Job title: Advisor (for Clean Cooking)
Project title: Energising Development (EnDev) – CORE

Project Brief

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a German federal enterprise. GIZ supports the Federal German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ operates in more than 130 countries around the globe. In Malawi, GIZ has been working for more than 50 years.

GIZ implements the Energising Development (EnDev) Programme in Malawi and is looking for skilled and passionate team members to help improve access to energy throughout Malawi. EnDev promotes sustainable access to modern energy services worldwide, with a particular focus on the poor. Through its bottom-up approach, EnDev also contributes to creating positive economic, social and environmental impacts. By December 2025, EnDev has a target to help 25.8 million people worldwide to gain access to either electricity or improved cooking technologies in households. In Malawi, 1,540,059 people have been reached with improved cooking technologies and 147,490 people have been reached with modern lighting solutions by December

2023. In addition, 167 social institutions and 521 small and medium-sized enterprises have benefitted from sustainable access to modern energy services. The Energising Development (EnDev) partnership is a multi-donor energy access programme currently financed by four donor countries: the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH acts as lead agency for the implementation of the programme and cooperates closely with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) as well as other local implementation partners.

Component: CORE

In Malawi EnDev’s CORE project component is implemented through a market-oriented and country-wide approach. By promoting clean cooking stoves, high quality, affordable and efficient picoPV systems and the usage of renewable energies for productive use, the needs of the beneficiaries in Malawi are addressed with a bottom-up approach for market building. While striving for attributable and measurable results on the ground, EnDev is pursuing opportunities for transformational change in the energy sector and is therefore following an iterative demand-driven approach. This flexibility is linked to a strong benchmarking which reflects EnDev’s strong results-orientation and commitment to achieve quantified goals.

As such, EnDev has an opening for a Clean Cooking Advisor to coordinate the implementation of our market-based approach to increasing access to cookstoves (especially focusing on improved cookstoves) including leading the sector coordination with public and private sector partners as well as conceptualisation and implementation of complementary measures.

Your Tasks

• Coordination of grant agreements with implementation partners promoting improved cookstoves including management of funds and target achievement
• Implementation of relevant monitoring activities including verification of sales as well as assessing the impact and sustainability of the approach in close alignment with the Monitoring & Evaluation unit
• Lead the conceptualisation of measures and activities to promote the uptake of different cookstoves based on specific target groups and market readiness
• Conduct research on the latest market development including products, partners and business models related to cooking energy
• Coordinate relevant partners through an active role in the National Cookstove Steering Committee (NCSC) and build relevant relationships
• Provide relevant information and coordinate with cross-cutting functions including Communication,
• Monitoring and Evaluation and Knowledge management with content highlighting successes in the implementation
• Preparation of relevant procurements and service contract request, managing consultants and ensuring proper documentation of all contracts
• Guide junior colleagues on relevant technical knowledge and processes and support knowledge sharing within the team
• Support partners to acquire required testing and certification of stoves based on national and international standards
• Support for impact monitoring and reporting of the country measure, as well as public relations work
• Collaboration in the conceptual (further) development of innovative approaches and in the creation of concepts for business development.

Your Profile

• Completed university studies in the field of renewable energy, environment, cleaner cooking, international cooperation, social science, economics, marketing or business administration or comparable qualification
• 2-3 years of professional experience in the development sector, renewable energy sector, cleaner cooking sector, private sector businesses or related fields
• Existing skills or knowledge in private sector development and financing, social campaigning, social behaviour changes or social marketing
• Experience with GIZ project management and procurement processes is an asset
• Commitment, team spirit, reliability and intercultural understanding
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and teamwork abilities
• Proficiency in MS Office tools (MS Teams/Word/Excel/PowerPoint) is a requirement, experience with other digital tools including for presentation & data visualization is an advantage
• Strong written and spoken English

How to apply

Interested candidates meeting the above requirements must submit the following:

1. One-paged cover letter (must include gross monthly salary expectation in Malawi Kwacha)
2. Detailed curriculum vitae (CV) of not more than 4 pages.
3. Copies of certificates

The above documents should be sent to giz-malawi-hr@giz.de and the following reference code of the call for application is strictly to be indicated in the subject line of the applicant’s email: GIZ/ENDEV/052/Name of applicant.

All applications should be addressed to:

The Head of HR
GIZ Malawi
P.O. Box 31131
LILONGWE 3.

The deadline for receiving applications is 9th October 2025. Only shortlisted candidates who meet the above requirements will be contacted.

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals regardless of gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, age, or any other protected characteristic. We embrace diversity and believe that inclusivity in the workplace is essential to our success, and we are committed to creating a work environment where all employees are valued and respected.