Senior Energy Specialist

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. The WBG Infrastructure Vertical provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission. The Infrastructure VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. Within the Infrastructure VPU, the WBG Energy Department leads WBG’s global engagement on energy policy, investment, and institutions – spanning power systems, various energy technologies, energy efficiency, and energy access. The Department is composed of five units: one Policy and Regulations unit and four Solutions and Impact units. Global Flaring and Methane Reduction (GFMR) Trust Fund is a unit within the Global Energy Department. Its mission is to boost global efforts to end routine gas flaring and reduce methane emissions along the entire oil and gas value chain. GFMR executes on its mission by providing grant funding and technical assistance, enabling policy reform and institutional strengthening, and mobilizing financing to support governments and state-owned operators to detect and abate routine gas flaring and methane emissions. GFMR is recruiting a Senior Gas Specialist to help implement technical aspects of its work program, especially methane and flaring project identification, assessments, and other initiatives.

Requirements

At least 8 years of relevant experience across one or more of the following areas: Oil and gas business development, including experience in engineering, technology, project implementation, associated gas monetization and commercialization, gas value chains, asset-scale and regional energy infrastructure, pre-feasibility studies, planning and monitoring.
Economic and commercial assessment of oil and gas projects, including gas and LNG market analysis, public and private sector investment opportunities, development of cashflow models, and identification/mitigation of technical, commercial and market risks.
Experience with conducting methane emission detection and measurement campaigns across the value chain, including defining the objectives, methodologies and technological solutions to be deployed, and assessment and interpretation of results.
Emission abatement programs with robust MMRV systems and execution of such programs, including the integration of risk mitigation measures relevant to policy and regulatory aspects, application of shadow price of carbon for economic assessments.
Management of oil and gas sector methane emissions along the entire value chain, gas flaring, venting and methane leaks; including emission identification, MMRV standards and digital infrastructure, as well as appropriate mitigation technologies and practices.
Experience working in developing countries in any of the above capacities and, in particular, in development and techno-economic analysis of emission reduction projects.
Fluency in English, oral and written.
Strong analytical and data processing skills, including a sophisticated use of MS Excel.
Ability to work independently and also participate in multi-disciplinary teams.
Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to present complex issues with clarity and objectivity.
The candidate must have a track record of teamwork in a diverse and collaborative environment.
Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.
Responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making.

Nice To Haves

A Master’s or PhD in disciplines relevant to the oil & gas industry, such as process or civil engineering, natural gas engineering, petroleum engineering, oil & gas emission management or similar fields from an internationally-recognized academic institution.
A working knowledge of Arabic, French, Russian or Spanish.
Experience with Power BI, and GIS mapping software such as ArcGIS.
Bring experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts and are encouraged to highlight relevant experience in their application materials, where applicable.

Responsibilities

Provide technical-economic advice and help screen, assess and select potential methane and flaring reduction projects to be supported by GFMR grant funding and technical assistance.
Support project development and provide guidance on all aspects of the technical assessment of gas flaring or methane emission reduction projects, including the Rationale for the proposed mitigation options and practices and use of recovered flared or fugitive gas; Appropriateness of the major technology and equipment types; Definition of the scope of pre-feasibility studies, including the cost estimates; Consistency of the GFMR-supported projects design with the best industry technology/practices, considering national circumstances; and Advise on practical pathways to assist clients address current gaps and barriers.
Advise the development of the emissions baselines at facility-level and evaluation of abatement potential.
Support the design of relevant policies and regulatory reforms to achieve bankable abatement solutions.
Develop and deliver technical assistance to build operational capabilities and systems, including measurement, monitoring, and abatement technologies and practices.
Work with relevant WBG staff to assess and prepare the economic and cost efficiency evaluation of the proposed activities, including cash flow models.
Identify and assess the abatement project risks and develop risk mitigation measures.
Build government and operator technical, economic and institutional capacities to ensure long-term, sustainable emission reductions and practices.
Contribute to the dialogue and collaboration between the WBG and other global and private sector-led initiatives on flaring and methane emission reduction in the oil and gas sector.
Monitor the evolving global industry and institutional knowledge and best practices for lessons learned on MRV systems (OGMP2.0 and similar standards), abatement technologies, satellite data collection and analysis.
Support the GFMR team in providing technical assistance in implementing OGMP2.0 (and similar standards) and methane regulatory advisory services to operators and governments.
Lead and/or be a member of the team on knowledge-sharing initiatives, including the: (i) publication of gas flaring and methane emission data and the annual Gas Flaring Tracker Report; (ii) developing case studies for flare and methane abatement; (iii) organizing and participating in workshops, conferences, events, forums, and meetings as needed.
Represent GFMR in various technical working groups (internal and external) related to flaring and methane emission reduction initiatives, including industry forums, seminars and other opportunities that promote best standards, innovative solutions, and lessons learned by GFMR-supported projects.
Prepare briefing documents and other materials for GFMR’s Program Manager, other senior World Bank officials (as needed), and the GFMR Technical Advisory Group and Steering Committee to communicate progress towards GFMR’s objectives.