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Posted: 19 Sep 2010 08:06 PM PDT

Job Title: PROGRAM OFFICER: ENERGY EFFICIENCY (PO EE)

Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA

Reporting to: CHIEF OF PROGRAMS AND / OR THE CEO OF SHAKTI: INDIA SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOUNDATION

Company Profile:

Third Sector Partner, a leading CxO and board search firm in the Not for Profit sector has been retained by Shakti: India Sustainable Energy Foundation to recruit their Program Officer: Energy Efficiency.

Shakti is a private grant-making foundation whose mission is to build a sustainable and secure future for India's citizens by supporting policies that promote energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable energy. The Foundation works at the intersection of public health, energy security, and low carbon growth. It convenes and supports local NGOs, experts, and academic researchers in order to help build and implement smart energy policies. Shakti is part of the ClimateWorks network, a global family of organizations that work in the nations and economic sectors with the highest potential for low carbon economic growth. Shakti is comprised of a Board and a small, high caliber, organization, based in New Delhi.

Reason for Hire:

To seek a committed, responsible, energetic, and professional individual to join this effort. As a member of the Shakti team, you will experience the benefits of working in a new philanthropic venture: close-working relationships with colleagues, and broad impact on greenhouse gas emission reductions. This unique blend creates an incredible opportunity for an individual who seeks diverse job responsibilities.

The Program Officer for Energy Efficiency is responsible for creating and managing strategies that generate policy wins primarily for energy efficiency in green building, and appliance standards and labeling.

India has already begun its effort on the building codes front. The Energy Conservation Building Code has been designed, and with technical analysis and other support from SSEF and others, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is working to make the code mandatory.

Shakti has identified the following opportunities for the year ahead:

Turning energy efficiency in buildings into a business opportunity. Massive leverage can be achieved by furnishing political and analytical support for the Bureau of Energy Efficiency's new "Super ESCO," approach. This resource is being designed to overcome barriers confronted by traditional ESCOs and builds their capacity to address India's unique energy efficiency financing needs.
Working with organizations such as the Alliance to Save Energy to build a stakeholder process around incorporating energy efficient building codes into local construction by-laws. This process is currently being planned in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore, but is urgently needed in cities across India.
Convening international financial institutions such as the World Bank, ESCOs and developers to promote partnerships on major pilot projects.
Continue working with the BEE to enhance and fine-tune the Energy Conservation Building Code.
Building civil society support and provide on demand analysis to Delhi Chief Minister as she works to implement ambitious green building projects such as "cool roofs."
Work will also include working with colleagues at Shakti to help to overcome barriers in transitioning the Energy Conservation Building Code from a voluntary to mandatory regime, supporting the development of national policies to promote energy efficient buildings, and building capacity to improve codes and advance appliance standards.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The roles and responsibilities of the PO – EE will be to:

Strategic Grantmaking

Advance and oversee a grants portfolio to develop and implement targeted policy goals in the energy efficiency sector, with a focus on advancing Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC) and Appliance Standards.

Support, strengthen and advance the efforts of energy efficiency community in government, civil society, international financial institutions and industry utilizing the resources of Shakti and its targeted grant-making efforts and incorporating energy efficient building codes into local construction by-laws.

Anticipate funding priorities and develop and make a case for them using standard methodologies.
Allocate budgets consistent with approved strategies.
Solicit, review, and recommend strategic plans for funding.
Write dockets for board consideration.
Ensure that grants are disbursed in a way that meets internal standards and satisfy legal, audit and board requirements.

External Leadership

Monitor the impact of individual grants and broader strategies.
Ensure maintenance of appropriate communication with grantees and other partners, both providing expertise and genuinely listening to grantees and other partners.
Initiate strategy discussions and meetings; engage directly in the field, as needed.
Identify and support capacity-building opportunities with grantees; enable grantee-to-grantee network building.
Support the development of linkages between policymaking and policy implementation streams (NGOs, media, government, academics).
Maintain relationships with the ClimateWorks Network, grantees, funders, and other experts.
Lead and leverage ClimateWorks network partners to support the achievement of goals in India, provide Best Practice Network partners with strategic direction in India's context, and work collaboratively with them to achieve goals
Build and maintain domain expertise through regular contact with experts and thought leaders, and seeking out relevant literature and research; develop external stature through publishing
Attend meetings for donor cultivation at the request of CEO or fundraising team and help prepare compelling proposals, reports, and other materials to support communications and fundraising work.

Must Have

Masters degree or equivalent preferably with focus on buildings energy efficiency.
Minimum 7 years of relevant progressive leadership experience and expert knowledge of energy law/policies, regulations, and programs at city, state and national level.

Ability to liaise with the BEE to enhance and fine tune the Energy Conservation Building Code.

Demonstrated networking capabilities to engage effectively with external and internal stakeholders, different sectors, including government, academia, non-profit, business, and media and experience incorporating energy efficient building codes into local construction by-laws
Outstanding written and verbal skills, including the ability to present technical information to non-technical audience.

Preferable:

Comfort with qualitative and quantitative energy policy analysis.
A strong track record of applying sound political and strategic judgment in complex situations.
Strong facilitation, convening, and negotiation skills.
Strong and detail oriented organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced, start up environment.
Success in managing two or more staff.

Other Skills

Strong intellect, creativity, flexibility, drive, and entrepreneurial capabilities.
Ability to travel often domestically and internationally.
Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment, including a good knowledge of Microsoft Office and other mainstream Windows-based computer applications.

Compensation Details:

The compensation is commensurate with qualification and experience.

Third Sector Partners, a leading CxO and board search firm in the Not for Profit sector, has been retained by Shakti: India Sustainable Energy Foundation.

Last date for application is 23^rd September 2010. Interested candidates can send in their CVs with three references to programofficer.shakti@gmail.com with the subject line indicating PO EE or contact us at: +91 22 43493333. Please note that only short listed

candidates will be contacted.