Overview
Internship supporting the collection of data and information related to green energy solutions in Country Offices, and assisting in the drafting of business cases for renewable energy solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Actively participate in collection of data and information related to green energy solution in Country Offices.
- Participate in the drafting of business cases for renewable energy solutions which include mainly hybrid solar PV systems, energy efficiency, and e-mobility.
- Support in provision of guidance and remote technical assistance on energy efficiency solutions to Country Offices.
- Assist in installation of IoT (internet of things) energy sensors for assigned projects across the organization.
- Support the team in procuring green energy solution equipment, including market research, compilation of solicitation documents, and technical evaluation of proposals from bidders.
- Support in daily monitoring and operations (O&M) of installed solar PV and e-mobility systems across the organization.
- Play the role of rapporteur in both internal and external meetings as may be assigned by the supervisor.
- Contribute to the unit’s documentation to support continuous improvement of processes, procedures, and templates.
- Assist the project manager during remote management of installation of renewable energy solutions (solar hybrid systems and e-mobility) in various locations worldwide.
Required Experience
- Experience or knowledge in the field of: Renewable Energy or Electrical Engineering, or other relevant fields is required.
- Technical knowledge of the main renewable energy technologies is a strong advantage.
- Experience/Knowledge in sizing Hybrid PV systems (with diesel generator) is a strong advantage.
- Experience/Knowledge in energy efficiency and/or electric vehicles is a strong advantage.
- Knowledge of software tools for hybrid renewable energy systems is an advantage.
- Knowledge of HOMER and PV*Sol is an advantage.
- Knowledge and a proficient user of Microsoft Office productivity tools is required.
- Knowledge or experience with specific Office 365 tools (or their consumer equivalents) such as Planner (Trello), Teams (Slack), Yammer (Workplace by Facebook), OneDrive (Dropbox, Google Drive), Power BI (Tableau), etc. is a strong advantage.
- SharePoint knowledge, preferably SharePoint Online is an advantage.
- Working with gathering, consolidating, and analysing either quantitative and qualitative data from databases and reports is an advantage.
- Demonstrated experience presenting work to both technical and non-technical is an advantage.
- Demonstrated professional or academic experience in any of the UNDP Member States is an advantage.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
- Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.
