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• The jobholder will plan and manage
  consolidated project implementation including monitoring and reporting of
  all activities being implemented under the Connection Initiatives Unit.
• Receive and review quarterly reports from
  the electricity service providers and all technical support consultancies
  with a view of ensuring completeness and compliance with agreed reporting
  arrangements.
• Convene quarterly review meetings with all
  participating stakeholders’ i.e. SPs, consultancies and donors.
• Send summarised reports for management and
  other stakeholders.
• Propose sources of funding for connection
  initiatives to management.
• Prepare consolidated quarterly and annual
  reports as well as other reports that will be required.
• Regularly interact with implementing electricity
  service providers, technical consultancies, donors to ensure up-to-date
  knowledge on project activities, schedules, and issues
• Explicitly ensure that electricity service
  providers and technical support consultancies are in compliance with
  relevant connection initiatives’ safeguard, fiduciary and other
  requirements.
• Generate, compile and provide feedback to
  management, electricity service providers, technical support consultancies
  and other stakeholders’ information on progress and achievements. This information
  will be in a form that will enable all the participants to see the overall
  implementation of connection initiatives. This is separate from the
  consolidated reports that are necessary for more formal reporting.
• Identify implementation issues and
  bottlenecks and in consultation with the development partners, the ED,
  other departments and electricity service providers, actively and
  creatively seek solutions. Advise accordingly.
• Co-ordinate support supervision of
  management, REB, MEMD and development partners for project activities.
• The jobholder will coordinate the
  activities of the electricity service providers and technical support
  consultancies for the mid-term and full-term reviews of the different
  connection initiatives.

• The ideal candidate must hold a bachelor’s
  degree in Economics, Management or Statistics.
• Possession of Master’s Degree in
  Management will be an added advantage.
• Possession of a Post Graduate
  qualification in Project Management or Monitoring
• At least eight years of hands-on working
  experience in management and monitoring of projects in a reputable
  organization.
• Previous experience working with the
  energy sector and donor funded projects is a prerequisite

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