Managing Director – Powering Opportunity

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🇧🇷 Brazil – Remote

💵 $160k - $200k / year

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The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

⚡ Energy

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Energy • Non-profit • Social Impact

The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) is a collaborative movement dedicated to unlocking green energy access worldwide to ensure an inclusive and resilient future. With billions living in energy poverty, GEAPP focuses on expanding access to affordable, reliable, and clean electricity, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and foster progress across emerging economies. Formed with the support of philanthropic entities like the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund, GEAPP collaborates with governments, communities, and the private sector to drive long-term transformations in energy accessibility. They work globally, with projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, striving to accelerate the renewable energy transition and achieve critical climate goals.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and rollout of GEA’s Powering Opportunity strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean, starting with Brazil • Adapt successful Powering Opportunity models and promote knowledge exchange across programs • Align Powering Opportunity with regional initiatives including the Universal Access Coalition • Set annual objectives, budgets and targets and align results reporting with the global framework • Support communications initiatives and establish GEA as a key energy-sector convener • Lead GEA’s Brazil strategy through the PODER initiative • Build and grow the PODER coalition across government, utilities, private sector, financial institutions, donors, NGOs and community organizations • Serve as senior counterpart to Brazilian federal and state governments and lead technical cooperation agreements • Build trusted partner relationships and align institutional priorities • Formalize partner working arrangements into joint projects and grant opportunities • Connect energy access with Amazon bioeconomy value chains, livelihoods and investment • Coordinate fundraising and provide technical content for proposals, concept notes and donor materials • Represent GEA in national, regional and international forums • Translate strategy into work plans, budgets and milestones and lead delivery • Provide technical support and oversee project execution • Structure and manage partner grant pipelines and oversee implementation • Ensure projects align with Brazilian energy and electrification policies • Identify risks, gaps and delays and propose adjustments • Lead PODER from pilots to scalable public programs • Oversee monitoring, evaluation and learning for the portfolio • Consolidate Brazil strategy, PODER governance and partner base • Oversee current and future pilots and partner grants • Establish senior-level working relationships with federal and state counterparts • Participate in donor and co-funder conversations and maintain co-funder relationships

🎯 Requirements

• At least 13-15 years of relevant experience, including senior leadership roles leading teams and multi-partner programs in energy, development or climate • Strong government relationships in Brazil, and a senior network across the energy sector, including utilities, civil society and the private sector • Experience structuring energy projects, from concept to bankable or fundable proposals • Experience designing and/or implementing projects related to productive uses of energy or local economic development • Proven track record of creating partnerships and coalitions, and keeping diverse partners aligned and engaged around shared outcomes • Track record of turning strategy into results: designing plans and leading their implementation to measurable outcomes • Full professional fluency in Portuguese and English • Advanced degree in economics, development policy, engineering, energy or a related field • Willingness to travel frequently, estimated at up to 50% of the time, including to rural and remote areas • Knowledge of the Amazon bioeconomy or experience working in the Legal Amazon is desirable • Experience contributing to fundraising or donor engagement for complex programs is desirable • Experience in other LAC countries and working proficiency in Spanish is desirable • Up-to-date understanding of energy access, electrification and renewable energy in Brazil, and connections between energy, livelihoods and economic development • Commitment to inclusion, equity and diversity

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