Sustainable change requires passionate people
We are always keen to work with like-minded world-changers who share our passion for sustainable development. Though we don’t often have staff vacancies, there are occasionally new roles to fill and any positions we have available (both paid and voluntary) will be advertised below.
Current Job Vacancies
Fundraising Manager
1.2 billion people are still living in poverty, inequality is rising, and the world is failing to decarbonise quickly enough to avoid climate disaster. The world’s poorest people contributed little to climate change, yet they are most impacted, and least able to adapt. This is not fair. And it is not sustainable.
Do you share our vision of a sustainable and fairer world where clean energy is accessible to all? With clean energy, both people and planet can thrive. Do you have the passion and fundraising expertise to generate the income we need to enable people living in poverty to transform their lives through clean energy?
The Fundraising Manager leads on our corporate partnerships, individual giving and events income streams, working in close collaboration with colleagues in our UK, Nepal, and Kenya offices. In this role, you will be responsible for driving growth in these three income streams, building a robust funding pipeline, cultivating new business, developing proposals, winning new opportunities, planning and delivering appeals and campaigns, and providing excellent stewardship.
For more information about the role, including key responsibilities and person specification, please view the Job Description.
Application Deadline: 23:59, Sunday 23 July 2023
How to Apply: Please submit your CV and a cover letter (no more than two pages) telling us how you meet the requirements for this role (please see the Job Description for the person specification and key responsibilities). Please email applications to jobs@renewable-world.org. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a first interview during the week commencing 31 July 2023.
Additional Information: Renewable World is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities in our workforce. As this is a UK role, applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Due to the expected volume of applicants, we will not be able to acknowledge candidates who are not shortlisted.
Programme Funding Manager
1.2 billion people are still living in poverty, inequality is rising, and the world is failing to decarbonise quickly enough to avoid climate disaster. The world’s poorest people contributed little to climate change, yet they are most impacted, and least able to adapt. This is not fair. And it is not sustainable.
Do you share our vision of a sustainable and fairer world where clean energy is accessible to all? With clean energy, both people and planet can thrive. If you have the passion and programme funding expertise to generate the income we need to enable people living in poverty to transform their lives through clean energy, please read on.
The Programme Funding Manager leads on our major trust, foundation, and institutional partnerships, working in close collaboration with colleagues in our UK, Nepal, and Kenya offices. In this role, you will be responsible for driving growth in our income, building a robust funding pipeline, cultivating new business, developing proposals, winning major new opportunities, and providing excellent stewardship.
For more information about the role, including responsibilities and person specification, please view the Job Description.
Application Deadline: 23:59, Sunday 16th July 2023
How to Apply: Please submit your CV and a cover letter (no more than two pages), describing your experience and how you meet the person specification, to: jobs@renewable-world.org
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a first interview during the week commencing 24th July 2023.
Applicants to the recently advertised Programme Partnerships Manager job are kindly advised not to apply for this role.
Additional Information: Renewable World is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities in our workforce. As this is a UK role, applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Due to the expected volume of applicants, we will not be able to acknowledge candidates who are not shortlisted.
Request for Proposals
Endline Evaluation of the Renewable Energy Access for Livelihoods in Fragile Buffer Zones (REALiZE) Project
Renewable World (RW) is an International NGO (INGO) headquartered in the UK, with branches in Nepal and Kenya. We envision a sustainable and fairer world where clean energy is accessible to all-because with clean energy, both people and planet can thrive. By 2030, we aim to enable over 500,000 people living in poverty to transform their lives by improving their access to clean energy, empowering them to develop sustainable and resilient livelihoods, and mitigating the impact of climate change.
