Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
Context and Objectives
Southeast Asia has immense, untapped clean energy potential. At EnergyLab, we have a deep belief that collaborative, evidence-based strategies can be developed and embraced across Government and society that can unlock this potential.
The Challenge: Around the world, clean energy is transforming economies. The cost of wind, solar and batteries have fallen significantly in the past decade, while technical solutions have made it possible to envisage running entire economies on renewables. At the same time, the impacts of climate change grow clearer every day - with ever-worsening floods, heatwaves and natural disasters. It is imperative that we accelerate action this decade.
EnergyLab Overview: EnergyLab Asia is an innovative not-for-profit focused on accelerating a fair, impactful transition to renewable energy in Southeast Asia. We were established in Cambodia in 2018 and have since expanded to Lao PDR. We deliver effective and collaborative policy events that engage a wide-range of stakeholders, we undertake strategic policy analysis, and we develop people and system-capacity to deliver the energy transition.
EnergyLab is growing rapidly. We are expanding our geographic reach across Southeast Asia and tackling new policy areas. We need to grow our team while deepening our analytical capacity to deliver impactful policy change.
We are establishing a new program to ensure that Cambodia has the skills required to deliver the clean energy transition. This program will help ensure that Cambodians directly benefit from the transition through training opportunities and that new projects maximise the creation of well-paid, safe jobs. This is a vital component in a Just Transition and will be key in building the political momentum for accelerated clean energy action.
Scope and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will lead this new program - undertaking analysis that will deliver a clear, robust understanding of the skills opportunities, designing an ambitious skills agenda to meet these needs and working with stakeholders across Cambodia to realise this agenda.
The successful candidate will also become a key member of our growing policy team - designing impactful programs, developing our approach to expanding our work across the region, supporting young Cambodians to contribute to energy policy and sharing our insights across the region.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, research and deliver a robust clean energy skills agenda for Cambodia. This will involve deep research into the skills requirements of the clean energy sector, analysis of current training programs and collaborative problem solving to deliver a system that maximises opportunities for Cambodia.
- Analyse, review and communicate the steps other countries in the region are implementing to support clean energy skill development.
- Work with government agencies, industry stakeholders, and development partners to deliver this ambitious agenda.
- Develop policy briefs, reports, and presentations to communicate skills potential, policies and recommendations and findings to diverse audiences.
- Play a key role in EnergyLab’s Policy team, helping develop new programs and expand our operations across Southeast Asia.
- Represent EnergyLab in policy discussions, forums, and conferences, both locally and internationally.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of policy initiatives and adjust strategies as necessary.
- Provide thought leadership and contribute to the public discourse on clean energy policy in Cambodia and across the region.
