Analyst on Electricity Market's Development

UNOPS Office in Ukraine is engaged in the implementation of the Project that aims at development of the competitive Energy Market in Ukraine. Project supports Ukraine in strengthening its energy security agenda. It provides all required technical assistance to energy sector Government of Ukraine (GoU) entities, energy regulator and other stakeholders in implementation of laws and secondary legislation on the electricity market, energy markets and energy regulator; district heating‐related and other areas as needed, focusing on two components:

•      Assistance in electricity market implementation;
•      Assistance in improving district heating utility services.

The Analyst on Electricity Market’s Development, under the overall supervision of the National Project Coordinator and the direct supervision of the National Electricity Market Support Officer, and in collaboration with other management personnel, in accordance with UNOPS policies, procedures and practices is expected to work to achieve the objectives within implementation of the UNOPS project assignments in Ukraine.

Summary of Key Functions 

• Analysis, monitoring and cataloging of the legislation documents, secondary law and other project’s deliverables in the field of Electricity Market Development;
• Providing support to the National Project Coordinator and National Electricity Market Support Officer as well as preparing analytical documents for the meetings, preparing comments and proposals for discussion;
• Analysis and monitoring of activities of international projects in the energy sector and their deliverables;
• Supporting organization of the educational and information events for the Electricity Market players and its conducting;
• Electricity Market Development process analysis and support to the project in preparation of the monthly reports;
• Support in organizational activities and assistance to the launch of the test calculations in the respective electricity market segments;
• Support in implementation of the electricity market segments modeling system of Ukraine and analysis of the implementation process;
• Support in preparation of presentations and promotional materials about the Project’s activities;
• Preparation of information materials which provide information about results of the Project’s activities for introduction of the New Electricity Market;
• Providing proposals and suggestions to the documents (agenda, analysis, minutes, talking points) required for the Project’s planned meetings and meetings/events supported by the Project;
• Analysis of the questionnaire data to assess the organizational and technical readiness of market participants to the new working conditions on the electricity market;
• Perform other related tasks as assigned by supervisor/s.

• Fluency in written and oral English and the Ukrainian languages required. English must be of a proficient level to enable draft documents clearly and precisely.  
• Knowledge of second UN working language desirable.

• THIS IS A LOCAL POSITION AND ONLY UKRAINIAN NATIONALS OR THOSE WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN UKRAINE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

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