Energy Research Analyst

IT & Telecom Information Management

Program Overview

WRI Indonesia’s energy program works to advance reliable, clean energy and reduce carbon emissions while balancing the need for economic advancement. WRI Indonesia believes that sustainable development highlights the need for integrated approaches to finding solutions aligned with the challenge of achieving economic, social, and environmental goals that are often interlinked. Therefore, the energy program aims to work across disciplines with the cities team, climate team, and the ocean to combine low-carbon technology systems, quantitative models, and other policy-making decision tools to achieve and support critical national initiatives in Indonesia, such as the acceleration of the achievement of national renewable energy targets and net zero ambition.

WRI Indonesia is enhancing its reputation as a thought leader in industrial decarbonization. Supporting Indonesia’s pledge to Net Zero Emissions, we seek to advance private sector contribution towards net zero at any business scale. With our partners in KADIN Net Zero Hub and the Ministry of Industry, we instill the SBTi framework through training and consultations with companies, then facilitate them to develop and implement the decarbonization strategy. Moreover, we also attempt to boost sector-wide decarbonization and competitiveness enhancement through roadmap and policies, including carbon economic value, green industrial development, and carbon abatement governance.

Specifically in the energy sector, one of our flagship initiatives is the Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA). CEIA is an innovative public-private partnership initiative that advances policy and financing frameworks to meet the clean energy needs of industrial energy consumers. As the largest energy consumer group, the industrial sectors could use their buying power to drive energy transition through policy advocacy, business models, and technology adoption. The CEIA focuses on critical global emerging markets, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Colombia, and Mexico. CEIA Indonesia established a Working Group consisting of large energy buyers from industrial and commercial sectors and has been holding a series of dialogues to identify and refine areas for public-private collaboration and advance optimal solutions for corporate procurement of renewable energy.

Over the years, WRI Indonesia has focused extensively on the development of green electricity through a productive partnership with Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) that has resulted in two new green electricity product options: Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) and Green Energy as A Service (GEAS). In the next five years, we are advancing our expertise in decarbonization within the manufacturing industries (e.g., F&B, chemical, iron & steel, etc.). WRI Indonesia aims to build our institutional knowledge of clean heat solutions and energy efficiency measures to strengthen our impact on industry decarbonization issues. By focusing on several industrial subsectors, we will gain an in-depth understanding of each sector’s challenges, opportunities, and pathways to maximize emission reduction from energy use.

Job Highlight

The Energy Research Analyst will be tasked to conduct research and lead the development of specific activities in collaboration with other functions within the Energy & Sustainable Business Team. The research scope will vary depending on the project aims; however, it will revolve around mainstreaming clean heat technologies, advancing corporate decarbonization, just transition, climate finance, and sustainable industrial estate and urban development, to support sound economic analysis & data-informed policy-making. The analyst must stay abreast with the climate & energy policies, technological development, and emission abatement governance, such as standards and disclosure framework. Moreover, quantitative analytics, critical thinking, stakeholder collaboration and data acquisition, are expected and highly rewarded skills for this position. In strategizing the research target, data acquisition, and analysis, the analyst will work with other analysts and senior analysts within WRI Indonesia’s Energy & Sustainable Business (ESB) Team. Occasionally, the analyst will collaborate with WRI’s International Offices, mainly SEA, India, and China, to strengthen our regional research footprints.

This position will report directly to the Senior Manager in the ESB Team and co-lead with other analysts to develop research pipelines & and projects with heavy research content. Lastly, The Energy Research Analyst must firmly commit to implementing WRI’s mission and values – integrity, innovation, urgency, independence, and respect.

What You Will Do

• Actively contribute to conducting studies, analyses, and application of techno-economic policy recommendations in areas including, but not limited to, corporate renewable energy, thermal energy, just transition and renewable energy for industrial estates/zones.
• Manage technical assistance to corporates and relevant ministries in close coordination with the ESB engagement team.
• Produce research products and contribute to the development of WRI ESB’s Flagship Knowledge Product by collaborating with relevant research team
• Provide mentorship and direction to research assistant with project & personal growth orientation.
• Maintain day-to-day communication with key delivery partners (e.g. NGO, donors) on technical level.
• Support knowledge management across energy projects, including document safekeeping and contact database management.
• Liaison with other WRI International Offices and development partners to achieve common goals and strengthen networks.
• Contribute to WRI’s strategic discussions relevant to advancing WRI’s research excellence and portfolio expansion of WRI Energy and Sustainable Business Programs.
• Contribute to proposal writing and reporting to donors.

