EWEA - European Wind Energy Association

Brussels, Belgium

REF: EWEA/2015/07

EWEA, the European Wind Energy Association is the voice of the wind industry - actively promoting the utilization of wind power on behalf of member organizations in Europe and worldwide. Our resources are focused on lobbying and policy activities as well as global and national events and responding to enquiries from our members.www.ewea.org

EWEA is seeking a Political Affairs Advisor – Electricity Grids for implementing targeted actions in order to impact policy and political processes according to EWEA objectives and strategy.

Main Responsibilities:

Advocacy:

• Develop, strengthen and broaden an extensive advocacy network across the EU institutions, national authorities, international organisations and other organisations relevant to his/her area of expertise;
• Formulate policy recommendations for decision makers in order to improve political and legal frameworks for wind energy, especially at EU-level;
• Write policy positions papers, reports, presentations and general materials related to his/her specific areas of expertise;
• Participate in external events and perform presentations to promote and disseminate EWEA's messages to external audiences;
• Participate and actively contribute to EWEA events;
• Answer external stakeholders queries related to his/her area of expertise, policies and other wind energy related topics or EWEA work.

Business Intelligence:

• Collect technical information on his/her area of expertise in order to develop consistent an irrefutable arguments aimed at implementing effectively EWEA strategy;
• Develop EWEA Business Intelligence products and services on his/her area of expertise and contribute and improve other products and services;
• Work in close collaboration with external technical experts, and in case of contracted services, strictly follow the contract implementation under supervision of the Director of Public Affairs; Participate to and coordinate the organisation, scope and objectives of EWEAs large scale integration working group and EWEAs Grid Code working group.

Membership:

• Coordinate the technical content information of one or more EWEA Working Groups, Task Forces or ad-hoc networks;
• Advise EWEA members on relevant decisions and industry developments at national and EU level;
• Implement and execute membership services in line with EWEA objectives and strategy.

Project Management:

• Contribute with content and participate in EWEA projects.

Budget:

• Follow EWEA procedures and systems in place for effective management of the budget assigned to his/her division or function.

People Management:

• On ad-hoc basis, coach and supervise the work of EWEA interns.

Required Qualifications:

Experience:
At least one year experience in collecting, analysing data and providing recommendations in a European context, preferably around renewable energy, experience in wind energy is preferred.

Education:
Master’s degree, preferably in Engineering, Science, Environment or Energy.

Personal skills:

• Strong technical knowledge on electricity grids and electrical characteristics of wind power;
• Proven analytical and numerical skills;
• Ability to understand technical environment and societal issues related to wind energy;
• Excellent knowledge of EU and national energy legislation;
• Sound knowledge of the EU institutions and decision-making processes;
• Computer literate (MS Office, Outlook, website management, internet search engines);
• Additional software and modelling tools are an asset.

Language skills:
Excellent written and spoken English.

French or German are an asset.

Offer:

• Competitive remuneration package;
• Challenging, international and enthusiastic environment.

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter by 27th April 2015 to jobs@ewea.org with reference code:EWEA/2015/07.

Note: only short-listed candidates will be contacted 3 weeks post-deadline.