Location: Fully Remote; Namibia
Employment Type: Full-Time employee, on an annual contract with option to renew
Languages Required: English proficiency (German is a bonus)
Experience Required: 3+ years as Finance Assistant, Bookkeeper, or Administrative Assistant
Salary Range: NAD 240,000 per year gross
Reports to: Head of People (as Manager)
Works Closely With: Head of Finance
Work Travel Requirements: None
Start Date Goal: June 2026 (or sooner)
We’re a remote-first, mission-driven, registered non-profit, comprising around 50 highly-skilled and motivated professionals from all around the world! Our culture is built on trust, autonomy, and collaborative professionalism.
We thrive in a fast-paced, distributed environment, where communication is clear, empathy is second nature, and each of us takes full ownership of our work. We work independently, but also collaborate easily when appropriate.
Open Energy Transition (OET) is a non-profit organization advancing the global energy transition by developing innovative open-source tools and data solutions for energy and grid planning.
Our vision is to make open approaches the global standard by 2030, enabling energy planning that is more accessible, transparent, and effective.
This shift is essential to better guide trillion dollar worth public and private investment toward affordable, sustainable, and secure energy systems. This is not a distant aspiration; our work is already being adopted by leading system operators, regulators, and philanthropic partners.
We are currently looking for a Finance / Accounting / Operations Assistant to support our Head of Finance and Head of People.
To learn more about OET and our team, you can visit our website, and browse around our Handbook.
In this role, you'll be the right hand to our Head of Finance—supporting our day-to-day finance, accounting, and payroll operations. This role focuses on bookkeeping, invoice processing, and financial administration, working closely with the Finance team and external vendors, partners, etc. The position is ideal for someone who enjoys structured work, accuracy, and improving operational processes.
There will also be some admin support provided to our Head of People, ad hoc. These tasks may be on tight deadlines, and will be required to manage your workflow autonomously across teams, in a remote setting, whilst prioritizing and reprioritizing as necessary. You would also be expected to be proactive, identifying areas of improvement in managing, presenting, and forecasting our financial data.
This is a fully remote position that requires a high degree of discretion, attention-to-detail, self-management, professionalism, and confidentiality. Language proficiency in English is required, as this is our working language. Proficiency in German is not required, but is definitely a bonus.
We’re all about transparency, and want to give you the best possible opportunity to prepare for any potential interviews. To learn a bit more about the people you’ll be working most closely with, click here:
A university degree is not required—your experience, communication skills, and work ethic matter most. However, if you happen to have a degree in business, finance, economics, or a similar field, that may be considered a bonus.
We take hiring seriously, and want to bring on candidates who will contribute positively towards our culture just as much as they will succeed in their roles.
Also, we don’t only want to have good outcomes from you. We also want you to feel happy and fulfilled in your position. That means we have a structured process to determine best fit. Our hiring process is as follows:
If you're excited to bring clarity and efficiency to the chaos of the lives of our senior leadership team, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit an application via Greenhouse (our ATS). All applications are reviewed in there. If you have any questions about OET or the role, we’d be happy to answer them should we invite you to take part in a screening call or interview.
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive, we are not able to respond to individual emails or LinkedIn requests. Kindly submit your application via Greenhouse, and we will shortlist and reach out to candidates.
If you have not received a response within 2 weeks of submitting your application, please consider it unsuccessful at this point in time. We may, however, still reach out in future. Our team maintains Talent Pools, containing candidates shortlisted for contact for future roles that may arise.
We look forward to meeting the next person who will become an invaluable part of our team! Thank you for your time, and for considering joining OET.
If this role is not for you, feel free to check back later for any future positions that may have been posted.