Vacancies: National STAR-C Project Coordinators for West Africa (Senegal), Himalaya-Hindukush (Bhutan) and Pacific islands (Tonga), Deadline: 16 January 2023

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Solar Alliance (ISA), with funding of the Government of France, are implementing the project “Structuring of an International Network of Solar Technology and Application Resource Centres”. 

The overall objective it to create a strong network of institutional capacities within ISA Member States to enhance quality infrastructure for the uptake of solar energy product and service markets, particularly in least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS). 

To have more impact and to create economies of scale, the STAR C has adopted a regional approach and will be implemented in partnership with the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC). The first phase of the STAR C project will focus on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the East African Community (EAC), the Pacific Community (SPC) and partly the Hindukush-Himalaya. The partners will closely work with ECREEE in Cape Verde, EACREEE  in Uganda, REEECH in Nepal and PCREEE in Tonga. 

Therefore, to strengthen the capacities of the centers to implement the activities, UNIDO and ISA are recruiting four STAR C National Project Coordinators: 

Coordinator 1: Based in Senegal, supports regional activities of the ECOWAS/ECREEE, National STAR-C Project Coordinator (Senegal)
Coordinator 2: Based in Bhutan, covering regional REEECH/ICIMOD, National STAR C Project Coordinator HKH (Bhutan)
Coordinator 3: Based in Tonga, covers SPC/PCREEE, National STAR C Project Coordinator - SPC (Tonga)
Coordinator 4: Based in Uganda, covering regional EAC activities (call for applications to be launched in 2023)

Interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by 16 January 2023 through the UNIDO Portal

Further information on the STAR C Project is available at: 

http://starc.gn-sec.net https://isolaralliance.org | https://open.unido.org/projects/M0/projects/190370

 

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