Job overview:

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) Project Management Division seeks a Community Benefits Analyst (Management and Program Analyst, GS 12/13) with experience in qualitative and quantitative analysis, quasi-experimental design methods, environmental justice, and an ESG approach to project evaluation. The ideal candidate will be based in the Washington, DC area, have strong communication skills, and have a background in clean energy, environmental impact analysis, and/or natural resources management. This position offers opportunity for an early/mid-career professional to grow in the clean energy space. Please reach out to Andrew Gilbert directly on LinkedIn (Andrew Gilbert | LinkedIn) if interested. 

About us:

The DOE established OCED to help scale and commercialize the emerging clean energy technologies needed to address our most pressing climate challenges. At OCED, you’ll work on the coolest clean energy projects in the US! OCED’s cutting edge, $27.5B portfolio includes first-of-a-kind hydrogen, carbon capture, direct air capture, advanced nuclear, long duration energy storage, renewables and industrial demonstration projects.

Example responsibilities:

• Serves as an analyst and advisor to help quantify the socioeconomic and human health impacts within disadvantaged communities, rural communities, fossil energy communities, and Tribal communities.
• Evaluates and develops approaches and administrative systems to support community benefits planning, data collection, and analytical methodology. Provides advice and guidance for improvements and anticipates areas of concern.
• Utilizes qualitative and quantitative data to analyze the outcomes of community and labor engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, clean energy workforce development, and environmental justice activities advanced by OCED-funded projects; provides comprehensive summary of results both orally and in written format.
• Develops training materials and resources for both internal and external audiences to advance implementation of recommended approaches.
• Collaborates with and supports other OCED divisions with discrete analyses and/or tasks related to community benefits policy priorities.