AMPERES Vacancy - Community Energy Coordinator (x3) (Cambodia, Myanmar & Viet Nam)

The rise of renewable energy technology has unlocked the potential for modular, distributed electricity systems in weak grid and off-grid villages of the Greater Mekong. These system have significant environmental, health and livelihood benefits for tens of millions of people in rural communities of the region, but they have also opened up opportunities for community management and ownership of their own electricity services. As has been the experience in other regions, empowering communities to own and manage their own electricity services can have a transformational impact on community-led development and prosperity. AMPERES is supporting Oxfam Greater Mekong Regional program to scope the potential for a community-led Association that advocates on behalf of community groups for Community Renewable Energy (CORE) in the Greater Mekong. The Association will also consolidate guidance on best-practice and work towards standards for viable, effective business models. Establishment of an association as a demand-driven, inclusive advocate and supporter for community renewable energy systems will:

• Broaden the understanding of how communities’ benefit from electricity access

• Highlight the full potential of renewables to achieve SDGs in the Greater Mekong.

• Highlight the potential for viable community-managed and owned energy services in the Greater Mekong.

• Broker genuine engagement by government and private sector in the delivery of community managed systems.

• Serve as a platform for connecting communities who are already managing or interested to establish CORE systems and facilitate the sharing of experience and lessons.

• Collect and disseminate evidence on the success and value of CORE systems.

• Draw attention to environmental justice issues surrounding how communities access electricity (or not) as well as understanding and awareness of the justice dimensions of energy access. The process of designing the Association will be phased over six months and based on interviews and consultations with stakeholders already deploying and managing CORE projects as well as those coordinating similar associations in other parts of the world.

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