Deadline: 4 September 2017
Country/Region: Egypt
Position: Team Leader / Energy Expert
Type: Short-term
Revelle Group is shortlisted and preparing a tender for the project ‘Support the Technical and Financial Sustainability of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Sectors’. We are currently looking for an expert for the position of Team Leader / Energy Expert.
The project aims to contribute to the management and the use of Egypt’s energy resources by improving operational efficiencies of concerned stakeholders and beneficiaries. The project will include:
- Reinforcing the institutional framework of the Energy Sector especially dealing with the role and functioning of NREA which implies strengthening the institutional and regulatory environment (where RES investments should be initiated), improving the financial capacity of institutions to accompany RES investments and defining and contributing to the separation of the role of NREA as planning entity and market player;
- Contributing to the role of standards and measurements in the energy efficiency (including the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy) sector – which includes defining the governance regime of the accreditation and certification of the procedures to establish energy efficiency experts (energy manager and energy auditors) and, eventually, energy audits and clearly, identifying the role of the NREA in relation to the testing laboratory and training within the energy efficiency institutional framework;
- Strengthening the institutional sustainability of the Energy System Model through the development of a modelling Unit and through capacity strengthening of modelling expertise;
- Reinforcing awareness of the positive impacts and benefits of energy efficiency and also the use of renewable energy sources.
Qualifications and skills
- University Master Degree in economics or related fields to Energy. An advanced professional qualification related to energy (eg renewable energy) would be an asset;
- Fluency in written and spoken English;
- Knowledge of Arabic would be considered an advantage;
General professional experience
- A minimum of 15 years professional experience in the Energy sector, preferably at least 2 years dealing with Energy Strategy or policy in a Technical assistance capacity;
- Experienced in working in the MENA region;
Specific professional experience
- Previous experience as a team leader on at least 3 EU-funded Technical Assistance Projects with each project lasting 2 years or more;
- Proven experience with energy policy, energy sector reform, establishment of energy regulatory bodies;
- Professional experience in sustainable energy (renewable energy and/or energy efficiency and/or energy savings) would be an asset;
- Proven experience in energy planning and modelling including the energy scenario analysis and strategy elaboration;
Interested candidates can send their detailed CVs at the email: hr@revellegroup.eu. Deadline for sending CVs is: 4 September 2017.
