A campaigner for renewable energy is needed by Power Shift Africa to assist create a positive, solution-focused campaign that will open up developmental avenues for Africa.

Overview of Roles

You will assist in creating a constructive and solution-focused campaign to open up Africa's developmental routes while answering to the Campaigns Lead. This is the perfect chance for you if you're searching for an interesting career that will allow you to construct a daring and wide renewable energy campaign that will require a lot of network organising and project coordination. This is a rare opportunity to support a vital objective on a continental level working for a Pan-African think-tank.

About the Africa Power Shift:

Founded in 2018, Power Shift Africa (PSA) is a Pan-African think tank focused on energy and climate change that aims to support various actors from an African perspective on policy, advocacy, and communications. In order to strengthen the moral voice of Africa in the global climate arena, we inform, educate, and shape conversation.

By elevating the voices of African players in a cohesive, well-coordinated, and fact-based message to African institutions, governments, civil society, the media, and other stakeholders, PSA also strives to mobilise climate action in Africa. We want to assist a transition in climate and energy policies, practices and narratives towards low-carbon and resilient alternatives. To do this, we actively engage the media, set goals, and use public relations efforts to elevate the voices of our stakeholders across international borders.

In this role, you will organise advocacy campaigns for the transition to renewable energy on a regional and global scale, create public awareness campaigns, analyse data on adoption in Africa, create strategies to track the impact of campaigns, plan energy-related events, prepare policy briefs and technical reports, coordinate strategic partnerships with stakeholders, and represent PSA in coalition activities.

Experience

The perfect advocate for renewable energy ought to possess:

• The ability to reside and work anywhere in Africa, ideally in Kenya.

• Capacity to collaborate in small, dynamic groups. The applicant must to feel at ease working from a distance.

• Campaigning and mobilisation expertise and experience.

• The capacity to evaluate environmental challenges in light of potential campaigns and overarching strategic goals.

• Excellent analytical, negotiating, and problem-solving abilities.

• Capacity to establish and preserve strong connections and bonds with partners and other stakeholders.

• The capacity to write and speak with a variety of people in a suitable and successful manner.

Employing Principles

In order to strive towards a better future for our continent, Power Shift Africa seeks to recruit and retain the best and brightest individuals on the continent. We place a great importance on diversity in our teams and work hard to create a work environment and organisational culture that is secure and empowering. Africans are encouraged to apply, regardless of their origins, identities, or experiences in life. Candidates from underrepresented, historically persecuted, and/or disadvantaged communities are especially encouraged to apply.