Career Center

Company:	Tetra Tech ES, Inc. Branch in Armenia
Location:	Yerevan, Armenia
Duration:	01 October 2024 - 15 June 2027
Start Date:	01 October 2024
Deadline:	05 September 2024

Job Opportunity
Company

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Tetra Tech ES, Inc. Branch in Armenia is seeking an Environmental Specialist to support all environmental compliance and review activities and conduct relevant environmental monitoring of all relevant Energy Secure Armenia activities. This aims to ensure that Energy Secure Armenia is complaint with all USAID and Armenian environmental regulations and mitigate or avoid environmental and climate change impacts of activities.
The purpose of USAID’s Energy Secure Armenia Activity (“the Activity”) is to bolster Armenia’s energy security by promoting a shift to renewable energy sources, furthering power market liberalization and trade, promoting greater energy efficiency and planning for emergency situations. The Activity assists the executive and legislative branches of the GOAM, private sector, and other energy stakeholders to diversify the country’s energy supply, reduce dependence on imported gas, lessen greenhouse gas emissions, enhance electricity system cybersecurity, increase cross-border electricity trade, and prepare for emergency situations, enabling the Armenian energy sector to serve as a vehicle of long-term economic growth.

This position involves part-time consultancy with Tetra Tech ES, Inc. Branch in Armenia, but is subject to discussion with candidates. Hiring may be contingent upon USAID approval. Interested candidates must be eligible to work in Armenia. Tetra Tech values a diverse workplace and strives to achieve gender equality. Qualified women and men are strongly encouraged to apply.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Ensure all Energy Secure Armenia Activity’s interventions are compliant with USAID environmental regulations, including but not limited to ADS 204 and 22 CFR 216, and relevant Armenian environmental regulations;
- Develop, review and monitor implementation of environmental monitoring and mitigation plans (EMMPs) and environmental review checklists (ERCs) for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that Energy Secure Armenia facilitates;
- Facilitate and provide supervision services for various energy projects, including envisioned energy efficiency retrofits for public buildings;
- Travel to pilot project sites to gather data and ensure environmental compliance, and engage with local government authorities, designers, vendors, and engineers including but not limited to designing and facilitating trainings on environmental compliance topics;
- Produce reports on EMMP and ERC implementation as needed;
- Design and lead capacity-building activities relevant to environmental monitoring and mitigation, including trainings on topics included in EMMPs and ERCs;
- Ensure integration of environmental lens and advise on selection, design and implementation of Energy Secure Armenia’s renewable energy and energy efficiency pilot projects;
- Ensure that Energy Secure Armenia interventions prioritize environmental sustainability, efficient natural resource use and climate resiliency where possible;
- Support renewable energy and energy efficiency project developers in complying with Armenian and international environmental rules and guidelines, including topics such as equipment certification, system design, installation, operation and maintenance, and waste management;
- Provide technical assistance to renewable energy project developers for meeting investors’ environmental compliance criteria as needed;
- Advise on environmental and climate resiliency components of relevant Armenian laws, policies and strategies that Energy Secure Armenia drafts, revises or reviews;
- Contribute to data collection and verification for the Activity’s monitoring, evaluation and learning efforts;
- Contribute to Activity communications products and success stories;
- Contribute to annual Activity work planning;
- Provide relevant inputs on all monthly, quarterly, annual USAID reports, ad-hoc communications or client requests; and
- Perform other related tasks as assigned by management.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering or another related field;
- At least 5 years of experience in an environmental specialist or reviewer role;
- Proven track record of designing, implementing and evaluating environmental compliance activities for projects in Armenia;
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills and ability to work independently;
- Ability to present, summarize, and communicate complex content;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in Armenian and English;
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills;
- Demonstrate flexibility and dedication to assigned duties;
- Excellent time management and organizational skills; and
- High level of professionalism and tactfulness.

Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree in environmental science, engineering or another related field;
- Experience in working on USAID- or other donor-funded projects in Armenia;
- Experience in conducting environmental impact assessments; and
- Experience in working in or supporting energy sector institutions.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Interested candidates are kindly requested to e-mail their CV in English and a cover letter to: ***@*********.***. Please mention “ESA: Environmental Specialist” in the subject line of the email.

Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this announcement through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am. Thanks.

ABOUT COMPANY:

Tetra Tech is a USAID contractor implementing the Energy Secure Armenia Activity.

Jobs and Careers

Environmental Specialist

Tetra Tech ES, Inc. Branch in Armenia

Finance Administrative Assistant (FAA)

US Peace Corps Armenia

Collaborative Structures / Cooperative Development Expert

"Shen" Charitable Public Organization

Regional Training Seminar on "Safeguarding Economic Sovereignty: The Role of Think Tanks in Countering Corrosive Capital"

Center for International Private Enterprise

Բժշկական Ներկայացուցիչ / Medical Representative

Representative Office of "KRKA, Pharmaceutical Factory, d.d., Novo Mesto"

Կրեատիվ Դիզայներ

Grand Candy

Programme Assistant

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Վաճառողուհի

Grand Candy

hashvetar 24

Senior Consultant, CBD COP17 Preparations

WWF Armenia

Request for Proposals (RFP) Research and Expert Support for Finalization of E-Commerce Legislation in Armenia

Center for International Private Enterprise

Regional Training Seminar on "Safeguarding Economic Sovereignty: The Role of Think Tanks in Countering Corrosive Capital"

Center for International Private Enterprise

Faculty Position (MAB) - Global Food Supply Chain Course

International Center of Agribusiness research and Education (ICARE) Foundation

Faculty Position (MAB) - Business Analytics Course

International Center of Agribusiness research and Education (ICARE) Foundation

Member Relations & Communications Lead

American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia

Senior Executive Support Assistant

UNHCR Armenia Office

Content Writer

AffPapa

Project Manager Copied from Expired e

TestOrg03Feb26

Project Manager

TestOrg03Feb26

Food Systems and Climate Action Data Analysis Specialist

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Engineer/Technical Sales Specialist

KNAUF Armenia

Radio Liberty

Bureau Systems Administrator

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

KNAUF Armenia

Audit Manager

Baker Tilly Armenia

طباخ/شيف

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Yerevan

Head of Litigation Division

EvocaBank

Medical Assistant

US Peace Corps Armenia

Intern(s)

US Peace Corps Armenia

varvord araqich 20

preseller 12

Armenian Territorial Development Fund

Գլխավոր Հաշվապահ

Հայ Օգնության Ֆոնդի Հայաստանի մասնաճյուղ

Procurement of the RA SRC Single Platform for Individuals

PSMP4 under the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

Assistant External Relations Officer, NOA

UNHCR Armenia Office

Project Officer (with Engineering Background)

Acted Armenia

Security Risk Management Advisor

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Agroforestry Project Manager

"Shen" Charitable Public Organization

Program Manager

Transparency International Anticorruption Center PO

Store Manger

Les Nerides Paris Armenia

Program Manager

Transparency International Anticorruption Center PO

Head of Litigation Division

EvocaBank

zurnalist