ICF International Energy Management and Standardisation Specialists

ICF International

Minsk, Belarus

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy and climate change; environment and infrastructure; health, human services, and social programs; and homeland security and defence markets. The firm combines passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative analytics to produce compelling results throughout the entire program life cycle, from research and analysis through implementation and improvement. Since 1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major corporations, and multilateral institutions. More than 4,000 employees serve these clients worldwide. ICF's Web site is www.icfi.com.

With escalating energy costs, over-reliance on fossil fuels and their associated effect on the environment, the implementation of energy efficiency programmes is now more important than ever if these challenges are to be met. But that’s just the start, putting a programme in place is one thing, but it also needs to be built with the foresight to meet any future demands.

Working to strengthen the existing Belarusian energy efficiency testing laboratory network and making sure it has the capacity to respond to the ongoing needs of manufacturers and the market, you’ll also work to raise public awareness of energy efficiency. This could be through regular campaign work with consumer rights groups focussing on energy saving. In short, you’ll help to make energy efficiency a driving factor in the decision process when consumers purchase household equipment.

This work needs to co-exist with efforts to standardise energy efficiency, ensuring that the benchmarks set are developed and incorporated as national standards throughout Belarus. Alternatively to working on the testing laboratory network and consumer awareness, your focus could be on implementing standardisation and benchmarking, working to roll this out across the country as best practice, including to central and local government.

Basic Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in a discipline relevant to the assignment (e.g. energy economics, energy management, etc.), or equivalent;
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) and Russian (spoken);
• Knowledge of the EU regulatory framework in the field of energy efficiency of consumer goods and industrial products. Alternatively, this could be in metrology, accreditation, certification and market surveillance;
• Knowledge of the Belarusian government energy efficiency policy, in particular concerning consumer goods and industrial products – advantageous;
• Strong analytical skills – advantageous;
• Experience in policy advice for accreditation systems, energy efficiency and quality, and standardization;
• Experience in EU-funded projects in ENPI/TACIS countries and or/donor projects advantageous.

Personal Qualities:

• Excellent written and organizational skills;
• Ability to manage a varied workload to achieve agreed deadlines without compromising quality or standards;
• Ability to respond effectively to changing priorities;
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy;
• Ability to show discretion and work with sensitive and confidential information;
• Ability to demonstrate a can-do approach is a problem solver and team player;
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.

Interested applicants should send their CV with a covering letter via the following link:

https://icfi.taleo.net/careersection/icf_prof_ext/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1200002177

by 1730 BST on 14th September 2012.

Please make sure you attach your CV and covering letter to the application.

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