Under the supervision of the Team Leader, the Renewable Energy Technical Lead is responsible for the coordination and implementation of activities planned under Pillar 2 of LEAP IMPACT, as well as crosscutting activities that support the successful implementation of the overall project.

The Renewable Energy Technical Lead will act as the main technical focal point for Pillar 2 and will be responsible for ensuring the quality, relevance, coherence and timely implementation of activities and deliverables related to renewable energy storage, Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH), investment readiness and clean energy governance.

Pillar 2’s activities focus on: strengthening institutional capacities and investment-readiness for clean energy projects; improving the MoIC’s capacity to assess strategic clean energy, storage and PSH projects and; strengthening MoIC’s capacity to structure, negotiate and oversee strategic clean energy investments, especially in PSH projects.

Technical leadership and Implementation of activities

§  Under the supervision of the Team Leader, develop, coordinate and lead the activities linked to renewable energy and clean energy governance, in line with the objectives of the project, notably focusing on the following:

o   Institutional investment-readiness and governance for clean energy projects

o   Strategic clean energy, storage and PSH project assessment, with a strong focus on the technical, financial, contractual and ESG dimensions of PSH projects

o   Project structuring, negotiation and oversight for PSH and strategic clean energy investments

o   Facilitating investment opportunities between the EU and Lao PDR

§  Lead the technical planning and implementation of Pillar 2 activities, ensuring coherence between capacity-building activities, public-private dialogue, investment promotion and technical assistance;

§  Develop projects tools and technical outputs (e.g. reports, tools, guidelines, trainings, etc.);

§  Contribute to the preparation and quality assurance of technical studies, due diligence processes and advisory support ;

§  Identify the needs for specific short-term expertise, coordinate and support external experts mobilised under Pillar 2; supervise their work and ensure the quality and relevance of their deliverables;

§  Identify partners and participants with relevant expertise and needs, to ensure maximum impact and coverage of the activities, paying special attention to sustainability aspects (e.g. biodiversity, low-carbon transition, climate change resilience, social impacts);

§  Provide technical leadership, logistical support and guidance within the project team and to partners to ensure the activities and their outputs contribute to the project’s objectives;

§  Coordinate logistics and define technical agendas for events (e.g. public-private dialogues, capacity building activities, investment fora, etc.);

§  Prepare and give input to the Trade and Private Sector Working Group (TPSWG) co-chaired by the European Union;

§  Support the Task Force in charge of the organisation of the Business and Investment Forum where needed;

§  Identify synergies across project activities and stakeholders, and initiate joint planning, information sharing and joint activities where appropriate.

Stakeholders Coordination

§  Liaise with and facilitate dialogue between key partners of the Action, including the Investment Promotion and Management Committee Office in the Prime Minister's Office; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Industry and Commerce; Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; Lao National Chamber of Commerce; EU private sector (notably the Eurocham-ECCIL and other EU Member States’ chambers); PSH project developers and investors; ITC; to build and maintain fruitful and trustful working relationships, hereby ensuring the successful implementation of activities and public-private dialogues

§  Build and maintain fruitful and trustful working relationships with Lao public institutions, development partners, private sector representatives and investors, ensuring the successful implementation of activities and public-private dialogues

§  Support the Team Leader in liaising with the European Union Delegation and European investors on technical inputs covered by Pillar 2

§  Develop project’s contributions to the quarterly Technical Working Group (TWG) chaired and organised by Expertise France and gathering the EU Delegation and designated technical focal points from partner institutions

§  Contribute to biannual Project Review Committees (PRC), including through the preparation of technical updates, progress notes, risk analyses and recommendations

§  Identify and nurture synergies between LEAP IMPACT and other cooperation projects covering related topics, funded by the European Union or its Members States and/or implemented by Expertise France, especially in Laos and in the ASEAN region

Quality assurance, Monitoring and Reporting, Outreach

§  Support the Team Leader and coordinate with the other team members to:

o   Develop and improve project monitoring systems, tools and templates

o   Collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data in line with M&E systems and against the project’s indicators

o   Monitor the technical progress of Pillar 2 activities and identify implementation risks

o   Support budgets tracking and budget forecasts

o   Contribute to narrative and financial reporting tasks

§  Provide quality assurance for the project’s deliverables developed under Pillar 2

§  Prepare technical briefings, analytical notes, risk analysis and recommendations to support the Team Leader in planning, decision-making and strategic positioning

§  Prepare outreach materials based on evidence and success stories of the project to showcase partners’ engagement and project results

§  Contribute to knowledge management and capitalisation activities, ensuring that tools, methodologies, lessons learned and technical outputs developed under Pillar 2 remain available and usable by Lao partner institutions beyond the project duration