Consultant: Program Associate, Clean Cooking Alliance
Position Title: Program Associate, Clean Cooking Alliance
Supervisor: Sr. Program Associate, Clean Cooking Alliance
Department: Clean Cooking Alliance
Employment Status: Part-Time Contractor Position
Position Overview
The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA), an initiative hosted by the United Nations Foundation, is dedicated to advancing clean cooking access globally, promoting cleaner fuels and stoves, and supporting healthier environments and communities. CCA collaborates with governments, the private sector, and other partners to foster an inclusive clean cooking ecosystem and strengthen the supply and demand of clean cooking solutions. CCA seeks to make high-impact clean cooking solutions desirable, affordable, and accessible for consumers and viable for businesses to provide sustainably at scale. It supports companies that design, manufacture, distribute, and retail biomass, ethanol, biogas, and LPG-based clean cooking solutions in addition to more efficient wood and charcoal cookstoves. It also supports technology innovation with the aim to commercialize new technologies such as highly energy-efficient electric cookers for off-grid/mini-grid communities.
Achieving universal access to clean cooking solutions requires scaling up a range of technologies and business models. CCA’s Market Strengthening program seeks to develop the clean cooking industry through its work around three core pillars:
- Driving consumer demand for cleaner, more modern stoves and fuels;
- Mobilizing investment; and
- Fostering an enabling environment for industry growth.
The Program Associate will support and report to the Market Strengthening Sr. Program Associate. This role requires program management skills with a proven ability to learn new domains.
Essential Functions
- Program Management
- Oversee activity development and work planning for the Market Strengthening team
- Improve and implement program processes, including the facilitation of team meetings, knowledge management, and compliance management
- Develop procurement plans and manage procurement processes and invoicing, and track consultant contracts, in coordination with the Operations team, including developing new agreements and contracts
- Monitor program progress and timelines and update the team accordingly
- Track spending, and maintain and monitor the budget
- Coordinate grant proposal efforts, contributing content, and integrating technical inputs from team members.
- Coordinate the implementation of the M&E plan
- Coordinate interdependencies between UIL projects, and coordinate with other CCA programs outside of the UIL to create mutually reinforcing synergies.
- Manage the preparation of annual reports and workplans
- Prepare program, project and activity summaries
- Plan and manage the UIL’s external communications process, in coordination with the CCA Communications team
- Support the stakeholder engagement, ensuring that stakeholders have a positive experience with CCA
- Research and prepare written materials, briefings or presentations for the Chief Program Officer
- Travel for work occasionally, when required
- Participate in meetings with external stakeholders, when required
- Other
- Support project implementation, as required
- Contribute to organizational processes and team building
- Other duties as assigned
Location
This is a global, remote. part-time (20% or once a week) contractor position with a preference for candidates who are located in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Selection Criteria
- Undergraduate degree required
- At least 3 years of experience
- Experience in a fast-paced organization, supporting executive level individuals or teams
- Experience working on the non-profit or social impact sectors
- Experience supporting the management of programs and projects
- Experience writing grant proposals preferred
- Experience managing expenses and contracts
- Experience planning and monitoring budgets
- Planning, logistical, organizational skills, and detail-orientation
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including editing and proofreading
Application Process
Please submit a cover letter and CV to market@cleancooking.org by 3 February, 2025. Note: A case study assessment is part of the interview process.
