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Energy Trade Expert - Southeast Asia
Energy Trade Expert - Southeast Asia
Location: Thailand - S.E Asia region
Job Description:
ICF is preparing bids for projects falling under the USAID funded Asia EDGE initiative. Launched in 2018, Asia EDGE seeks to grow sustainable and secure energy markets throughout the Indo-Pacific region, helping partners expand energy access, promote diversification and trade, and strengthen energy security. This project will have a focus on Southeast Asia, and will look to improve Utility Modernisation, Deployment of Advanced Energy Technologies, Energy Innovation, Competitive Energy Procurement, and Energy Trade across the region. The project will be based in Thailand, and will involve both regional activities and specific work in countries across S.E Asia.
About the role:
Regional Energy Trade and Integration is a critical pillar of the Asia EDGE initiative. Regional power trade and power market integration is an opportunity to enhance integration of variable renewable energy (VRE) across the region, improve the reliability of power systems, and increase the pool of electricity purchasing options to drive down prices. As Technical Lead you will be responsible for improving energy security, reliability, and economics through increasing regional power trade in Southeast Asia. You will lead a team that assess power trade opportunities, and helps to develop strategies that address physical infrastructure, regulatory and financial frameworks, and electricity market development.
Required qualifications:
- You should have at least a Masters level degree in a related discipline (Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Law etc.)
- You will need at least 10 years’ relevant professional experience, preferably in Southeast Asian countries
- You should have significant experience working on issues directly related to energy trade and regional integration, high-level negotiations and energy infrastructure to enable further trade opportunities
- You should have experience managing teams both directly and remotely
- Experience working on donor-funded projects is a plus
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