CCREEE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, DEADLINE: 17 NOVEMBER 2017 JOB DESCRIPTION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CARIBBEAN CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY (CCREEE) Pst Title: Duty Statin: Duratin: Executive Directr CCREEE Headquarters in Bridgetwn, Barbads Three years, Cntract-based Starting-date: March 2018 A. FUNCTIONS AND DELIVERABLES Reprting t the Executive Bard, the Executive Directr (ED) will manage the successful cmpletin f the first peratinal phase and the establishment f the prgram and prject prtfli f the Centre. In this rle, the ED will have direct versight fr the technical prgram f the Centre and will supprt the executin f CARICOM Reginal and Sub-reginal initiatives, prgrams, prjects and activities under the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Radmap and Strategy (C-SERMS). In view f the freging, the Executive Directr will crdinate the activities f the Centre with the Energy Unit f the CARICOM Secretariat, and wrk clsely with develpment partners and ther supprting institutins, particularly the United Natins Industrial Develpment Organizatin (UNIDO) and SIDS DOCK, t strengthen the strategic partnerships that are necessary fr enabling t Centre in the discharge f its mandate. Specifically, the ED will be respnsible fr the fllwing: B. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Management and Organizatinal Develpment: Establishment f the ffice f the CCREEE Secretariat and its financial and administrative rules and prcedures; and management f the Terms and Cnditins f the Agreement Establishing the Headquarters f the CCREEE in Barbads (the Headquarters Agreement); Establishment and implementatin f the institutinal arrangements fr Trinity Business Centre Cuntry Rad St. Michael, BB11081 BARBADOS Tele: +1 (246) 535-0305 Email: inf@ccreee.rg Website http://ccreee.rg/
the Centre, which includes the netwrk f Natinal Fcal Institutins (NFIs) amng Member Cuntries and the Thematic Hubs (TH), rganizing regular meetings with the NFIs and THs, as well as supprting the Executive Bard (EB) in the establishment and management f the Technical Cmmittee (TC) and any ther subsidiary technical bdies f the Centre; Implementatin f the decisins and recmmendatins f the CCREEE Executive Bard (EB) and Technical Cmmittee (TC), s as t ensure effective rganizatinal develpment f the Centre and its strategic psitining in the reginal and internatinal renewable energy and energy efficiency markets; Establishment, in cperatin with the relevant stakehlders, f the CCREEE Five-Year Business Plans (including revised rganizatinal chart, budget, lgical framewrk and perfrmance indicatrs), as well as the submissin f the Plan t the TC and EB fr apprval; Develpment, in cperatin with the relevant stakehlders, f the annual wrk plans, prgress reprts and financial statements (t be externally audited) fr the CCREEE, as well as the submissin f the afrementined dcuments t the TC and EB fr apprval; Prviding strategic guidance and inputs fr the annual wrk plans f the Centre, thereby ensuring lng-term budgetary and ther planning, as well as the financial sustainability f the peratins, prgrams and prjects f the CCREEE; Prviding supprt t the external auditrs and evaluatrs assigned by the Executive Bard t mnitr the transparency and accuntability f the Centre, as well as implement the recmmendatins f the external auditrs and evaluatrs when apprved by the Executive Bard; Ensuring the efficient implementatin f the activities and cst-effective use f financial resurces, which are apprved in the annual wrk plans f the CCREEE; Establishment f the CCREEE Finance and Prcurement Sub-Cmmittee, ensuring, in cperatin with the chairman, the establishment f standard prcesses and templates that allw transparent and timely implementatin f accunting prcedures and prcurements methdlgies; Signing f cntracts with staff, cnsultants and/r p a r t i e s c n t r a c t e d t t h e C C R E E E, n t h e b a s i s f the rules and prcedures f the Centre, recmmended by the CCREEE Finance and Prcurement Sub-Cmmittee and apprved thrugh the Executive Bard, as well as mnitr the implementatin f the cntracts; Ensuring that the Centre meets and maintains all fiduciary standards Page 2 f 7 Trinity Business Centre Cuntry Rad St. Michael, BB11081 BARBADOS Tele: +1 (246) 535-0305 Email: inf@ccreee.rg Website http://ccreee.rg/
