Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech provides best-in-class energy consulting services for clients worldwide. Our work advances clean energy to achieve climate and decarbonization goals, creates sustainable utilities and modern grids, and promotes gender equality and economic inclusivity at the energy nexus.

The Energy Security Project (ESP) is a seven-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the largest USAID project in Ukraine so far. The USAID ESP is implemented by a USAID Contractor, Tetra Tech ES, Inc., a California-based leading provider of services in the areas of water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

The USAID ESP mission is to enhance Ukraine’s energy security, improve the energy legal and regulatory environment in the country, and increase the resilience of Ukraine’s energy supply. This will help to support the country’s economic development and sustain its democracy. USAID ESP is working closely with the Government of Ukraine (GOU) to develop competitive energy markets. By doing so, USAID ESP will facilitate private sector-led energy investments to provide affordable, reliable, resilient, and secure energy for all Ukrainians. USAID ESP is currently in the fifth year of implementation and will run through June 2025.

ESP is assisting the Government of Ukraine (GoU), the Ukraine’s national regulatory authority (NRA) in the energy sector entitled the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC), as well as all other relevant public stakeholders to establish and properly implement competitive energy markets in compliance with the European Union (EU) energy legislation (acquis), thereby enabling Ukraine to facilitate private sector-led energy investments, achieve the country’s clean energy and climate goals, and provide secure, sustainable, reliable and affordable energy for all Ukrainians.

Project Opportunity 

United Kingdom and Europe Teams and Clients 

Position summary & job purpose:

Tetra Tech has an opportunity for an EU Acquis Legal Expert / Technical Editor, who will be assisting the project documents editing, proofreading, management, and handling, up to, and including for the interface with NEURC, MoE, and other relevant Ukrainian Stakeholders and USAID as well as will support otherwise attaining the outcomes forecast by the ESP’s log frame. This is a short-term consultancy position for the period of 6 months with the possibility of extension for another period. Learn more about ESP here. 

• Please note: Only Ukrainian nationals are eligible for this position.*

Position responsibilities: 

• Asist the development of-, and discussions upon the relevant documents, presentations, roadmaps with all the above-mentioned institutions concerning the implementation of the EU acquis and improvement of the regulatory framework in Ukraine.
• Facilitating the liaison with all the above-mentioned organizations, as well as USAID, Energy Community and EU in terms of development assistance to the stakeholders in Ukraine in areas that are pertinent to the implementation of the EU acquis.
• Management of the Project documentation, especially this tied with the EU acquis, project reporting and facilitation of the public relation aspect of the Project.
• Investigation, search and management of the reports, documentation, and legislation necessary for addressing tasks of the regulatory and legal team.
• Facilitation the organization and conduct of any events, training pertinent to the implementation of the EU acquis, particularly in the spheres of the EU acquis or the EU REMIT.

While assisting in the abovementioned task, the Consultant will have to: 

• Propose the system and process for an efficient documentation and report handling and addressing any requirements of USAID and Project Management tied with that.
• Adhere to the requirements of the Project Management concerning the standards, procedures concerning document handling and processing.
• Take into account the relevant EU, and also the Energy Community Regulatory Board (ECRB) primary, and secondary legislation and report templates.
• Propose the relevant planning, discussion, presentation materials, develop, draft, consult and assist in adopting by NEURC, MoE, as the case may be, of all elements of the frameworks, methodologies, algorithms, organizational structures, business processes etc., implementing the relevant EU-compliant practices in actual regulatory practice of Ukraine. 
• Facilitate, as the case may be, interface, cooperation and exchanges with the relevant institutions in Ukraine charged with the energy policy and regulatory matters.
• Assist in developing the roadmaps and action plans for adoption of the EU-compliant frameworks in Ukraine.
• Participate in the meetings, where necessary, to align with ESP, NEURC, MoE, GOCEEI, as the case may be, to facilitate the adoption of the EU -compliant energy legislative standards.
• Prepare the necessary packages of documents for presentation, discussion and adoption by the relevant stakeholders.

Minimum qualifications:

• Two years of experience in supporting the legal analysis, development of the EU acquis-pertinent legislation, documentation, and presentations, preferably in an international environment, or Ukrainian legal practice interfacing with the international partners.
• One year of experience in supporting the documentation, report handling and presentation development in an international environment.
• Experience in interfacing with the public institutions, ministries, energy regulators, or other relevant energy institutions and operators in Ukraine over a cumulated period of a minimum one year.
• Confirmed knowledge of the typical reporting requirements under the international donor-, or IFI-financed projects.

About Tetra Tech:

Tetra Tech combines the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 470 locations around the world. Our reputation rests on the technical expertise and dedication of our employees—22,000 associates working together to provide smart, scalable solutions for challenging projects. We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

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Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity, inclusion, and equity are among Tetra Tech’s core values. Throughout our history, the company has prioritized equitable inclusion of all people. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, military or veteran status, gender, age, disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information and any other characteristics protected by the law. We invite resumes from all interested parties. Please visit our website at www.tetratech.com to see the array of diverse services and exciting projects we are currently working on.

Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans for available positions.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Please no phone calls or agencies.

Additional Information

• Organization: 154 ESI