Role Profile:

Solar Panda has only done limited marketing in the past, but we want to ramp this up with initiatives like local radio, better signage, roadshows and digital marketing. As Marketing Consultant, you will advise which initiatives we should pursue and will lead the development and execution of them. You’ll be responsible for both long-term planning and day-to-day execution of these... initiatives, ensuring consistency across all channels. If you're a creative, data-driven marketer who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves the challenge of brand-building, this is the opportunity for you.

This will be a contract position with an opportunity to become full-time based on the performance of the campaign and the individual’s performance.

Key Responsibilities:


Advise senior management on which marketing strategies Solar Panda should pursue to achieve its objectives
Build a process to quantify the impact and return from this marketing spend. Identify which metrics Solar Panda should measure. This will be critical to justify ongoing investment
Design a marketing program that integrates multiple initiatives and improves demand and brand equity (if that is the strategy you advise)
Provide insights from market trends and competitor activities
Oversee the creation and approval of all marketing materials/communication, including brochures, banners, and digital content, ensuring brand consistency.
Approve and manage digital content calendars and digital campaigns across all platforms.


What We’re Looking For:


A proactive and creative marketing professional with a strong understanding of both traditional and digital marketing.
Bachelor’s Degree in business-related studies or in Marketing.
4+ years of work experience, preferably in marketing
A proven track record of driving customer acquisition
Strategic thinker with an eye on innovation and a strong business acumen
Strong experience in managing agency relationships
Excellent communication and persuasion skills
Ability to simplify complex marketing concepts into digestible content
Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and work under tight deadlines
Proactive, collaborative, organized, curious, problem solver with a “can-do” attitude
Passion for clean energy, social impact, and building brands that matter
The company places a high priority on personal integrity, hard work, and respect for customers and co-workers. more

The ideal candidate must have proven success in leading large teams, fostering culture, and driving strong business results. Experience in some or all of the critical functions of Solar Panda (strategy, sales, customer service, operations, bookkeeping) will be an asset. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, a strong sense of ownership and accountability,... and a passion for working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, high-growth company.


To be successful at this job, a candidate must:


Foster a successful culture that embraces openness, fairness, accountability and empowerment of all people in the organization
Demand high standards of all direct reports so that this mindset spreads throughout the organization—this can be demonstrated as attention to detail, high quality of deliverables, meeting deadlines, etc.
Drive efficiency and a lean mindset throughout the organization—this can be demonstrated through finding ways to reduce non-value-added costs, efficient staffing structures, embracing automation, etc.
Understand that sales growth and high repayment are two of the most critical success factors for Solar Panda and ensure all team members are aligned towards these dual goals
Have a working knowledge of all relevant departments or be able to learn about them quickly in order to evaluate performance and identify improvement opportunities—sales, finance, operations, customer service, training, and HR
Have strong skills and experience in HR-related areas (recruiting, hiring, performance evaluations, terminations, etc.)
Embrace diversity and inclusion in all people-related matters
Be capable of hosting investors or lenders who want to visit our operations on the ground while performing due diligence about Solar Panda


The right candidate must have the following traits:


Always acts with integrity and demands the same from everyone around
Has a growth mindset and is always pushing for new opportunities to scale the business
Passion for customers and ensures all departments are putting the customer at the forefront of all decisions
Analytical abilities and practices a data-driven, analytical approach to problems—gather relevant information, evaluate options, make sound strategic decisions
Ability to analyze and interpret data for reasonableness and insights: must "own" Solar Panda’s results and financials in the countries they are managing and understand what they mean (not just read numbers)
Take initiative and be curious: initiate and execute projects and analysis with limited direction or oversight
Believe in the company's mission of improving the lives of millions of off-grid customers in Africa
Be fluent in French and English more

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced QA Intermediate to join our dynamic team in a largely work-from-home setting. In this role, you will be responsible for conducting thorough integration tests to ensure the quality and functionality of our software products. Your primary focus will be on identifying, documenting, and troubleshooting issues to improve product performance and user... experience. You would work closely with the development team in Canada.


Key Responsibilities:


Design, develop, and execute integration tests to validate software functionality and performance.
Utilize Jira to manage test cases, track defects, and report testing progress.
Collaborate with development and product teams in Canada to understand requirements and provide feedback on design and functionality.
Analyze test results, identify defects, and work closely with developers for resolution.
Ensure compliance with quality standards and contribute to process improvements.
Stay updated on new testing tools and strategies to enhance testing efficiency.
Lead and mentor QA team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Analyze incoming issues from the support team, replicate them, and work with relevant teams to understand and resolve the root cause.


