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Program Overview
Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRI's global 20-year history in the country and the official establishment of WRI Indonesia office has strengthened our impacts on the ground in recent years. Our current work primarily focuses on forest and land-use. Over time WRI Indonesia aims to expand its portfolio to include climate, energy, and city and transportation. In the last four years, WRI Indonesia is working with the demand side of the renewable energy sector and establish an initiative called the Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA).
CEIA is an innovative public-private partnership initiative that aims to address barriers and scale up renewable energy (RE) deployment for commercial and industrial consumers in emerging markets. CEIA is jointly led by the World Resources Institute (WRI), Allotrope Partners, and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and is supported by bilateral and philanthropic donors. Under the Climate Solution Project (CSP), on October 7th, 2022, CEIA Indonesia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the West Java Provincial Government to decarbonize West Java's industrial area including the Rebana Metropolitan.
Rebana Metropolitan is a national strategic industrial area planning mandated by the President under the President Regulation No. 87/2021. Rebana is located in the North/Northeast part of West Java that includes seven strategic regions, namely Sumedang, Majalengka, Cirebon, Subang, Indramayu, Kuningan, and Cirebon City. It is projected to be the driving force for West Java's economic growth in the future through the development of industrial areas that are integrated, innovative, collaborative, highly competitive, and sustainable.
In the MoU, one of our assistances covers a low-carbon development strategic analysis through industrial energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) technology, including electricity, heat, cooling, and steam, in one of the Rebana's industrial area namely Cipali Subang Barat. The knowledge products expected from our scope of assistance are a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) for at least one of the most prominent sub-sectors of industry, technology mapping for the planned industrial sub-sector, investment analysis, and potential of financing scheme options and business models. Additionally, we're going to cover low-carbon technology mapping to building and transportation sector in the area.
Under the CSP as well, the CEIA has an on-going technical assistance to an apparel multinational brand on helping its supply chain partners to convert their coal boiler into sustainable biomass-sourced feedstock. The on-going project then escalated to a collaboration with Directorate of Bioenergy from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) under the Directorate of Bioenergy Letter B-1156/KS.02/DEB.K/2023. To ensure the sustainability of the impact, we aim to create a biomass conversion guideline for industry, taking our project of the apparel brand as a study case, and a policy recommendation related to sustainable biomass indicator.
Job Highlight
As Energy Research Assistant, you will report to the Energy Manager and play a supporting role in the successful implementation of a project under the CEIA called: Low-Carbon Development of Rebana Metropolitan Area. You will perform as CEIA’s secondment in Dinas Penanaman Modal dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu (DPMPTSP) Jawa Barat office and will intensely communicate with and provide assistant for Badan Pengurus (BP) Rebana. This position will be based in Bandung.
What You Will Do
Research (50%)
Management support (50%)
What You Will Need
Deliverables
Duration
1 June 2023 – 31 August 2023 (3 months)
Terms of Payment
Daily-rate based consultant maximum of 18 (eighteen) working days per month.
Contract Arrangement
Individual consultancy contract (Part-time, limited term)
What we offer
Must have authorization to work in Indonesia to be eligible for this position.
Final candidates might be required to take a writing test and to produce two writing samples when needed.
How to apply: In order to be formally considered, please submit an updated resume and cover letter through WRI career portal.
Application close: 17.00 (DKI Jakarta local time), 31 May 2023. We will close the advert earlier when the best candidates are identified at earlier dates.
This is a locally engaged position; Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.
About Us
Founded in 1982, World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. We are working to address seven critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities, and the ocean. WRI has a global staff of over 1,800 people with work spanning 60 countries. We have offices in Africa, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia and the United States, as well as a growing presence in other countries and regions.
The foundation of our work is delivering high-quality research, data, maps, and analysis to solve the world’s greatest environment and international development challenges and improve people’s lives. We work with leaders in government, business, and civil society to drive ambitious action and create change on the ground. Equally important, we bring together partners to develop breakthrough ideas and scale-up solutions for far-reaching, enduring impact.
Our mission and values:
WRI’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
Our values are shared ideals that bind us together: Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Independence, Respect.
Our culture:
WRI is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission and applies this principle to our organizational and programmatic practices. We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, we embrace all diversity and encourage women, the LGBTQ+ community, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply. Recognizing our strong commitment to gender equality, WRI has also been awarded EDGE certification.
WRI Indonesia is national entity (Yayasan) associated with the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. WRI work with various stakeholders in the natural resources sector to support policy and management that are both profitable and sustainable. WRI work with leaders in more than 50 countries for more than 30 years, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States.
Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRI’s 10-year history in the country, and strengthens our impact on the ground. In the short-to-medium term, WRI Indonesia aims to expand its presence and portfolio to include projects in the climate, energy, as well as city and transportation programs.