Programme Associate

3 weeks ago

New Delhi, India Council on Energy, Environment and Water Full time

Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi
Programme Associate - Power Procurement, Power Sector

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At CEEW, we are deliberate about what we stand for (and what we don’t stand for) as an employer. So, if the below description strikes a chord, we would love to hear from you

**At CEEW, we build careers in public policy**
- We offer strong visionary leadership - with emphasis on research and impact at scale
- We actively promote leadership by initiative
- We celebrate talent and ambition
- You will be surrounded by smart people who will challenge you and help you grow
- You will learn faster than your peers in other organization’s
- Curiosity and irreverence as well as responsibility come together at CEEW
- You will get best-in-market remuneration
- We provide a safe space for all
- At CEEW, your life is your example for others

**Designation Offered**

Programme Associate - Power Procurement, Power Sector

**Reporting to**

Senior Programme Lead/ Fellow

**Location**

New Delhi

**Purpose**

CEEW seeks to hire a Programme Associate for its Power Sector team. Our power sector programme is driven with the mission to support the clean energy transition in India by examining and promoting operational, financial, and environmental sustainability throughout the value chain of the electricity sector. One of our key focus areas involves studying the evolving landscape of power demand in the country and supporting the power utilities transition to a clean energy future through market-based power procurement. We are looking for an experienced hire to support and expand our work in this area.

**Job Duties and Accountabilities**
- Developing appropriate methodologies and tools to study the power demand patterns across key sectors along with their drivers at various levels of disaggregation
- Studying the barriers and opportunities for power utilities in transitioning to market-based power dispatch operations
- Engaging closely with our partner discoms in developing transition trajectories and identifying innovative solutions (policy, regulatory, financial, institutional) to move away from traditional procurement practices
- Developing and deploying pilots as proof of concept for the proposed transition and assessing their potential for scaling up
- Tracking the regulatory and policy developments on this issue and leading the team to develop and communicate informed commentary to all key stakeholders
- Develop research outputs in various forms such as publications, journal papers, reports, op-eds, and articles.
- Work with senior researchers on conceptualising new projects (as and when needed)
- To participate in relevant conferences, workshops, training programmes as necessary to communicate research findings and gain insights on new research in focus areas.
- Support efforts to use new media platforms for the wide dissemination of CEEW's work and, in turn, closer engagement with the wider community.

**Selection Criteria**

**Education and experience**
- Functional knowledge of emerging forecasting techniques and their implementation in a practical context is a pre-requisite
- Experience in carrying out econometric assessments and bottom-up assessments of power demand would be seen favourably.
- Technical knowledge of the power sector issues and evolving discourse on the power markets.
- Technical knowledge of emerging technology solutions and automated tools relevant to the sector.
- A minimum of 5 - 6 years of relevant experience in forecasting, market assessments, choice modelling, power market operations and
- Experience in delegating and managing tasks across teams will be seen favourably, as the hire will be expected to lead a minimum of two projects simultaneously.

**Travel**

**Key Skills**
- Ability to motivate the team and younger colleagues to think critically about emerging research questions.
- A functioning knowledge of the power sector in order to engage closely with state actors
- Proficiency in Excel and one or more analytical tools (Pyhton/R/Stata) is a must. Experience with visualisation tools like tableau and spatial analysis tools would be a bonus.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency in Hindi (spoken at least) and English is a must. Knowledge of regional languages, that would aid collabo
- Experience in dealing with different stakeholders, including central and state government officials, discom officials, and the research community would be a beneficial

**Personality**
- Willingness to work on multi-disciplinary projects.
- Willingness to learn new research and project management skills.
- Ability to identify creative solutions to vexing challenges in taking policy to action.
- Ability to adapt and deliver under tight deadlines in a professional environment.
- Ability to effectively work in a team while being able to independently driv

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