Energy Officer, Green Value Chains

Dutystation: Vienna, Austria

Functional responsibilities

• 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 inenergy, 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

Language

• Fluency in English is required.

• Working knowledge of another, official UN language is an asset.