Program Associate, Climate & Energy Innovation at Vectar Energy

About the Role

• We are looking for a Program Associate, Climate & Energy Innovation to play a pivotal role in the delivery of our ecoWise Demonstration Project. 
• This is a hands-on leadership opportunity to work at the intersection of climate innovation, energy access, and stakeholder engagement, with significant potential to grow into a full time leadership role. 
• This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, can manage complexity with clarity and confidence, and has the initiative to lead cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious goals.

Your Responsibilities
Project Coordination & Operations:

• Support day-to-day operations across the ecoWise project workstreams
• Track timelines, coordinate activities (hardware, testing, demos, reporting)
• Overseeing project documentation, reporting, and internal communication
• Ensure effective monitoring and reporting of project milestones and outcomes
• Manage logistics for major events such as webinars, demo days, and the multistakeholder forum

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:

• Lead communication logistics for multi-stakeholder engagements
• Coordinate partnerships with associations, embassies, partners, and mini-grid developers
• Manage internal and external communication, ensuring transparency and alignment
• Oversee project content, including videos, photography, and blog posts documenting the project journey
• Develop and execute effective communication strategies, including messaging, timelines, and stakeholder segmentation
• Handle social media updates, press releases, and community engagement

Event Planning & Logistics:

• Lead planning and logistics for stakeholder events, including webinars, and demos
• Manage the integration of ecoWise hardware, certification testing, and site visits for data collection

Team Management & Reporting:

• Track timelines and deliverables, ensuring the team meets project deadlines
• Prepare project updates, progress reports, and final documentation for stakeholders
• Supporting internal team check-ins, milestone tracking, and preparing project updates, reports, and final documentation.

Requirements
Experience:

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree
• 2–4 years of experience in project coordination, communications, or operations (bonus if in clean energy or sustainability)
• 2-4 years of experience in project or operations management, solar PV space is a plus.
• Proven ability to work with high-level stakeholders (government, private sector, embassies)
• Experience in managing multi-stakeholder projects or development-sector projects

Skills & Attributes:

• Highly driven individual
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A strong sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• High emotional intelligence and ability to adapt communication styles as needed
• Strong understanding of Nigeria’s energy landscape, especially around mini-grids and innovation deployment (desired)
• Hands-on approach to operational delivery across technical, communications, and event workstreams
• Ability to manage Gantt charts, progress trackers, and team dashboards
• Familiarity with SDG reporting frameworks, ESG concepts, and donor impact reporting
• Comfortable working with tools like Google workspace, Notion, Trello, or similar
• Experience leading diverse, remote teams and cross-functional collaborations

Technical & Sector Knowledge:

• Familiarity with solar PV and mini-grid ecosystems
• Understanding of certification processes (NEMSA, MANCAP) and regulatory environments (desirable)
• Experience engaging with embassies, energy associations, or international partners

Growth Opportunity:

• This role offers a clear pathway to a full-time Business Manager position within Vectar. If you demonstrate strong leadership, ownership of project milestones, and successful execution of key events and reporting, we are excited to offer you the chance to step into a full-time, strategic leadership role in our growing organisation.