(financial, administrative, prcurement, internal cntrls, prject management, etc.) required t manage internatinal dnr funding (e.g. Eurpean Cmmissin, GEF, UN, etc.). Ensure that CCREEE staff and cntractrs implements and maintains the established quality standards; Ensuring, thrugh regular reprts frm the Head fr Administratin and Finance, financial accuntability, recmmending and verseeing the implementatin f internal cntrl mechanisms t prevent misuse f funds, where necessary; Ensuring, thrugh regular reprts frm the Head fr Administratin and Finance, the quality f CCREEE cntracts and prgress reprts n prgrams and prjects, as well as ensuring timely financial disbursements and payments accrding t established payment schedules; Managing the timely preparatin and dispatch f financial reprts fr prjects as required by internatinal dnrs; Establishment f the staff and recruitment rules, recmmended by the CCREEE Administratin and Human Resurces Sub-Cmmittee and apprved thrugh the Executive Bard, and the recruitment f qualified reginal and internatinal administrative and technical staff, in accrdance with the rules and recruitment plan apprved by the EB, as well as the rganizatinal chart fr the CCREEE; Ensuring effective human resurce prcesses (e.g. perfrmance appraisal), as well as effective management practices that manage and supervise staff fairly and efficiently, ensuring adherence t gd labur practices and laws; Ensuring that secnded internatinal experts are fittingly and apprpriately integrated int the Centre in a manner that is cnsistent with the terms and cnditins f the secndment; Mnitring the prgress f the technical and financial implementatin f the annual wrk plans f the CCREEE, with the elabratin f peridical reprts n the prgress and achievements in relatin t t h e bjectives, results and indicatrs (incl. analytical recmmendatins fr adaptatins and revisin f activities in the Business Plan) f the Centre; Mnitring the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability f the CCREEE prgram (as described by the CCREEE Business Plan), with strategic guidance and decisin-supprt prvided t the Executive Bard n areas that are cnsidered necessary fr achievement f the prgram bjectives; and Regular cmpilatin f infrmatin and analytics, prvided thrugh the NFIs, THs and any ther implementing partner, n prgress regarding the executin f CCREEE activities fr disseminatin t TC and EB members. Page 3 f 7 Trinity Business Centre Cuntry Rad St. Michael, BB11081 BARBADOS Tele: +1 (246) 535-0305 Email: inf@ccreee.rg Website http://ccreee.rg/
Technical Cperatin and Supervisin Represent the Centre and raise awareness n renewable energy and energy efficiency pprtunities in the Caribbean regin as well as n internatinal levels; travel regularly t Caribbean cuntries and internatinal key events t participate in cnferences and wrkshps; Prepare and submit CARICOM/SIDS DOCK plicy inputs/statements n renewable energy and energy efficiency t be cnsidered in internatinal energy and climate prcesses (e.g. Ri+20, COP, SDGs, SE4ALL); Supervise the develpment, appraisal, implementatin, and mnitring f CCREEE prjects and prgrams in the areas f capacity and plicy develpment, knwledge management and investment and business prmtin; supervise the executin f cnferences, wrkshps and trainings f the Centre; Give guidance n the develpment and implementatin f CCREEE flagship prgrams. Take leadership in the develpment and implementatin f C-SERMS and SIDS DOCK targets in cperatin with the CARICOM Energy Unit and SIDS DOCK. Ensure that the CCREEE activities are in line with the Business Plan and annual wrk plans, natinal plicies, strategies and legislatin; avid duplicatin f activities implemented by ther actrs r dnrs and cperate clsely with the CARICOM Energy Unit and SIDS DOCK; Supervise the technical staff n prject cycle management issues and in renewable energy and energy efficiency aspects; Establish and further develp the quality, appraisal and prject cycle management framewrk fr activities t be c-funded and/r implemented under the CCREEE prgram; Cnstantly mbilize funding fr activities f the Centre and cntribute t preparatin f prject prpsals t be c-funded by lcal r internatinal develpment partners; participate in call fr prpsals; Cntribute t quality assurance thrughut the prject cycle f a wide range f different CCREEE activities (e.g. trainings, cnferences, plicy activities, c-funding f prjects); Assure quality f apprved prjects accrding t dnr requirements and ensure that pr-pr, envirnmental, and gender impacts have been assessed; participate actively in the evaluatin f tender bids and prject prpsals; Page 4 f 7 Trinity Business Centre Cuntry Rad St. Michael, BB11081 BARBADOS Tele: +1 (246) 535-0305 Email: inf@ccreee.rg Website http://ccreee.rg/
