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Energy Officer, Green Value Chains

Vienna

  • Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
  • Location: Vienna
  • Grade: Junior level - IICA-1, International Individual Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
    • Environment
    • Agriculture and Forestry
    • Renewable Energy sector
  • Closing Date: 2025-02-04

Hosted Entities Sustainable Energy for All
Job categories Energy, Climate, Programme Management, Environment
Vacancy code VA/2025/B5007/29576
Level ICS-8
Department/office GPO, GVA, Geneva
Duty station Vienna, Austria
Contract type International ICA
Contract level IICA-1
Duration Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance
Application period 20-Jan-2025 to 04-Feb-2025
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Principal Specialist, Renewable Energy, the Energy Officer will be responsible for the following key functions:  

  • Support in-country programme implementation for Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative (Africa REMI) pillars, in particular enabling industry policy design and building institutional capacity

  • Support the implementation of the Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative, including stakeholder engagement, resource mobilization, monitoring of results and impact, and donor reporting

  • Contribute to the critical minerals programme implementation on capacity building and data and analytics pillars, with in-country and regional focus, including Africa and Southeast Asia

  • Support the critical minerals workstream, including country and partner engagement, resource mobilization, monitoring and donor reporting

  • Actively participate and represent the programmes across several sector stakeholder platforms, in industry-events and knowledge sharing activities.

  • Contribute in liaising with SEforALL’s Operations, Communications, MEL and Partnerships & Development teams 

  • Provide input and support UN-Energy related engagements as necessary

  • Stay abreast of market trends and policy discussions related to sustainable energy development globally and in developing countries and provide insight on opportunities identified.

  • In conjunction with the Workstream Lead, assist in the development of country strategies related to UN-Energy work and for mobilization of partnerships to accelerate clean energy transition.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education 

  • First Level University (Bachelor’s) degree in energy, engineering, economics, international relations, business management or a related field is required. An Advanced Degree (Master's or equivalent) will be considered an advantage.

Work Experience

  • A minimum of two (2) years experience related to energy transition is required.

  • Work experience in and understanding of the UN system is a strong asset.

  • Experience in energy value chain development, industrial policy analysis and design, critical minerals is required. 

  • Experience in liaising with government officials, private sector, donors and other stakeholders is an asset. .

Language

  • Fluency in English is required.

  • Working knowledge of another, official UN language is an asset.
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Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.