Job Summary

This is a challenging and rewarding senior role within the PAC International team: leading the energy strategy; growing the portfolio; ensuring high quality development and delivery; serving as a ‘principal’ technical expert and lead; managing a small team and associates; representing and building business-relevant partnerships and networks.

Reporting to the PAC International Managing Director, you will:

• Lead the delivery of all aspects of the PAC energy strategy, including adapting it as required based on external market analysis and in close collaboration with the wider Practical Action Group’s energy strategy and PAC International SMT. • Develop and nurture strong external business-relevant partnerships and networks to support portfolio growth, client diversification, profile building and to position PAC International with strategic consortia.

• Drive and deliver on energy business development processes - ensuring quality, competitiveness and financial viability of offers (including meeting income generation targets). • Serve as a ‘principal’ technical expert and/or lead on assignments – preferably bringing expertise in humanitarian energy, productive use of energy and/or last mile energy access. • Ensure high quality, timely delivery and financial controls across the portfolio - and be willing to project manage as necessary. • Manage and nurture client relations to promote repeat business and position brand.

Job Summary

• Lead and mentor a small team, fostering a culture of excellence that is business-oriented, results-driven and high performing.

This will include assessments of team capabilities, supporting staff development and recruitment as necessary. • Grow and nurture the network of associates and ensure their effective deployment. • Provide and/or support the vision for innovation and ingenuity across all areas of work.

• Work closely with other PAC and Practical Action colleagues, especially in energy, agriculture and markets and contribute to the wider Group’s strategic and technical capability. • Serve as a key member of the PAC International SMT: setting team strategy, reporting against progress, agreeing business targets, and contributing to communications and marketing strategies. • From time to time, provide/support the energy team to provide technical assistance to Practical Action energy programmes.

Indicators of success in this role would include:

• Steady growth in the energy portfolio across all three focus areas, meeting/exceeding income targets at a minimum • Energy portfolio aligns and contributes to Practical Action’s overall energy strategy • At least 1 new strategic partnership created/significant client added each year and existing partnerships and networks nurtured • A motivated, professional team capable of delivering to high quality, on time and within budgets