Qualifications:


5-8 years of experience in a QA role, with a focus on integration testing and team leadership.
Proficiency in using Jira for test management and defect tracking.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and QA methodologies.
Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a remote work environment.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
Automated Integration tests such as Selenium or Cypress is considered a plus
The company places a high priority on personal integrity, hard work, and respect for customers and co-workers. more

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced QA Intermediate to join our dynamic team in a largely work-from-home setting. In this role, you will be responsible for conducting thorough integration tests to ensure the quality and functionality of our software products. Your primary focus will be on identifying, documenting, and troubleshooting issues to improve product performance and user... experience. You would work closely with the development team in Canada.

Key Responsibilities:


Design, develop, and execute integration tests to validate software functionality and performance.
Utilize Jira to manage test cases, track defects, and report testing progress.
Collaborate with development and product teams in Canada to understand requirements and provide feedback on design and functionality.
Analyze test results, identify defects, and work closely with developers for resolution.
Ensure compliance with quality standards and contribute to process improvements.
Stay updated on new testing tools and strategies to enhance testing efficiency.
Lead and mentor QA team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
Analyze incoming issues from the support team, replicate them, and work with relevant teams to understand and resolve the root cause.


Qualifications:


5-8 years of experience in a QA role, with a focus on integration testing and team leadership.
Proficiency in using Jira for test management and defect tracking.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and QA methodologies.
Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a remote work environment.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
Automated Integration tests such as Selenium or Cypress is considered a plus more

Role Profile
This is a strategic role whose mandate is to own and optimize training and instructional content initiatives, build and manage the Training team, oversee cross-team coordination efforts, and collect and analyze performance data to maximize impact.
This position is a full-time position.
Duties and responsibilities

Develop and refine sales training curriculum for Field Sales... Managers and commission-based Field Sales Agents, including the design of dynamic and interactive training modules.
Supervise, manage, and lead regional sales trainers to ensure effective deployment and excellent execution of training programs across the regions.
Ongoing tracking and assessment of training programs to ensure that they are meeting business needs and improving performance.
Stay up to date with current training practices, training methods, learning tools, and learning deployment devices and technologies.

Requirements
Academic Qualification & Work Experience

A bachelor's degree in business or education field ; 5+ years of relevant professional experience with increasing responsibility 3+ years experience in developing and delivering training content in a business setting; 2+ years management of direct reports more

Role Profile
This is a strategic role whose mandate is to own and optimize training and instructional content initiatives, build and manage the Training team, oversee cross-team coordination efforts, and collect and analyze performance data to maximize impact. This position is a full-time position.
Duties and responsibilities

Develop and refine sales training curriculum for Field Sales... Managers and commission-based Field Sales Agents, including the design of dynamic and interactive training modules.
Supervise, manage, and lead regional sales trainers to ensure effective deployment and excellent execution of training programs across the regions.
Ongoing tracking and assessment of training programs to ensure that they are meeting business needs and improving performance.
Stay up to date with current training practices, training methods, learning tools, and learning deployment devices and technologies.

Academic Qualification & Work Experience

A bachelor’s degree in business or education field.
5+ years of relevant professional experience with increasing responsibility
3+ years’ experience in developing and delivering training content in a business setting
2+ years management of direct reports

Personal Attributes

Exceptional leadership and people management skills
Professional sales training is a significant advantage
Excellence in team building and motivational skills.
Excellence in written and oral communication.
Strong planning and organizational skills. more

About The Role
We are seeking an experienced individual to join our management team in Nairobi, Kenya to oversee the strategy, execution and analysis of Solar Panda’s customer financing business. Since Solar Panda finances almost all sales to customers, it is critical that we achieve high repayment rates from these customers. The Credit Manager will be responsible for managing multiple strategies... to ensure the creditworthiness of new customers, drive programs to encourage strong repayment from existing customers and analyze overall company performance. The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, reporting directly to the CFO.
To be successful at this job, a candidate must:

Help Solar Panda determine the creditworthiness of all new customers: analyze our existing creditworthiness process, identify improvements and make recommendations for new programs.
Work with our sales team to ensure practices are adhered to and sales are being made to creditworthy customers.
Work with Collections Team, Field Sales Team and Fraud Team to implement and improve customer repayment programs.
Analyze Solar Panda’s repayment data to derive insights and identify opportunities.
Provide frequent and insightful reports to the Senior Management Team and external stakeholders.

The right candidate must have the following traits:

Ability to analyze and interpret data for reasonableness and insights: must "own" the repayment data and understand what it means (not just read numbers) and what actions should be taken to make improvements.
Excellent time management and organizational skills to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple deadlines and priorities as well as demonstrated ability to adapt well to changing priorities.
Be self-motivated: operate well in an independent culture where the candidate will have significant autonomy and high expectations.
Superior verbal and written communication skills sufficient to manage conversations with executives within and outside of Solar Panda on a regular basis.
Believe in the company's mission of improving the lives of millions of off-grid customers in Africa.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in credit management (experience in consumer financing in Africa is preferred).
University degree in Accounting, Mathematics or another business-related field.
Solid knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Impressive track record of meeting or exceeding revenue goals. more