Senior Technical Advisor, Energy Access- UK, NL, or Jordan

**Location:** UK, NL, or Jordan flexible working from home

**Status:** Full-time

**Starting salary range:** NL: € 63,040; UK: £ 53,360; Jordan to be benchmarked on local market. Hiring range commensurate on professional experience

**Closing date:** Please submit application by **June 30th**

**Supervisory Responsibility**

None

## **Budget Management Responsibility**

None

### **About Mercy Corps**

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long-term impact.

**The Team**

The Senior Energy Advisor will join the Technical Support, Evidence, and Program Quality (TEQ) Unit. The goal of TEQ is to support program impact at scale. The TEQ Unit sits within Programs and supports program impact at scale through three areas of work: 1) Program Support, including support for proposals, program design and implementation, and learning and capacity building; 2) Program Strategy, by stewarding the technical and sectoral approaches utilized by the organization and managing programmatic enterprise systems; and, 3) Influence, through technical analysis, evidence, and engagement with internal and external stakeholders. TEQ teams include technical specializations related to Mercy Corps’ area of work as well as program quality and evidence-related specializations.

Within TEQ, the Climate Solutions Team is comprised of technical specialists in the areas of climate adaptation, water security, resilience, and energy. This team leads program support, program strategy, and influence related to the Pathway to Prosperity (P2P) impact priority of Climate Solutions.

**Position Summary**

The Senior Energy Advisor’s primary role is to provide technical support to Mercy Corps program teams implementing programs focused on: Humanitarian & Market-Based Energy, Access, including off-grid & remote community energy access, Productive Use of Energy, Clean Cooking, Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems integration, Energy efficiency . Support includes designing and developing programs, assessing and enhancing program quality, writing proposals for donors, providing training, developing humanitarian networks, maintaining current knowledge on industry best practices, disseminating information to internal and external partners, and representing Mercy Corps at key events. The Senior Advisor will also build the capacity of their peers and the organization. The Senior Advisor will also provide support to, and coordination with, Mercy Corps flagship energy platforms such as Enter Energy and the Energy for Impact (E4I) portfolio.

### **Essential Responsibilities**

PROGRAM DESIGN AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

- Write and review grant proposals and concept notes for donors including foundations, corporations, and government agencies.
- Support and lead development of energy proposals for the Green Climate Fund and other climate finance donors.
- Integrate energy approaches into proposals focused on food and economic security and humanitarian needs.
- Research, analyze, and assess data to determine program needs, priorities, and Mercy Corps’ advantages for funding; Maintain knowledge of development strategies by governmental, academic, and non-profit groups.
- Collaborate with program, country, regional, and TEQ teams on prepositioning and strategy development, and designing multi-sectoral programs that meet the outcomes and commitments in Mercy Corps’ 10-year strategy.
- Lead write complex, competitive proposals following Mercy Corps’ best practices in proposal development, team management, and the appropriate sectoral area.

PROGRAM QUALITY

- Play a lead role in stewarding Mercy Corps’ energy program models by developing and maintaining guidance and resources that promote quality design, implementation, and learning.
- Provide technical support to Mercy Corps’ teams globally, including those in complex crisis environments; Support effective interventions through integrated approaches, systems thinking, and promoting evidence-based lessons.
- Support and coordinate with ongoing flagship energy programs such as Enter Energy and the Energy for Impact (E4I) portfolio.
- Maintain standards of program delivery through application of agency approaches and compliance with relevant regulations and requirements.
- Increase program capacity within Mercy Corps through developing and circulating tools such as training and workshops, manuals, case studies, webinars, and monitoring and evaluation tools; Collaborate with leadership to set and execute strategies addressing agency-wide program quality needs.

LEARNING AND IMPACT

- Support the development and implementation of learning activities across the portfolio to strengthen the evidence base on Mercy Corps’ energy program models, and apply learning to adapt best practice.
- Provide