Renewable World (RW), in partnership with the national NGO Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), has been implementing the REALiZE project. This 42-month long project began in July 2020 and is scheduled to conclude in December 2023. The project is locally implemented by BNA in Surkhet and DDS in Salyan. REALiZE aims to address three main issues in the northern buffer zones of Bardia and Banke National Parks, focusing on governance improvement, livelihood generation, and sustainable resource management through renewable energy access. The project’s objective is to enable 8,378 poor people living in northern Bardia and Banke National Park buffer zones to generate a sustainable, renewable energy enhanced income, conserve the fragile forest landscape in which they live, and gain a louder voice in buffer zone decision-making.
REALiZE’s results framework is as follows:
- Outcome 1: Governance and Education: Inclusive buffer zone governance structures and mechanisms are strengthened in 12 communities, underpinned by a new lower secondary school curriculum that empowers youths to demand environmentally responsible development.
- Outcome 2: Clean Energy for Water: Sustainable, renewable-energy driven access to and conservation of scarce water resources is achieved for targeted communities living in buffer zone communities.
- Outcome 3: Forest Management: A responsible, forest-based livelihoods program is implemented in three clusters of buffer zone communities, including controlled livestock grazing and rearing, improved cookstoves and non-timber forest product expansion, combined with forest conservation.
- Outcome 4: Value Chain Development: Three cooperatives, including at least one women-led, have the skills and resources to provide renewable-energy enhanced value chain services, and links to financial services for people in the buffer zone communities in two districts.
Renewable World is seeking proposals from interested consulting firms to carry out the endline evaluation for REALiZE project. The objective of this endline evaluation is to assess the overall impact, effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and sustainability of the REALiZE project. The evaluation will provide findings against the project’s log frame along with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) evaluation criteria. It will also identify best practices and lessons learnt that could inform future programming. A mixed-method approach will be adopted to ensure a comprehensive analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data.
Please refer to the detailed ToR of the assignment, which can be downloaded here.
Deadline for proposals: 29th June 2023, 17:00 Hrs (Nepal Local Time).
Trustee
1.2 billion people are still living in poverty, inequality is rising, and the world is failing to decarbonise quickly enough to avoid climate disaster. The world’s poorest people contributed little to climate change, yet they are most impacted, and least able to adapt. This is not fair. And it is not sustainable.
Do you share our vision of a sustainable and fairer world where clean energy is accessible to all? Want to make a lasting difference in tackling poverty and climate change? Keen to broaden your professional experience? Looking to be part of a friendly team and get real job satisfaction? Join our Board.
Renewable World is a dynamic and growing international charity working in South Asia (Nepal) and East Africa (Kenya). Our mission is to enable people living in poverty to transform their lives by improving their access to clean energy, empowering them to develop sustainable and resilient livelihoods and mitigate the impact of climate change. Since our formation in 2008 we have helped lift over 100,000 people out of poverty. The next few years will be both exciting and challenging as we significantly scale up our programme to help transform the lives of 500,000 people by 2030.
We are seeking three or four new Trustees to join the nine current Trustees on Renewable World’s Board.
We encourage anyone interested to apply. One of our priorities is to find someone with current and deep knowledge of Kenya (and ideally East Africa more broadly) to help oversee our expanding programme there. You may well be based in the region rather than the UK. We would also be delighted to find trustees with:
- Fundraising expertise – to help the team expand and diversify our support base.
- Technical renewable energy expertise – to inform choices about the technology we help to deploy.
- Experience of market systems approaches – to help scale up our impact in future programmes.
Trustee roles are unpaid and require an active commitment including quarterly face-to-face meetings in London/Brighton (for UK-based trustees) and engagement in the work of board committees (predominantly by conference calls). Trustees are appointed for a period of three years and are eligible for reappointment at the end of their term.
The Board is committed to increasing the diversity of its membership and welcomes applications from individuals across all sections of society and particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Application Deadline: Thursday 31st August 2023
How to Apply: Please send a CV with a one-page supporting statement to jobs@renewable-world.org. We will contact you to arrange an interview if you are shortlisted. If you would like to speak to someone before applying please contact Janaki Jayasuriya, Director of Finance and Operations.