Overview
Technical Specialist, Technology Localization (Retainer) role within SEforALL’s Green Industrialization programme team, offering sectoral technical expertise on developing frameworks and methodologies for technology-specific national and regional localization roadmaps.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and design technical methodologies for national-level localization roadmaps for solar PV and electric mobility.
- Establish technical benchmarks and evaluation criteria for industry readiness assessment.
- Draft technical inputs for industrial policy measures and skill-development requirements.
- Coordinate the technical deployment of localization frameworks in pilot countries.
- Contribute to developing and maintaining analytical tools for evaluating competitiveness and socio-economic impacts.
- Perform detailed component-level market assessments and quantitative analysis.
- Utilize quantitative modeling tools to simulate technical implications of policy interventions.
- Function as the technical subject matter expert on local value chain development.
- Align domestic industry capability data with technical appraisal requirements of international financing institutions.
- Liaise with government, industry, and financing institutions to secure primary industrial data and validate findings.
- Organize and facilitate multi-stakeholder technical workshops.
- Translate complex research outputs into actionable technical guidance.
Required Experience
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in industrial policy and renewable energy.
- Experience in solar PV or electric mobility manufacturing and value chain development.
- Experience working with governments, regional bodies, industry associations, or international organizations on strategies for catalyzing green industry value chains.
- Proven ability to synthesize technical findings into policy recommendations and reports.
Qualifications
- An Advanced Level Degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Economics, Engineering, Public Policy, Energy, International Relations, Natural Resources or a related field.
- A First Level (Bachelor’s Degree) in Economics, Engineering, Public Policy, Energy, International Relations, Natural Resources or a related field with an additional two years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.
