Senior Gas Market Commercial Specialist - Ukraine
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In Ukraine, Tetra Tech implements the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP), a seven-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the largest USAID project in Ukraine so far. USAID ESP’s mission is to enhance Ukraine’s energy security, improve the energy legal and regulatory environment, and bolster energy supply resilience to support economic development and sustain Ukraine’s democracy. Tetra Tech is working closely with the Government of Ukraine to develop competitive energy markets and facilitate private sector-led energy investments to provide affordable, reliable, resilient, and secure energy for all Ukrainians. This project is expected to run through June 2025.
Tetra Tech is seeking an independent consultant to serve as a Senior Gas Market Commercial Specialist. The Senior Gas Market Commercial Specialist will provide specialized expertise in gas markets and trading within the Ukrainian energy sector. This includes facilitating market-oriented reforms and promoting the development of a transparent and efficient gas market. This is a short-term consulting position for 260 days, with the possibility of an extension for another term. The number of working hours per day is up to 8.
***This posting is for an independent consultant. No offers of full-time or part-time employment with Tetra Tech will be made for this position***
*Please note: Ukrainian nationals are highly encouraged to apply for this position.*
Scope of work:
- Market Analysis and Studies: Conduct thorough assessments of the Ukrainian gas market, covering aspects such as supply and demand dynamics, regulatory frameworks, pricing mechanisms, market participants, and liquidity. Utilize data-driven techniques to facilitate informed decision-making and the discovery of improvement opportunities, presenting findings and recommendations to project management and stakeholders.
- Trading Development: Scope, develop, and implement initiatives to enhance gas trading in Ukraine in collaboration with traders, platform operators, network operators, and regulators. Actively advocate for the adoption of ESP's proposals. Contribute to the development of unified trading rules, clearing approaches, and standardized gas market products (e.g., WD and DA short-term products).
- Regulatory Compliance: Stay up to date with Ukrainian gas market regulations and develop ESP’s position in legal and regulatory proposals and amendments relevant to gas markets and trading, including support for the full and effective implementation of the Regulation on European Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) for the gas market in Ukraine.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Empowerment: Facilitate cooperation and promote market reforms by actively engaging with government agencies, industry stakeholders, and market participants. Build their capabilities with training and knowledge transfer on gas market dynamics and trading practices, strengthening the capacity of regulators to effectively oversee organized trading rules.
- Project Leadership: Lead and contribute to projects aimed at promoting a well-functioning gas market in Ukraine, coordinating project teams, timelines, and deliverables.
- Other duties as assigned by ESP’s Gas Sector Lead.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in gas markets and trading within the Ukrainian or international energy sector.
- Professional working proficiency in speaking, reading and writing both English and Ukrainian.
- Excellent writing and communication skills.
- Ability to communicate complex information and deliver oral and written messages effectively.
- High-level understanding of the gas market of Ukraine.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong research capabilities, using a variety of primary and secondary sources.
- Strong organizational, teamwork, and technical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously and reprioritize as necessary.
- Ability to work effectively under deadlines, both independently and as a team member.
- Ability to use discretion with confidential business matters.
- Ability to produce accurate and complete documents in a timely manner.
- Excellent listening skills and a highly developed sense of responsibility and commitment to customer service.
- Positive attitude toward innovative solutions and reform in the gas sector of Ukraine
Project Opportunity
United Kingdom and Europe Teams and Clients
About Tetra Tech:
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