The decarbonisation of heating and cooling is critical to delivering Europe’s energy and climate objectives. The heating sector represents 50% of Europe’s energy demand and remains highly dependent on fossil fuels. Without a doubt, heating & cooling is the next EU energy policy arena to achieve the European Green Deal objectives and become climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest. Locally owned and a flagship of the European industry, DHC will be critical to further decarbonise heating & cooling (enabling the uptake of renewable and recovered heat sources) and contribute to strengthening Europe’s energy security. The DHC industry has tremendous potential to grow in Europe and could provide up to 50% of the heat demand by 2050!
In 2019, our sector pledged to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, and the recently adopted Energy Efficiency Directive set a clear decarbonisation pathway to deliver this objective. Working with European and national policy-makers, Euroheat & Power’s core mission is to ensure that its members and community achieve this goal, and benefit from the appropriate EU framework to develop renewable and sustainable solutions.
On this journey, we need committed and talented people!
Join a great working environment, a dynamic, fun and international team, and make your mark in Europe’s energy and climate transition.
Position Summary
Knowledge is power! As Junior Market Analyst, you will be an essential part of our Market Intelligence Unit. Reporting to the Market Intelligence Director, you will support in researching and developing essential sectorial and market data, as well as informative market intelligence deliverables such as reports, webinars, and workshops.
You will help us have a better vision and understanding of the current district heating and cooling market, technologies, and decarbonisation pathways. In doing so, you will help companies and policy-makers making the right decisions to support the heat transition!
The focus of your work
Your key tasks:
- General support in activities related to gathering sectorial data, creating and nurturing our database, and contributing to the creation of necessary indicators and charts in our yearly market outlook;
- Proactively engage with external stakeholders and experts for data collection;
- Support the yearly delivery of our flagship report the DHC Market outlook, which brings together essential data on the state of the sector in European countries and beyond;
- Monitor the production of quantitative and qualitative research on the district heating and cooling sector;
- Support the delivery of high-quality market intelligence deliverables such as reports, webinars, or workshops;
- Preparation of presentations and briefing notes for internal (team) and external meetings (industry, policy-makers)
- Contribute to our weekly team meetings with ideas and insights;
- Undertake any other tasks as required by the Market Intelligence Director
Skills
- You hold a degree in a relevant discipline such as Energy Economics, Sustainable Heating and cooling, Urban planning, Statistics, or similar;
- Demonstrated knowledge of district heating and cooling technologies and heating and cooling markets;
- Strong numerical and analytical skills as well as a solution-oriented mindset;
- Attention to detail coupled with good time management skills;
- Advanced Excel skills;
- Ability to work with data in a variety of formats;
- Proactive approach to engage with external stakeholders and experts for data collection;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
- Fluency in English and in at least one other EU language
Requirements:
- You need to be eligible for working in Belgium (EU citizen));
- You have finished your studies;
- You are able to start no later than 8 April 2024.
We offer
- A wonderful working environment in a fast-growing EU association, with a friendly and international team
- The opportunity to learn and grow, taking part in exciting projects and supporting the decarbonisation of the EU heating and cooling industry
- Paid traineeship under “Convention d’immersion professionelle” for a duration of 6 months, with the possibility of extension (according to Belgian Law up to 12 months).
- Salary package: 997,09 € per month, meal voucher (8€ per working day with a 1.09€ employee’s contribution), transportation allowance, GSM, internet, IT Equipment.
How to apply?
To apply for the position, please send your motivation letter (maximum one page) and curriculum vitae to ep@euroheat.org with the subject “Junior Market Analyst Internship – your name”. Your letter should outline your suitability and motivation for the position.
The deadline for receiving applications is 29 February 2024.
Further Information
For more details about Euroheat & Power and our ongoing projects, visit our website at www.euroheat.org.
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