and financial inclusion sector
  diagnostics.

• This
  solicitation is for a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) for one year and renewable
  up to three years linked to satisfactory performance of the individual
  consultant. ‘LTA’ refers to a mutual arrangement whereby the Consultant
  will provide services as required, over a specific period of time.
• An
  LTA is a mutual arrangement between UNCDF and an individual to provide the
  required services at prescribed prices or provisions over a period of
  12-36 months, with potential extension of one year. UNCDF reserves the
  right to rescind the agreement during that period should performance of
  the consultant not meet its requirements.
• Under
  an LTA, UNCDF does not warrant that any quantity of services shall be
  purchased during the term of this Agreement. Where a request for services
  arises, UNCDF shall directly contract the consultant based on its need to
  carry out those activities. A specific Term of Reference (TOR) outlining
  the outputs for each assignment shall be provided and an Individual
  Contract would be issued to the consultant, detailing the time frame.

• Scoping
  business opportunities for the CleanStart Programme;
• Developing
  implementation strategies and/or national level business plans;
• Identifying
  & selecting local implementation partners such as financial service
  providers and energy enterprises; providing pre-investment technical
  assistance to develop high-quality business plans;
• Designing
  & implementing risk capital instruments and selection processes as
  well as technical Assistance that maximize partners’ potential to achieve
  results;
• Supporting
  due diligence, monitoring and reporting of investment partners;
• Supporting
  knowledge management and documentation of lessons learnt.

• Analyzing
  the demand and supply side of the energy access market in selected
  countries, and in particular, the role of finance in making the market
  work for the poor;
• Liaising
  with local stakeholders to identify market opportunities and where
  CleanStart can add value;
• Identifying
  potential partners for implementation;
• Making
  recommendations for course of action with emphasis on activities with
  highest value added in terms of systemic change or quick wins;
• Organize
  peer review particularly to seek validation from local stakeholders.

• Designing
  & drafting country strategies or business plans that outline
  CleanStart’s approach in a country;
• Ensure
  alignment of CleanStart with other ongoing and planned initiatives (both
  from Government and donors-such as those of SE4ALL);
• Facilitating
  review process with local stakeholders for validation/endorsement;
• Provide
  input for support activities for sector support organizations as required.

• Developing/refining
  Call for Expression of Interest/Request for Proposal documents appropriate
  for market situations;
• Disseminating
  it among key institutions/people to generate high submission rates;
• Systematically
  review long and short-list business proposals submitted to CleanStart;
• Organise
  group training and/or one-on-one sessions with potential partners to
  improve the quality of individual business proposals and encourage
  organizational commitment, this should include: organize training on
  business proposal development; develop training materials, On-site
  assistance at the premises of the potential partners, Frequent follow-up
  and dialogue with senior management of each, organization to understand
  strategic priorities and level of commitment to energy business, Brokering
  partnerships with external organizations (e.g. between microfinance
  institutions and energy enterprises), Developing realistic implementation
  plans;
• Analyse
  & document discussions with potential partners as part of due
  diligence process; draft due diligence report with specific
  recommendations on how CleanStart can best support the institution;
• Facilitate
  negotiation of performance-based agreement (PBA) with selected partners,
  including setting up performance indicators, milestones and payment
  schedules.

• Develop
  technical assistance plans with partners;
• Advise
  CleanStart on how to structure and manage risk capital instruments in ways
  that help boost the financing needs and performance of partners, such as
  results-based financing, guarantee and/or loan funds;
• Advise
  CleanStart on how to support new distributed energy business/financing
  models, such as pay-as-you-go financing, public-private partnerships for
  community-owned systems;
• Advise
  other UNCDF projects that have enterprise/energy financing components;
• Provide
  advisory support and recommendation in the strengthening of meso-level and
  government support institutions.

• Does
  due diligence research on prospective partners;
• Develops
  reporting tools and oversees reporting by partners;
• Provides
  regular, documented monitoring support and advises on monitoring
  framework;
• Reports
  on any changes in the macro-environment (such as new government policies,
  tax regimes, etc.) that might impact implementation of CleanStart and
  recommends follow-up actions.

• Documenting
  and synthesizing key lessons/insights from engaging with various
  stakeholders throughout the business opportunity identification, strategy
  development, partner selection and collaboration stages. For example,
  these could include: specific areas that (potential) partners view as
  opportunities and challenges; Capacity building needs identified; Consumer
  insights from field visits;
• Refining
  partner selection tools and performance-based agreements for risk capital
  & technical assistance;
• Support
  and contribute to the development of user tool-kits developed under the
  wider CleanStart programme (focused on energy access financing);
• Provide
  energy and financing related inputs to other CleanStart activities and
  tools (e.g. M&E tools).

• Promotes
  the vision, mission and strategic goals of UNCDF;
• Demonstrate
  integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
• Displays
  cultural, gender, religion, race and age sensitivity and adaptability.

• Understands
  how financial service providers and/or small to medium scale enterprises
  serving low-income markets operate;
• Understands
  incubation and investments needs of energy enterprises;
• Understands
  how to operationalize financing instruments such as results-based
  financing, impact investing, carbon financing;
• Strong
  quantitative and financial abilities, such as making financial projections
  and analyzing financial statements;
• Strong
  analytical writing skills; experienced in producing concise, executive
  level reports and presentations, training modules and materials;
• Good
  interpersonal skills and experience in working effectively in a
  multi-cultural environment, with sensitivity to diverse opinion.

• Masters
  level qualifications in business, finance, marketing, economics,
  accounting, energy, electrical engineering or related fields;

• At
  least 5 years hands-on experience supporting the development of energy
  and/or microfinance markets that serve low-income people;
• Experience
  with implementing one or more of the activities mentioned in the scope of
  work;
• Experience
  providing technical assistance to financial service providers and/or
  energy enterprises, particularly in developing low-income segment business;
• Experience
  conducting market research, business plan development and/or institutional
  due diligence;
• Relevant
  work experience in more than one of the CleanStart programme countries;
• Experience
  with designing or implementing challenge funds and risk capital
  instruments desirable;
• Experience
  with making linkages between energy access and mobile communication
  technologies desirable.

• Fluent
  English; French is a plus.

• Education:
  Masters level qualifications in business, finance, marketing, economics,
  accounting, energy, electrical engineering or related fields;
• Experience:
  At least 5 years hands-on experience supporting the development of energy
  and/or microfinance markets that serve low-income people.

• Education/Qualification
  (20 points);
• Relevant
  Experience (70 points);
• Language
  (Fluency in English is required) (10 points).

• Relevant
  experience
• Topic/sector
  knowledge
• Team
  work and management skills

• Desk
  Review (25%) + Interview (45%);
• Financial
  Proposal (30%).

• Cover
  letter with a summary statement of competencies in relation to the TOR
  please refer to
  http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=29916 for a
  template;
• Detailed
  Personal CV and/or UN P.11 Form