Environment Officer (Senior Energy Advisor)

Job Description

Description of Organization: The position is located within the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation, Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure, Energy Division (DDI/EEI/E). The Energy Division works to advance sustainable results in support of the Agency’s environment, energy, economic growth, and infrastructure priorities. The Energy Division (DDI/EEI/E) provides technical leadership and field support for energy programs. These programs promote energy sector reforms, climate change mitigation, and the scaling of innovative energy technologies. The Energy Division supports the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Agency’s energy programs totaling approximately $250 million per year. The Energy Division’s annual budget of approximately $10 million per year is used to support program-funded staff and a variety of global energy programs that provide capacity building, technical assistance, technical leadership, and knowledge management for the benefit of counterparts such as developing country ministries, regulatory agencies, utilities, and private sector developers and investors.

Description of Position: The Environment Officer serves as a senior energy advisor in the Energy Division, which manages USAID’s Washington-based energy programs and provides technical and management leadership and support to USAID’s energy sector reform agenda implemented at the country-level, with a primary focus on the electricity sector in developing economies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and Latin America and the Caribbean where USAID missions are located. The senior energy advisor will serve as a technical expert on a range of electricity sector issues, including energy sector reform, which encompasses legal, regulatory, and utility reform, clean energy, energy efficiency, energy access, and climate change mitigation. The advisor will provide high quality technical advice and assistance to USAID’s Regional Bureaus and in-country Missions to design, implement, and evaluate bilateral energy programs. Further, the senior energy advisor will develop and maintain high-level business relationships with USAID and US Government counterparts as well as multilateral development banks, other international financial institutions, donors, foreign government officials, energy sector professionals in both the public and private sector in developing countries, and private sector developers and investors. This is not a policy position, but rather focuses on consultation, design, and implementation of energy sector projects, programs, and activities in support of US foreign policy objectives.

Future of Work Designation:
This position has been designated as Remote Eligible.

Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. citizen and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Degree desired: Undergraduate or Graduate education, with major study in a relevant field such as economics, finance, business administration, political science, public administration, history, business or commercial law, international trade, or international relations [Note: An Engineering degree may meet this requirement, but this is not an engineering position].
• Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level [FS-03 or GS-13] of this position. Specialized experience is defined as experience obtained through paid or unpaid work and education that is in or directly related to the line of work of this position and has equipped you with the knowledge and competencies to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience include the following: Experience taking the lead on substantive research with respect to international development projects, programs, and activities in key sectors, such as energy; expertise in project development and project management for energy and infrastructure projects as well as associated grant and contract activities; experience with foreign assistance, trade policy, commercial development, finance, banking, or other activities that contribute to the development of infrastructure initiatives or other similar international initiatives requiring capital investment; experience in strategic planning, analysis, design, implementation, and/or evaluation of energy programs, especially in low and lower-middle income countries; experience advising and guiding officials and clients on energy decisions; and experience identifying, developing, and maintaining high-level business relationships with U.S. and foreign private sector representatives and government officials.
• Professional experience in international energy programs or projects.
• Knowledge of energy sector reform, advanced energy technologies, and inclusive and sustainable development related to energy.
• Strong English oral and written communication skills and excellent skills in Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Proficiency in one of the U.N. official languages besides English.
• Availability and willingness to travel internationally up to 25%, without limitation.

Interested candidates should submit the following:

• Resume/Curriculum Vitae;
• A short written statement of interest;
• A writing sample; and
• Three (3) References
• Stated Security clearance level, if applicable
• Stated US Citizenship (If citizenship is not stated - application will not be considered)
• DD214 and other veteran status, if applicable.

Please submit your application package to DDIFSLJobs@usaid.gov. Please use the subject line “FSL APPLICATION PACKAGE: Environment Officer, FSL-02, DDI/EEI/E, Position Number: 30894; Announcement Number: DDI_192/30894 .” Application submissions are required by March 24, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (EST). Packages not submitted by the deadline with the specific subject line – or incomplete packages – will not receive consideration.
This notice may be used to fill additional vacancies, as the workforce needs of the Bureau may change.
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Any questions concerning this notice may be directed to:

– Alexander Lane, DDI/EEI, alane@usaid.gov