Energy Specialist

The UNDP Rome Center for Climate Action and Energy Transition seeks an energy specialist who will provide technical support to the UNDP Rome Center across its key programmatic areas, with a particular focus on the Energy for Growth initiative.

The specialist will contribute high-level technical expertise on renewable energy technologies, project design and implementation, data collection and analysis, and feasibility assessments. Under the supervision of the Rome Center, the Energy Specialist will offer advisory support to UNDP Country Offices (COs) engaged in energy access and energy transition projects on the ground. The specialist will also contribute to the Center’s broader agenda to promote innovation, sustainable energy technologies, and the use of data to advance inclusive and just energy transitions. This includes expanding access to clean energy, particularly for vulnerable, poor, and displaced communities, and enabling progress across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through targeted energy interventions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, coordinate, and develop effective project planning and implementation:

• Provide high-level technical expertise and advisory support on sustainable energy technologies, with a focus on decentralized renewable energy systems and clean cooking solutions, in support of project design and implementation of Energy for Growth in Africa.

• Act as the technical focal point for the Rome Center on energy technology matters, advising on system design, feasibility studies, technology options, technical standards, and quality assurance across projects.

• Support the coordination of the initiative’s technical activities across target countries, ensuring consistency, alignment, and the integration of technical best practices across UNDP Country Office interventions

• Scale up UNDP activities in the energy sector, supporting, in particular, the implementation of the UNDP Rome Center's pipeline of projects.

• Identify additional opportunities for projects in sustainable energy solutions, focusing on the most vulnerable communities that are farthest behind

• Substantively contribute to the harnessing of effective partnerships and lead the identification and onboarding process for implementing partners.

• Provide technical support to the implementing partners and act as a liaison between UNDP and the partners.

• Support resource mobilization efforts and project development

• Participate in and support the organization of stakeholder meetings and related events to enhance the impact of Rome Center outreach.

• Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing, and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic areas:

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and technical coordination between initiative countries, contributing to peer learning, replication of successful models, and alignment with UNDP’s global energy strategy.

• Develop and contribute to technical documents, including policy briefs, concept notes, and design guidelines, to guide energy access and energy transition programming and provide technical backstopping to UNDP Country Offices.

• Undertake visits to target countries and project sites as appropriate. Participate in conferences and events as required under the Rome Center project implementation.

Location: Rome, Italy

Deadline: 4 November 2025

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