Energy Transition Associate

Requisition ID- 35167- Office Country- United Kingdom- Office City- London- Division- Policy and Partnerships- Contract Type- Fixed Term- Contract Length- 3 years- Posting End Date- 20/11/2024**Purpose of Job**

The Associate supports the implementation of the EBRD strategy towards green and climate finance through direct lending and policy activities, as part of the core responsibilities of the of the Sustainable Business and Infrastructure (SBI) department within the Climate Strategy and Delivery (CSD) group.
Specific priorities include:
(i) Contribute to new/ongoing work on origination and development of corporate-sector investment projects, particularly in the space of integrated energy systems incl. renewable electricity and fuels production, transportation, storage and distribution, sustainable gas infrastructure, decarbonisation and phase-out of fossil fuelled installations. This entails completing analytical research and technical assignments at the level of individual transactions (e.g. due diligence, risk assessment, consistency with the Bank’s policies and guidelines - in particular on Paris Agreement and green/climate finance) working in coordination with project teams and other departments.
(ii) Contribute to new/ongoing team activities on country/regional programmatic policy dialogue and technical assistance assignments with policymakers aimed at fostering investment towards a systematic acceleration of climate ambition and delivery (such as sectoral decarbonisation pathways, transformation of networks for the uptake of renewables at scale, climate resilience in energy infrastructure, etc.) working in coordination with Bank’s teams and external stakeholders.
(iii) Contribute to the origination of innovative market and financing instruments and cooperation facilities with external partnerships (incl. via Bank-led country and sector investment platforms) aimed at catalysing investment at scale towards economy-wide and sectoral energy transition solutions.

The Associate will be required to travel to clients’ locations and operations across the EBRD’s region. The role will include support to business/pipeline development, client management, policy dialogue, and implementation of dedicated donor funded programmes.

**Accountabilities & Responsibilities**

GET investments and transactions:

- Identify and review relevant data/statistical databases and indicators, market and technology reports, etc to help assess costs/benefits and plausibility of investment opportunities under consideration. In particular, the Associate will be responsible for activities on energy systems integration, energy networks and storage, synergies across energy supply chains (e.g. Power-to-X) and between supply and demand (e.g. demand-side response, prosumers), technical and digital solutions for the carbon neutral energy systems of the future.
- Work as a team member at transaction level to identify and review proposed investment programmes for climate and sustainable technologies, contributing to all aspects of project structuring, risk assessment and execution, including supporting the operation leader. This work importantly includes contributing to the due diligence processes to ensure the proposed investments meet the Bank’s guidelines and standards, importantly on consistency with the Bank’s policies and methodologies on Paris Agreement alignment, climate risk and GET eligibility/attribution.
- In completing these tasks, the Associate will manage the outsourcing of consultancy assignments for specific tasks and analyses.
- Support the team’s marketing and business development efforts towards the introduction of emerging energy solutions in the Bank’s Countries of Operation, via market and investment scoping studies, prefeasibility analysis and contribution to the origination of deal opportunities with clients.

GET policy dialogue:

- In cooperation with the team and relevant other departments within the Bank, work on selected policy dialogue activities with market players, national and local authorities and industry associations, to improve the investment climate and strengthen the EBRD impact in the area of energy transition and sustainable finance.
- Lead or contribute to the structuring and management of outsourced assignments for the implementation of technical assistance and policy services in relation to the Bank’s policy activities.

Horizontal:

- Create presentations and other communication materials that effectively present the analysis made to different audiences, including to the management and external audiences.
- Lead and/or support on write-ups of analytical pieces and knowledge products (incl. newsletters, infographics, digital products) for internal and external capacity building and awareness raising, particularly related to the GET themes of relevance for Energy Transition and more broadly SBI. Where adequate, directly participate to industry forums, conferences, and working gro