Energy Specialist

**Energy Specialist**

**Job #**:

- req30252**Organization**:

- World Bank**Sector**:

- Energy**Grade**:

- GF**Term Duration**:

- 4 years 0 months**Recruitment Type**:

- Local Recruitment**Location**:

- Vienna,Austria**Required Language(s)**:

- English**Preferred Language(s)**:

- Russian**Closing Date**:

- 11/22/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**

**The Infrastructure Practice Group**

Globally, 840 million people live more than 2 kilometers from all-weather roads, 1 billion people lack electricity, and 4 billion people lack Internet access. Access to basic infrastructure services is critical for creating economic opportunities for the poor. The Infrastructure Practice Group is charged with developing sustainable solutions to help close infrastructure gaps in developing and emerging economies.

**Energy & Extractives Global Practice (EEX GP)**

**Unit Overview**

The GP has a strong engagement in development policy operations in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA), where energy and related reforms are key components/pillars of the economic reform agenda. The GP works on a range of regional platforms and programs such as the Energy Community of South East Europe, the Central Asia Regional Economic Commission (CAREC) and a variety of multilateral partnerships with the European Commission and other institutions. Overall, ECA serves 31 client countries with a total population of about 916 million, with a majority living in middle-income economies.

Within EEX, the ECA unit (IECEE) manages a large and diverse portfolio of active projects in about 20 client countries, including investments and advisory services supporting the: (a) scale-up of energy efficiency investments and programs through a range of programs such as credit lines, energy efficiency revolving funds for public and municipal investments, development of energy service companies and support for residential programs; (b) development of national and regional electricity markets in Southeast Europe, Central Asia and Turkey - with a growing focus on regional gas sector development; (c) rehabilitation and modernizations of power system infrastructure, hydropower generation, district heating networks, gas networks; (d) support to decarbonize the energy sector with a focus on renewable energy development and accompanying regulatory and transaction support; (e) integrated assessment, planning and development of energy and water sectors, particularly at the sub-regional level in Southeast Europe and Central Asia; and (f) implementation of reforms in the areas of achieving structural and regulatory consistency with the Energy Community Treaty (for countries that are signatories), sector governance and tariff transitions.

**Duties and Accountabilities**

The Energy Specialist will report to the Practice Manager and work alongside a group of Task Team Leaders in delivering and implementing energy operations and other activities in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, with a focus on European Union (EU) Member State countries, performing the following duties:

- Operational Support. Provide operational support to energy projects in EU countries and other energy programs in the ECA region. Under the request and direction of relevant task team leaders (TTLs), such support may include participating in preparation and supervision missions; providing inputs into project designs and institutional arrangements; preparing project budgets and implementation schedules; assisting in review of consultant report and project implementation plans; providing inputs to mission Aide Memoires; drafting of Implementation Supervision Reports (ISRs); tracking overall project progress and identifying issues requiring attention; participating in key project workshops, trainings and other events; supporting in procurement of consultants for operational needs; preparing case studies, briefs, and notes, presentations on country programs, internal strategy papers.
- Analytical Work. Lead and provide specific inputs to advisory and analytical work in EU countries following the guidance from task teams and the management. Such work may include economic analysis, review and analysis of policy and regulatory frameworks, analysis of energy balances/demand, preparation of renewable and energy efficiency resources assessment and planning, contribution to the design of renewable energy financing instruments, and related work.
- Support policy dialog and advise the clients, the World Bank team and the management on policy and regulatory issues in the energy sector;
- Liaison with Government. Represent the energy team and TTLs at project meetings and workshops, follow-up on key government actions (i.e., procurement, reporting), proactive identification and resolution of Bank/client relationships, monitor changes in government that may affect the energy programs, etc.
- Contribute to the Maximizing Finance for Development approach with the objective to help ECA countries maxim