Associate Consultant

NextGenEnergyJobs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs in San Francisco seeks a policy-oriented analyst to support energy planning, market analysis, and client deliverables. You will translate research into clear visuals and assist with reports and presentations.

You will collaborate with a team, conduct independent research with limited data, and help develop tools and models while maintaining knowledge management practices.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in engineering, economics, computer science, public policy, or related field.
• 0–2 years of energy/climate related experience or project work.
• Hands-on experience with Energy Planning and Policy, Transmission, Pricing and Risk, or Market Advisory and Valuation.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to support team members.

Responsibilities

• Assist delivery of client work through modeling, presentations, reports and papers.
• Conduct independent research on energy market topics and regulatory references.
• Develop competence in at least one topic within your Practice Area and apply E3 tools.
• Translate research results into clear visual representations.
• Support creation and editing of client-ready spreadsheets and stakeholder tools.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Master's degree or higher in relevant field

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 independent 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.
• Develop competence in at least one topic within your Practice Area, including how to apply E3 tools to client questions
• Successfully complete complex analytical tasks with senior direction
• 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

• Master'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