Energy Specialist

The Energy Specialist supports energy transition initiatives across ADB's developing member countries, focusing on policy dialogue, sector reforms, investment projects, technical assistance, and non-lending products. The role involves engagement with governments, development partners, and internal ADB departments to deliver integrated energy transition solutions and oversee junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Support the operationalization of energy transition initiatives in hard to abate power and industrial sectors across DMCs by contributing to overall program management, workstream delivery, and coordination of One ADB support.
• Support in leading and providing technical inputs to energy sector workstreams, including policy dialogue, sector reforms, upstream analytical work, and the identification of priority areas for investment, technical assistance, and non-lending support.
• Contribute to the development of energy sector policies, strategies, legal and regulatory frameworks, and institutional mechanisms that advance sustainable, low-carbon, efficient, and just energy transition in DMCs.
• Support the identification, preparation, processing, implementation, and administration of loans, grants, technical assistance, and knowledge products in the energy sector, ensuring alignment with ADB policies, country priorities, and project quality standards.
• Engage with DMC governments, resident missions, regional departments, and relevant ADB offices on technical, structural, procurement, safeguards, and cross-cutting issues, including environment and social safeguards and just transition considerations.
• Coordinate with development partners, donors, cofinancing units, and other external stakeholders to build partnerships, mobilize support, and identify knowledge and project opportunities.
• Represent the energy transition team in internal and external discussions, training, conferences, knowledge exchange, and awareness-building activities at regional and global levels.
• Oversee and ensure the quality and compliance of lending and non-lending products, consultant outputs, bidding documents, management and Board submissions, and other project-related documents.
• Support private sector participation and public-private partnership opportunities by coordinating with relevant ADB departments and offices and contributing to the design of integrated energy transition solutions.
• Supervise, mentor, and support staff and consultants, including quality control of outputs, performance and development support, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Requirements

• A University degree or equivalent in engineering, economics, finance or business administration, or related fields; preferably at post-graduate level or its equivalent.
• At least 6 years of relevant professional experience in energy and industrial policy, regulation and projects, in both the public and private sectors with international experience working in several countries, with a focus on south Asia, and central west Asia.
• Credible expert in energy and industrial policy and governance with recognized ability to lead projects and share relevant knowledge on innovation to benefit the broad ADB community.
• Knowledge of key industrial areas such as steel, chemicals, cement and methane emissions reductions from oil and gas operations, and the current state of play in developed and developing countries.
• Demonstrable experience working on knowledge transfer from developed to developing countries, and industrial and trade promotion.
• Broad expertise within a specific area of ADB's operations (economic, sector, or thematic), or breadth across multiple areas with in-depth knowledge within one area.
• Two years of relevant experience outside ADB within the past five years is required. Years as an ADB-engaged consultant or contractor are considered experience outside of ADB.
• Written and verbal proficiency in English

Skills

• Energy Policy
• Industrial Policy
• Energy Regulation
• Project Leadership
• Energy Transition Analysis
• Knowledge Transfer
• Industrial Trade Promotion
• Steel Industry Expertise
• Chemicals Industry Expertise
• Cement Industry Expertise
• Methane Emissions Reduction
• Power Sector Reforms
• Investment Project Management
• Technical Assistance
• Policy Dialogue
• Energy Governance
• International Energy Experience
• Economic Sector Expertise
• Energy Project Management

Languages

English