What You Will Need

Required qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in energy and environmental economics, natural resource management, engineering, finance, or related field.
• Minimum three years of relevant full-time work experience in industries with energy-related job desks, energy consulting firms, or think tanks.
• Background and expertise on one or more of the following topics would be considered an asset:

1. Climate and energy intersection with development economics, including trade, investment, and industrial policy.
2. Renewable energy integration and utilization in the power and heat sector.
3. Climate finance and project development.

• Experience in stakeholder management and project management in the climate & energy field.
• Ability to support discrete elements of research projects with limited manager guidance, e.g. systematically reviewing, analyzing and synthesizing existing literature; collecting, cleaning, organizing, and visualizing data.
• Knowledge on documenting the data collection, cleaning and analysis process to make it transparent, reproducible, and accessible to team members and reviewers.
• Ability to communicate research approach and findings effectively to technical audiences with limited support from manager, using compelling presentation skills.
• Experience in quantitative analysis, extracting reputable research output, and contextualizing the findings from the research into policy.
• Articulate, versatile, skilled writer with professional writing experience.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced office environment and cross-sectoral themes independently and as part of a global team across time zones.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to encourage collaboration with other programs, international offices, and partners;
• Adaptable to rapidly changing priorities, managing multiple deadlines, and delivering high-quality work products.
• Highly motivated, can-do attitude, proactive work style, organizational skills, and work ethic.
• Fluent in English and Bahasa Indonesia
• Ability and willingness to travel
• Legally able to work in Indonesia

Preferred qualification:

• Master’s degree in energy system, energy economics, public policy, environmental management, and advanced engineering.
• Experience working in the development sector and collaborating with government institutions.
• Author and co-author research publications and opinion pieces.
• Knowledge of the fossil fuel industry, hard to abate and fossil-dependent sectors.

Contract Arrangement

Full-time with fixed-term employment agreement for up to August 2025 with 3 (three) months of consultancy contract apply before the fixed-term employment agreement started.

What we offer

• Salary that is commensurate with experience and skills
• Competitive and comprehensive benefit package
• Access to the WRI global network
• Opportunity to join and/or get involved in different working groups
• A workplace that strives to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
• A chance to have an impact and to develop your career within a mission driven organization

Must have authorization to work in Indonesia to be eligible for this position.

Final candidates might be required to take a writing test and to produce two writing samples when needed.

How to apply: In order to be formally considered, please submit an updated resume and cover letter through WRI career portal.

Application close: 17.00 (DKI Jakarta local time), 31 July 2024. We will close the advert earlier when the best candidates are identified at earlier dates.

This is a locally engaged position; Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.

About Us

Founded in 1982, the World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. We are working to address seven critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities, and the ocean. WRI has a global staff of over 1,800 people with work spanning 60 countries. We have offices in Africa, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia and the United States, as well as a growing presence in other countries and regions.

The foundation of our work is delivering high-quality research, data, maps, and analysis to solve the world’s greatest environment and international development challenges and improve people’s lives. We work with leaders in government, business, and civil society to drive ambitious action and create change on the ground. Equally important, we bring together partners to develop breakthrough ideas and scale-up solutions for far-reaching, enduring impact.

Our mission and values:

WRI’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

Our values are shared ideals that bind us together: Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Independence, Respect.

Our culture:

WRI is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission and applies this principle to our organizational and programmatic practices. We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, we embrace all diversity and encourage women, gender diverse communities, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply. Recognizing our strong commitment to gender equality, WRI has also been awarded EDGE certification.

WRI Indonesia is national entity (Yayasan) associated with the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. WRI work with various stakeholders in the natural resources sector to support policy and management that are both profitable and sustainable. WRI work with leaders in more than 50 countries for more than 30 years, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States.

Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRI’s 10-year history in the country, and strengthens our impact on the ground. In the short-to-medium term, WRI Indonesia aims to expand its presence and portfolio to include projects in the climate, energy, as well as city and transportation programs.

Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRI’s 10-year history in the country and strengthens our impact on the ground. In the short-to-medium term, WRI Indonesia aims to expand its presence and portfolio to include projects in the climate, energy, as well as city and transportation programs.

The World Resources Institute (http://www.wri.org) is an environmental and development research and policy organization that creates solutions to protect the Earth and improve people’s lives. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, it is WRI’s policy to recruit, hire, and provide opportunities for advancement in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, protected veteran status, or disability. WRI’s global agenda requires a staff that is diverse – with respect to race, gender, cultural, and international background. Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way WRI selects and approaches issues, as well as the creativity and applicability of WRI's policy research and analysis. WRI, therefore, encourages applications from U.S. minorities, persons from other countries (especially developing nations), and from women of all backgrounds.

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