Green Energy Specialist - IPSA 10

Mid Senior Environment

Contract

This is a IPSA-10 contract. This kind of contract is known as International Personnel Services Agreement. It is normally internationally recruited only. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education. More about IPSA-10 contracts.

Background

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The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peers.

A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position.

Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns or other materials.

Office/Unit/Project Description

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office of Information Technology and Management (ITM) is the organization’s primary provider of ICT systems and Green Energy services to a global network of above 155 Country Offices and UNDP partners worldwide.

The mission of ITM is to develop Smart Facilities which guarantees efficient, innovative and sustainable management of technologies for UN facilities and other partners, in consistency with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among other technologies, we are committed to offer a framework of best practices, and to deliver resilient, highly available and sustainable green energy solutions and services that enable innovation to flourish throughout the organization. A high degree of integration and inter-operability of different technologies underpins the success of Smart Facilities across the organisation.

Our primary motivations are to accomplish the transition to greener technologies and to increase connectivity in challenging locations, in pursuit of “leaving no one behind”. On a more broader level, we do this to maintain organizational productivity using technology, increase stakeholder satisfaction, enhance value-for-money, and deploy projects that serve as a showcases to influence development at local, country or regional level.

The ITM office in Copenhagen is expanding the team to cover all respective green energy services which include, but not limited to, Vehicle-Grid Integration (GVI), solar PV installation, energy efficiency, training and capacity building, and waste management. The services are aligned with the organization’s Digital transformation agenda and the Smart Facilities initiative.

Institutional Arrangement

• On a day-to-day basis, the Green Energy Specialist will be working with and directly reporting to the Green Energy Team Leader.
• The Global ICT Advisor has the overall responsibility.
• Progress reporting will be done in the weekly and monthly team meetings.
• Travel:
• UNDP will cover the cost of travel of the individual to the duty station, as well as their return to their home country upon completion of their services. Travel costs are covered only in the event that the function will be undertaken physically in the duty station and excludes working from home arrangements.
• Included is any official travel expected to be associated with performing the functions

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Scope of Work

The Green Energy Specialist is required to play a significant role as guided by the Global ICT Specialist and Team lead in achieving the following tasks:

• Energy Assessment & Training: the Green Energy Specialist will lead energy assessment in assigned locations with potential for installation of solar PV systems. The bulk of the exercise will be conducted remotely in liaison with an assigned focal point on site. The exercise includes analysis of data collected through Internet of Things (IoT) sensors deployed in Country Offices and information collected through an online App. Linked to energy assessment, the Green Energy Specialist will conduct training and capacity building in cases of on-the-ground missions;
• Solar PV Implementation: Provide technical expertise and project management on solar PV to premises undergoing installations, as part of quality assurance measures for resilient installations. This includes review of proposed technical designs, keeping track of implementation status of each assigned project, and coordinating activities of all stakeholders in assigned projects;
• Operations & Maintenance: regular monitoring of operational installations and attending to problems as may be reported by focal points or as may be detected from live monitoring of the systems. As part of bi-annual reporting, the Green Energy Specialist is expected to provide analysis of the system and propose improvements for system optimization;
• Promoting Adoption of Green Energy: taking the initiative and being proactive in identifying opportunities for implementation of green energy solutions and services in Country Offices. This includes taking advantage of opportunities to make presentations or conduct webinars for different audiances that may benefit from ITM green energy services, creating business cases for presentation to management of potential project sites;
• Energy Efficiency: playing a lead role in creating business cases for energy efficiency measures in assigned offices, including providing technical expertise in implementation of the identified measures. The Green Energy Specialist will also play an active role in refining processes and procedures for effective support to Country Offices, in line with ISO9001 Quality Management System;
• eMobility: spearhead adoption of eMobility across Country Offices and provide technical support in acquisition, installation, and operation of electric vehicle chargers, particularly grid-integrated chargers;
• Documentation and ISO 9001 Compliance: documentation related to green energy services, including, but not limited to, procedures, system documentation, technical guides, conformity and corrective reports, and compilation of user feedback. Monitor and ensure compliance of procedures and processes with corporate standards and ISO 9001:2015.

Competencies

Core

Achieve Results:

LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact

Think Innovatively:

LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems

Learn Continuously:

LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences

Adapt with Agility:

LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands

Act with Determination:

LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner:

LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:

LEVEL 2: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision making

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies (insert up to 7 competencies)

Thematic Area

Name

Definition

Digital & Innovation

Data analysis

Ability to extract, analyse and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making

Digital & Innovation

Creative facilitation

Ability to design workshops that considers and

addresses multiple interests, agendas, worldviews;

set out clear objectives and engaging activities; select

appropriate tools, materials, resources that are

needed to enable or support the activities.

Nature, Climate and Energy

Nature, Climate and Energy

Green Economy: Green economy and green growth

Digital & Innovation

Internet of things (IoT) advice

Knowledge of how IoT works, and ability to advise on

the opportunities and challenges for governments and

society

Required Skills and Experience

1. Minimum Qualifications of the Successful IPSA

Min. Education requirements

• A Masters Degree in Green Energy Engineering, renewable energy, electrical engineering or related field with minimum 5 years of experience, or Bachelors Degree in Green Energy Engineering, renewable energy, electrical engineering or related field with minimum 7 years of experience

Min. years of relevant work experience

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in a technical capacity, particularly demonstrating experience in solar photovoltaic systems, such as designing and overseeing deployment of solar PV systems at national or international level is required;

Required skills

• Knowledge and expertise in designing and sizing hybrid and off-grid solar PV systems using software packages like HOMER, PV*Sol, PVSyst, is required;
• Expertise in solar PV operation and support, including requirements of regular maintenance is required;
• Ability to efficiently handle and manage solar PV projects based on PRINCE2 or PMP or other standards is required;
• Ability to compile and analyze technical and financial data, and produce initial system design and key figures for decision making is required

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section

• Good exposure and/or knowledge of Electric Vehicle charging systems is desirable;
• Good exposure and/or knowledge of waste management will be an added advantage;
• Ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge is an added advantage;
• Ability to identify and execute opportunities to improve operational efficiency is an added advantage;

• Ability to work effectively in collective tasks and rally the team together for high quality output is an advantage

• UN/NGO experience is an added advantage;

Required Language(s)

• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory;
• Fluency in one or more additional UN language will be an added advantage.

Professional Certificates

Any related industrial certification will be an added advantage

PRINCE II and ISO9001 certifications are an added advantage;

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