This is a unique
opportunity to join an innovative, ambitious organisation which plans to sell
solar lights at scale across Malawi, bringing electricity to rural households
and reducing reliance on fuels such as kerosene.
Job
Title: Operations Director, Malawi
Location: Mzuzu (possible
relocation to Lilongwe), with frequent travel to rural Malawi
Reporting
to:
SunnyMoney Managing Director
About
SunnyMoney
SunnyMoney is an
innovative, fast-growing, a social enterprise, owned by the charity SolarAid,
working in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia which focuses on business based
solutions to poverty.
Our aim is to enable
the world’s poorest people to have access to clean, renewable power. We do this
by selling solar lights to rural households and building a vibrant solar
market.
Our overarching goal
in Malawi is to eradicate the use of kerosene and candles for lighting and help
create a genuine solar lighting market.
Our mission is to
eradicate the kerosene light from Africa by the end of this decade.
To find out more, go
to www.solar-aid.org
Mission
for this post
We are looking for a
dynamic, business minded individual to lead our operations in Malawi.
Responsible leading
and growing our existing team, you will drive forward the implementation of our
business, selling solar lights and chargers and helping create a viable and
vibrant solar market in off grid communities.
We plan to sell over
30,000 lights in Malawi this financial year and then scale up further.
Objectives
for this post for first 6 months
- Lead the
implementation and scale up of our ambitious SunnyMoney school campaign in
accordance with our business plan and donor targets
- Work closely
together with senior management in the SunnyMoney Global team to develop
sales channels in accordance with the ‘SunnyMoney Way,’ developing a
robust, sustainable and scalable solar retail business
- As necessary,
recruit and lead a team of A-player staff who will successfully implement
the programme
- Ensure that all
financial and narrative reports are submitted internally and externally on
time, in the correct format and to a high standard
Duties
and Responsibilities
Project
Management
- Build and lead a
SunnyMoney team which consistently hits and exceeds sales targets.
- Where necessary,
develop strong relationships with partners, local and national governments
to enable us to meet and exceed targets
- Proactively
engage and collaborate with senior management team
- Ensure the
organisation is complying with all legal requirements
- Ensure that end
of year targets are met and within budget
- Responsible for
ensuring that all reporting deadlines are met.
Team
Management
- As necessary,
recruit A-player staff and interns.
- Supervise the performance
of team staff through agreeing staff development plans and setting
performance targets, regularly reviewing both with staff.
- Implement strong
Human Resources management system as set out in our staff handbook,
dealing quickly, firmly and fairly with all HR issues.
Person
Specification Skills/ knowledge
- Strong business
planning and commercial skills
- Substantial
staff management skills (recruiting, developing, performance managing
large teams, motivating staff)
- Strong financial
ability (prepare budgets and to monitor expenditure against budgets)
- Strong
communication skills, including representing the team at meetings and
conferences and writing regular, comprehensive reports
- Able to make
decisions, take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for
the decisions made
- Excellent oral
and written English
- Computer
literacy (project planning, spreadsheets, word processing, email/internet)
- Educated to
degree level (or considerable professional management and operational
experience)
- Five years experience
of leading successful commercial or social enterprises, preferably in
Africa
- Experience of
managing human and financial resources that demonstrates ability to set
objectives, monitor and evaluate progress and outcomes
Other
- Commitment to
our mission and developing the solar market
- Participative
and collaborative working approach
- Self starting,
passionate, trustworthy, dependable and decisive leader who communicates
effectively and consistently works efficiently to high standards
Terms
and conditions
- Full-time,
Permanent
- Notice period:
one week within probationary period, three months thereafter.
- Annual leave: 25
days (Calculated over 12 month period)
- Salary
commensurate with experience
- Opportunities
for training and personal development will be made available.
- The employee
will have a contract of employment containing more details of the terms
and conditions relating to the post.
How
to apply
Interested applicants
please email CV together with a covering letter addressed to John Keane which
explains how you meet the criteria in this job description to
recruitment@sunnymoney.org
Important:
Please
entitle your email subject line with: Your Name SunnyMoney Malawi Operations
Director and save letter together with CV in one attached file.
Deadline
for applicants:
12th July 2013
