NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Over the past two years, PIPE has been engaged in understanding customers from low-income households and private solution providers to develop innovative interventions which can improve the quality of ECE offered in Affordable Private Schools (APSs). We are now looking to add individuals to the team who can help us observe the roll out of these interventions in schools, identify key challenges, and share insights with the PIPE team. 

Pact seeks a competent Energy Services Senior Director to oversee project development as well as, investment and business advisory services at SPMF. S/he will lead evaluation and procurement for mini-grid projects, and facilitate negotiations between communities, developers, and the government.

Pact seeks a passionate Energy Demand and Economic Development Director to lead the design and implementation of community-driven initiatives to increase demand generation and energy consumption at the household, business and community level in rural Myanmar.

Pact seeks an efficient MEL & Data Associate to provide integrated techno-economic analytics across the energy access sector, incl. demand projections modeling, mini-grid business modeling, pricing structures, Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) performance, etc., and aggregate the results to develop information streams for SPM's team.

BURN is expanding to DR Congo and is looking for a consultant to assist with launching our business operations. We are looking for someone dynamic with a can-do attitude. The consultant will work closely with our Director of Expansion and DRC Country Manager.

As an Associate Consultant (AC), you’ll be a key member of our project teams, working with our consulting unit in Brazil to develop the hard and soft skills that will enable you to assess client needs and build systems that address those needs. Associate Consultants are involved throughout the entirety of a project’s life cycle — gathering requirements, building online, offline, and mobile data tools, and providing training.

ICRW is commissioned by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to undertake research that will help strengthen the business case for private sector involvement in care provision and inform its internal and external stakeholders on innovative strategies for investing in care.

Under the supervision of the Director of the Office of the UNSGSA, the Digital Payments and Fintech Consultant will provide support to prepare the UNSGSA on her strategic advice in the area of digital payments/finance. The consultancy assignment will last for up to 180 days subject to satisfactory performance review. The anticipated start date is 16 April 2018 and the end date is 15 April 2019.  Payments will be made upon certification by UNDP that the services related to the TORs have been satisfactorily performed and deliverables have been achieved.

The UNSGSA’s work is done in partnership and with wide consultation among the many stakeholders working to advance financial inclusion—and those affected by it. She collaborates closely with an advisory Reference Group of leading international organizations in financial inclusion to share expertise and suggest strategic opportunities that she can advance through advocacy and partnerships. Reference Group members include: Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Better Than Cash Alliance, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Monetary Fund, Omidyar Network, UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and The World Bank. The UNSGSA also consults and cooperates with the UN Rome based agencies and the wider UN system, the UN secretariat, UN country teams, and other multilateral organizations, private financial institutions, companies, donors, civil society organizations and the media.