Consultant: Gender Equality, Diversity and Social Inclusion in Energy Planning: Kenya
| Project: | Gender Equality, Diversity and Social Inclusion in Energy Planning |
| Location: | Kenya |
| Period of contract: | 30 working days; work to be completed by 31 March 2025 |
| Type of contract: | Consultancy |
| Submission Deadline: | 15 Nov 2024 |
- Background
The Climate Compatible Growth programme
The Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme is a £95m UK aid-funded project, which aims to support investment in sustainable energy and transport systems to meet development priorities in the global South. CCG brings together some of the UK’s leading universities including UCL, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, the Open University, Loughborough and Strathclyde, together with the Centre for Global Equality (CGE), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Climate Parliament. Our team includes experts in practical, applicable research in sustainable development and related topics.
Our strategy is one of partnership, collaboration and empowerment. This means that we work with partners in countries, empowering them to make their own decisions on energy policy and the infrastructure projects for which they wish to attract climate finance investment. In our approach, we always work with a university partner in-country and establish a local team of CCG co-ordinators. We empower stakeholders in our partner countries by developing skills in, for example, energy modelling and analysis locally, to sustain this for the future. Our research is demand-led and practically orientated and aims to identify solutions to the economic and development challenges faced by our partner countries.
The Kenya CCG Network
The Kenya CCG Network began in October 2021 as CCG’s first partner country network, with Strathmore University’s Energy Research Centre leading as the institutional partner in the country. Through the Kenya country network, the CCG programme collaborates with key policymakers, along with leading researchers from Kenyan academic and research institutions.
In Kenya, we aim to empower stakeholders within the Government of Kenya to devise and implement inclusive, low-emission, resilient energy, transport and economic policies. To reach this goal, we conduct a range of research and collaboration outputs, including co-creation workshops and capacity building events. CCG has been working closely with the MoEP for the past three years, co-creating power and energy systems models and applying these to national level policies, including the Kenya National Cooking Transition Strategy.
Background to the role
CCG is supporting the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MoEP) to understand the implications of the Energy Transition and Investment Plan (ETIP), developed in collaboration with Sustainable Energy for All, among other energy transition-related policies. We aim to develop appropriate implementation plans and ensure coherence across the different policies.
We understand that transitions, including Kenya’s energy transition, will have differential impacts on all social groups, including women and girls, persons with disabilities, youth and so on. In order for transitions to be inclusive and just, governments and other actors will need to ensure that the needs and voices of women and other marginalised groups are included in decision making. CCG is therefore seeking a Kenya-based Gender Equality, Diversity and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) consultant to identify and assess the GEDSI implications of the ETIP and other energy transition related-policies.
A note on GEDSI. This is ‘an approach intended to eliminate existing barriers in order to increase access, enable decision-making and participation of marginalised populations’ (Ogega et al., 2023). An inexhaustive list of factors by which groups can be marginalised includes age, caste, disability, ethnicity, gender, indigeneity, income, informal settlement status, refugee status, religion, rurality, sexuality, and socio-economic status (Soriano et al., 2022; CCG 2024).
2. Purpose of the Consultancy
This assignment aims to strengthen the GEDSI dimensions in the implementation of Kenya’s energy transition-related policies, including the ETIP. The successful Kenya-based candidate will:
- Identify GEDSI issues in Kenya’s energy plans, initially focused on the ETIP.
- Advise the MoEP’s Technical Team on the GEDSI aspects of energy transitions, particularly as set out in the ETIP.
The consultant is expected to complete this assignment in 30 days and will report to the Energy Policy Coordinator. The Energy Policy Coordinator is a newly appointed CCG consultant who works closely with the MoEP and CCG to ensure different energy and energy-related policies are aligned and that key stakeholders are brought for consultation and expertise. They will ensure strong communication between the multiple stakeholders and sectors.
3. Main Tasks & Activities
The GEDSI consultant will:
- Identify the GEDSI-related vulnerabilities and opportunities associated with Kenya’s energy policies and implementation plans with an initial focus on the ETIP.
- Through engagement and consultation with relevant stakeholders, identify possible mechanisms to reduce vulnerabilities and realise opportunities associated with energy transition planning in Kenya, with a focus on the ETIP. Identified mechanisms should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound (i.e. SMART criteria).
- Maintain regular consultation with the Coordinator, MoEP, CCG, technical experts, and other partners to ensure project alignment and avoid duplication of efforts.
- Collaborate closely with MoEP, the Energy Policy Coordinator and CCG Country Partnership team to align project deliverables.
- Incorporate strong GEDSI dimensions in public campaigns, awareness materials, and workshops, ensuring involvement of women, persons with disabilities, local communities, and other marginalised groups.
4. Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate should have:
- 2-5 years’ experience integrating GEDSI in Kenya (energy) policy making and implementation.
- A strong understanding of Kenya’s policies and legislations related to marginalised groups, including persons with disabilities, women and girls, local communities, and other groups identified in the definition above.
- An extensive networks across various marginalised groups, including NGOs, civil societies, academics and researchers working in the social inclusion space.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
5. Expected Deliverables
| Deliverable | Timeline | |
| 1 | Develop a GEDSI-focused work plan in collaboration with the MoEP and the Energy Policy Coordinator | Three weeks after contracting |
| 2 | Identify and map the GEDSI related vulnerabilities and opportunities associated with Kenya’s energy plans | By end January 2025 |
| 3 | A 3-5 page report or policy brief recommending how the identified vulnerabilities can be reduced or eliminated and any opportunities realised. | By end March 2025 |
6. Reporting Relationship
The GESI Expert will:
- Report functionally to CCG’s Energy Policy Coordinator based on an agreed-upon work plan, which requires approval from CCG and MoEP.
- Interact closely with and provide support to MoEP and CCG’s Country Partnerships (both in Kenya and the UK).
- Submit administrative and output reports as required to CCG.
7. Contractual arrangements
Only one consultant will be engaged for this assignment. A contract will be signed between CGE and the individual consultant. Prior to signing this contract, the successful candidate will be required to carry out due diligence unless this has previously been fulfilled.
8. Duration of the assignment
The assignment covers a total of up to 30 payable working days. Contractual/professional fees will be made upon acceptance of the outlined deliverables as per the agreed upon deliverable timeline (see below) once an invoice has been received.
9. Work arrangements
The consultant must be based in Kenya and is expected to be able to conduct the assignment from their own office and must use their own equipment and resources to deliver the tasks.
10. Application submission process
Please submit the following application materials by 15 November:
- CV
- A quotation[1] covering 30 working days with work completed by 31 March 2025
- Cover letter outlining how your expertise meets the requirements of this assignment
Please send your application materials to elizabeth.tennyson@centreforglobalequality.org
[1]Note: we will prioritise candidates that demonstrate good Value for Money in their quotation