Supervise the preparatin and executin f cmplex technical prcurements and call fr prpsals; supervise staff t effectively mnitr cnsultants r installatins; Strengthen the reginal netwrk f Natinal Fcal Institutins (NFIs) and the netwrk f Thematic Hubs (THs) f CCREEE and cntribute t the rganizatin f crdinatin meetings; Crdinate and cperate clsely with the cre partners f the Centre (e.g. SIDS DOCK, UNIDO, ADA, GIZ, thers); Seek active invlvement f the Centre in internatinal decisin and negtiating prcesses intended t advance financing fr sustainable energy activities. Cmmunicatin Establish regular cnsultatins with CARILEC, the Natinal Fcal Institutins (NFIs), Thematic Hubs (THs) and ther key market enablers in the regin; Build strng technical partnerships between the Centre and ther institutins in the regin r n internatinal levels; make use f knw-hw and technlgy transfer; create suth-suth partnerships and strng links and exchange t the SIDS reginal centers in Africa and Pacific; Act as fcal pint fr the implementatin f UN Sustainable Energy Fr All Initiative (SE4ALL) activities in the Caribbean and ther internatinal rganizatins (e.g. IRENA, GEF); Establish strategic links t dnr partners and t lan and equity finance institutins t raise funding fr RE&EE investment prjects (such as develpment banks in dnr cuntries, natinal r reginal develpment banks); Establish a cmmunicatin netwrk with natinal and reginal chambers f cmmerce and ther RE&EE lbbying agencies in the Caribbean regin; Engage relevant stakehlders in renewable energy plicy dialgue including public institutins, civil sciety and private sectr; Ensure effective public relatins and publicatin f infrmatin n the CCREEE prgram t different target grups (cmmunicatin strategy, frums); Ensure awareness raising n renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Caribbean regin Establish and maintain a cmprehensive RE&EE cntact netwrk in the Page 5 f 7 Trinity Business Centre Cuntry Rad St. Michael, BB11081 BARBADOS Tele: +1 (246) 535-0305 Email: inf@ccreee.rg Website http://ccreee.rg/
Caribbean regin (e.g. fcal pints, private sectr) and internatinally; C. REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: Cre values: 1. Integrity 2. Prfessinalism 3. Respect fr diversity Cre cmpetencies: 1. Results riented 2. Planning and rganizing 3. Gd Cmmunicatin skills 4. Team riented 5. Client riented 6. Organizatinal develpment and innvatin D. QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Natinal r citizen f a CARICOM Member State Minimum qualificatin: Master degree in engineering, ecnmics, natural sciences r in renewable energy r energy efficiency technlgies; further academic degrees, particularly in the area f business r public administratin, are an added value; Prven track recrd in resurce mbilizatin amng develpment partners, private sectr, and philanthrpic rganizatins; N less than 10 years f wrk experience in the energy sectr within the Caribbean regin with a prven track-recrd f develped, managed and implemented prgrams and prjects that have generated quantifiable benefits. A mix f public and private sectr experience is an asset; Prven capabilities in high level management psitin(s) within the public and/r private sectr, with a minimum f 10 year f senir management experience; Experience in managing similar-sized r larger rganizatins r cmpanies in the energy/envirnmental sectr; Excellent writing skills and familiarity with mdern ICT systems, practices and prcesses; Demnstrated gd knwledge n the status f renewable energy and energy efficiency markets, plicies, stakehlders and trends in the Caribbean regin Page 6 f 7 Trinity Business Centre Cuntry Rad St. Michael, BB11081 BARBADOS Tele: +1 (246) 535-0305 Email: inf@ccreee.rg Website http://ccreee.rg/
and beynd; Experience in internatinal develpment cperatin and the management f develpment partners are a prerequisite; knwledge and gd relatins t the main actrs f the energy sectr are an added value; Demnstrated understanding f gender equality and wmen s empwerment in the field f energy, as well as the intercnnectins between energy and sustainable develpment; and Slid analytical, negtiatin, presentatin and cmmunicatin skills. Languages: Prficiency in English. Knwledge f French r Spanish is an added value. E. GENERALITIES The psitin requires flexibility as the wrk hurs may vary, requiring wrk n late evenings r even weekends. Cntract terms may be renewed n the basis f perfrmance. APPLICATIONS: Interested and qualified candidates are invited t submit their applicatins thrugh the CCREEE jb prtal at: www.ccreee.rg/efrm/submit/jbpprtunities/ by 17 Nvember 2017 (CEST). Applicatins shall cmprise the fllwing dcuments in English: CV (incl. detailed descriptin f qualificatins and wrk experience) Mtivatin letter (max. ne page) Scanned cpy f passprt Scanned cpies f educatinal certificates Further infrmatin n CCREEE is available at: www.ccreee.rg. Written requests fr clarificatin can be directed t: recruit@ccreee.rg. Applicants shall nt cntact the CCREEE ffice r any f the invlved partners by phne. Page 7 f 7 Trinity Business Centre Cuntry Rad St. Michael, BB11081 BARBADOS Tele: +1 (246) 535-0305 Email: inf@ccreee.rg Website http://ccreee.rg/