Positive Planet recrute un chef de projet H / F à Lesotho

Expérience	0 à 3 ans
Fonctions	Gestion de projets/programmes, Autre
Secteurs d’activité	Développement économique et local

 

Positive Planet International (PPI) was created out of the growth and transformation of Planet Finance, a non-profit organisation created in 1998 with a mandate to alleviate poverty through access to financial services and inclusive markets. PPI’s mission is to create conditions of a better world for future generations all over the world. Its headquarters are located in Paris, France, and its activities are carried out in more than 40 countries, managed by local branches in Africa, Europe and in the Middle East.

PPI prioritises seven key areas: access to entrepreneurship, access to financial services, access to markets, access to energy, access to education, access to water, sanitation, housing and access to health and mobilises its experts in these sectors. here

PPI’s Southern and East Africa Regional office is based in Johannesburg, in South Africa, managing projects in many countries in the region such as South Africa, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania and Lesotho.

PPI started its operations in South Africa in 2008 in Cape Town with a three-year EU funded project and throughout the past decade has worked on different projects primarily with a focus on development finance.

 

Context :

The Kingdom of Lesotho has a population of 2.2 million people (World Bank, 2016). This mountainous, land-locked country was recognised by the World Economic Forum, in 2013, for being in the top 10 countries in Africa in terms of gender equality, setting it apart in the region. Lesotho is an agrarian society: 50% of the rural population relies on farming as their main livelihood source, of which 90% are subsistence farmers, and up to 80% of the population engage in some form of agricultural activity (Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), 2016). The available statistics on energy access vary considerably, from at best 27% of the country’s population having access to electricity (World Bank 2014) to just over 20% (Trading Economics 2016). This is significantly lower in rural areas at an estimated 10% (compared to 47% in urban areas). There is a high reliance on biomass (35%) and fossil fuels (38%), with current renewable energy access levels being very low (4%).

 

Overall objective :

The project seeks to contribute to the socio-economic development of rural households in Lesotho through access to energy efficient and renewable energy (EERE) services and technologies. The main mechanism for achieving this objective is to establish a sustainable social enterprise that will distribute the needed EERE technology to rural populations to meet differing needs.

 

Specific objective :

For at least one household energy need to be met within 5,000 rural households in five Districts of Lesotho through the distribution of EERE technology solutions on a sustainable basis, by Rural Self-help Development Agency (RSDA).

Partner : RSDA, a well-established NGO in Lesotho is partnering with PPI on this project. It works to empower rural Basotho communities to develop their self-initiative, self-determination and self-responsibility. Since 1991, RSDA has supported rural Basotho with a focus on sustainable agriculture, natural resource management and other initiatives to help rural Basotho graduate out of extreme poverty.

Funder : European Union

The Project Manager, will be based in Maseru and report to the Project Director in Johannesburg. The Project Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the project activities and attainment of the Project objectives. He/she will provide oversight to the project team and will be responsible for coordination with the project partner (RSDA) and other stakeholders and service providers.

Specific tasks and responsibilities of the Project Manager will include :

• Coordinating and supervising the implementation of the activities as per the Project Logical Framework, Proposal, Financial Proposal and Contract ;
• Providing leadership to achieve the objectives, outcomes and outputs of the Project in accordance with the project work plan ;
• Playing a coordinating role and ensuring an effective partnership with RSDA and other stakeholders involved in the project ;
• Coordinating and supervising the implementation of the business plan of RSDA social enterprise in collaboration with RSDA team and partners ;
• Playing an advisory role with the Partner to ensure knowledge transfer on the business model, EERE technology and all aspects of promoting the sustainability of the EERE social enterprise.

• Project management experience : results oriented person, able to deliver within allocated time and resources ;
• Sales and operations oriented person : proven ability to understand company’s core values and objectives and to translate them into practice, able motivate team and execute activities as needed to achieve monthly targets ;
• Good communication : demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively with different audiences and explain clearly tasks and targets ;
• Teamwork : good interpersonal skills, ability to establish and maintain good relationships with partners and team members. Ability to plan and coordinate different team members; the candidate would know how to motivate, reward and review performance of team members in line with RSDA social enterprise objectives and work plans ;
• Organizing and planning : strong organizational skills, ability to design and implement a strategic business plan to expand RSDA outreach and ensure its strong presence in Lesotho ;
• Problem solving : positive attitude, flexibility and adaptability in finding solutions, committed to continuous learning ;
• Background in FMCG/Services/Retail/Mobile money type of companies who operate in Africa is preferred ;
• Fluency in English – high proficiency in English (both written and spoken) ;
• Fluency in Sesotho preferable (spoken) ;
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint essential ;
• Ability to work in a team but also comfortable working autonomously and independently with minimum supervision.