Analyst

NextGenEnergyJobs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs in San Francisco seeks an entry‑level Energy Policy Analyst to assist with energy market research, policy analysis, and client‑facing deliverables.

You will translate findings into clear visuals, support project teams, and help maintain knowledge management while developing tools and models. A Bachelor's degree is required, with 0–2 years in energy topics, and strong Excel/PowerPoint skills. Collaborative, proactive, and eager to learn.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, economics, computer science, public policy, or related field.
• 0-2 years of prior experience in energy/climate topics or related project work.
• Hands-on knowledge related to Energy Planning and Policy, Transmission, Pricing and Risk, and/or Market Advisory and Valuation.
• Team-oriented and able to support teammates to do their best work.

Responsibilities

• Assist the delivery of customer work through modeling, developing presentations, writing, and preparing reports and papers.
• Conduct energy market research and policy analysis with sound assumptions.
• Translate research results into clear visual representations.
• Aid project heads in creating or editing client-ready spreadsheets and tools.
• Make simple modifications to existing tools and models.
• Proactively track performance against plan and communicate with leadership.
• Capture project learnings and share repurposed materials for future use.
• Assist with internal initiatives as needed.

Skills

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, economics, computer science, public policy, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Why You Should Join the E3 Team

Responsibilities

• Assist the delivery of customer work through modeling, developing presentations, writing, and preparing reports and papers, and helping with additional customer requests
• Conduct research using your ingenuity and curiosity to make reasonable assumptions and produce appropriate solutions, at times with incomplete information. This may include country-level energy market research, delving into standards documents to find specific references or proof points, as well as research on complicated topics such as regulatory proceedings.
• Translate results of research, reports, and insights into clear visual representations
• Aid project heads in the creation or editing of spreadsheets to be "client-ready,” including developing tools for stakeholder products
• Simple modifications to existing tools and models
• Proactively track actual performance of own work performed against the established plan, with ongoing communication with the Director or Manager
• Capture project learnings and repeatable products and work samples for future use according to knowledge management processes
• Assist with internal initiatives as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher with a strong academic record in engineering, economics, computer science, public policy, or related field
• 0-2 years of prior experience desired specifically addressing energy and climate change issues and/or demonstrated academic related project work
• Hands-on experience, academic project work, or knowledge base related to Energy Planning and Policy, Transmission, Pricing and Risk, and/or Market Advisory and Valuation.
• You work collaboratively and assist each member of your team to do their greatest work, aware that each brings different experiences to the table
• High fluency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Desire to work in a dynamic office environment with other staff