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PUE strategies, energy audits, PUE deal screening and data use, and other related activities around power generation and utilization.
Periodically provide refresher training for the staff, interns and Agile partners when required.

Chemonics seeks a Consultant for the Productive Use of Energy (PUE) for the Feed
Develop a comprehensive training product for staff, interns and Agile partners the Future Uganda Strategic Investments (SIA) Activity. The purpose of the SIA Activity is to facilitate foreign and domestic commercial investments that yield and advance development objectives. The 5-year activity, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will mobilize financing for investment in agriculture and food security, the productive use of energy for agriculture and related industries, and health. By supporting development-oriented investments, the Activity will integrate underrepresented populations into the market economy and facilitate the transition from subsistence to commercial production.
SIA seeks to contribute to increased productive use of energy (PUE) in agriculture and related sectors by supporting proven and targeted PUE innovations and unlocking financing for such innovations. Several Agro-processing businesses have come up in Uganda as part of the Government of Uganda's overarching goal of Agro industrialization. Additionally, the health sector requires innovations that can spur private sector investments in energy solutions for improved efficiencies, and logistics to better health outcomes.
To increase productive use, individuals will require improved energy services which could include a new electricity connection, improved cookstoves, or access. to gas, increased number of hours of electricity service, and reduced outages and voltage fluctuations. Additionally, SIA PUE interventions will succeed if individuals and businesses purchase productive use assets, which often are expensive. These include but are not limited to connecting purchasing firms with sellers and facilitating financing or investment, which makes the purchase possible including leasing. Innovations around unlocking commercial financing of productive use assets will be. critical to SIA's work under PUE.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the PUE consultant will provide technical assistance in identifying PUE opportunities, support techno-economic and investment analysis, and make recommendations for selected opportunities/ projects. He/she will support the SIA MEL team by aggregating quarterly and annual technical reports under objective three workstreams for submission to USAID and other internal audiences, evaluate all SIA PUE-related deals (on-grid and off-grid), screen innovative products, and develop robust interventions that are cost-effective in agriculture and health sectors. The consultant will support the technical team with developing PUE concept notes, and program descriptions, and conducting investment-grade energy audits for ago-processing and health facilities in line with SIA interventions in compliance with Uganda, energy laws and regulations. The consultant will also assist SIA's technical, grant, and subcontractor teams in completing screening for various SIA activities including grants and subcontracts. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.