Senior Assistant, Energy

Senior Assistant, Energy, Ouagadougou Organization: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Country: Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Office: GGGI in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Senior Assistant, Energy Please note that the deadline is based on Korean Standard Time Zone (KST, UTC+9) **INTRODUCTION TO GGGI** The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page. Burkina Faso's accession to GGGI was approved in 2018, with a mandate for GGGI to support the country in its transition toward a strong, sustainable, and inclusive green growth pathway. The cooperation has been consolidated through successive Country Planning Frameworks (CPF), which guide GGGI's support in line with national priorities, including green investment, climate action and resilience, sustainable rural development, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and productive uses of energy. GGGI is leading the 36-month, EUR 3.3 million European Union-funded project "Promoting the Productive Use of Low-cost Solar Energy to Strengthen Sustainable Agri-Food Livelihoods and Green Jobs in the OKDB+ Triangle" (PULSE), implemented in consortium with the Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer (CEAS) and Trias. The project promotes productive uses of renewable energy to support the modernization, resilience, and sustainability of territorial agri-food systems, with priority value chains including rice, maize, market gardening, and poultry. The project combines renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency, climate-smart agriculture, enterprise support, access to green finance, and institutional strengthening. **POSITION SUMMARY** The Senior Assistant will work closely with the designated GGGI Project Manager, consortium partners, relevant Government institutions, service providers, consultants, and beneficiaries. While working in close collaboration with the CEAS's part-time Technical Coordinator / Productive Renewable Energy Expert, the Senior Assistant will provide continuous GGGI-side technical oversight and consortium-wide quality control across the full portfolio of energy actions. This is a national position. **PURPOSE** Support the smooth day-to-day implementation of PULSE energy i...