Program Overview
The Energy and Sustainable Business (ESB) program works to advance decarbonization among businesses, accelerating a just transition towards net-zero emissions in Indonesia while balancing the need for economic development. Supporting Indonesiaโs pledge on Net Zero Emissions and energy transition, we are seeking to advance the private sector's contribution towards net zero, at any scale of business. With our partners in the companies, KADIN Net Zero Hub, business associations, industrial parks, PLN, and key ministries, we instill the decarbonization journey framework through training and technical assistance with the private sector. This long-term effort requires both policy and technical knowledge, combined with WRIโs convening power, to ultimately move the key stakeholders to take action and achieve the intended emission reduction.
One of our projects, Sustainable Energy Transition in Indonesia (SETI), has the main objective to support Indonesiaโs energy transition by increasing the share of renewable energy and improving the energy efficiency of key industries, as well as the built environment. To achieve this, SETI follows a multi-level approach that focuses on the demand perspective: it demonstrates innovative technologies and business cases to encourage private sector actors to replicate successful renewable energy and energy efficiency approaches in industry. This is accompanied by improving the readiness of financial instruments for sustainable energy investments. Through piloting integrated energy planning and its implementation on the municipal level, SETI will also bring the topic of decarbonization to the sub-national level. Finally, SETI loops back results, lessons learned, and experiences to the national level to design a relevant and fertile policy framework.
The WRIโs ESB team is advancing our expertise in nurturing the ecosystem of decarbonization within manufacturing industries (e.g. cement, chemical, iron & steel, etc.), strengthening our institutional knowledge on clean heat solution and energy efficiency, and to co-create energy supply strategies to meet the industriesโ demand for clean energy with our partners. Industrial Park is an important part of the industrial climate transition where innovations are urgently needed. Its unique nature of operation -clusters of industries, managed by an industrial park management company- opens opportunities for more integrated climate solutions such as integrated energy planning, circularity, district heating/cooling, and integrated green procurement. Through the ESB program, we aim to support industrial park transformation by adopting a sustainable framework for industrial parks and implementing more climate solutions to provide replicable best practices.
Job Highlight
The Industrial Park Analyst will play a key role in shaping WRI Indonesiaโs strategy and research on industrial decarbonization within industrial parks. This role directly supports the organizationโs mission to reduce emissions, increase clean energy adoption, and improve productivity across high-emitting industrial zones.
At the project level, the analyst will work closely with the SETI Senior Project Lead to provide technical, analytical, and strategic input for activities targeting energy transition in industrial parks. These include industrial profiling, energy audits, mapping infrastructure needs, identifying investment barriers, and assessing the potential for low-carbon technologies. The Analyst will support the development of decarbonization pathways and help design enabling frameworks that promote cleaner production systems in collaboration with industrial park managers, tenant companies, and government stakeholders.
Beyond SETI, the Analyst is expected to contribute to WRIโs broader energy and sustainable business agenda by supporting research publications, policy recommendations, knowledge-sharing platforms, and stakeholder engagement.
The Industrial Park Analyst will be reporting directly to SETI Senior Program Lead while expected to work closely and collaboratively with Energy Effciency Senior Specialist and other relevat personnel within the team. This position will be based in Jakarta with office-flex working arrangement and travel requirement as needed. In support of WRI's DEI commitment, you are responsible for actively participating in these collaborative efforts by integrating equity into your work, our workplace, and the organizational culture.
What You Will Do
Research
- Map and benchmark energy use across Indonesian industrial estates (SIER, Batamindo, etc.) using site visits, utility data, and GIS tools.
- Identify low-carbon opportunities (waste-heat recovery, solar rooftops, cogeneration) tailored to local context and infrastructure constraints.
- Model demand-side management scenarios and renewable energy integration using local data and national regulation.
- Develop policy recommendations for Government Institutions on incentives, ESCO frameworks, and industrial park regulations.
- Support the ESB team to provide capacity building to utilities, government stakeholders, industrial parks, and corporates on energy transition and energy planning.
- Provide the team with technical considerations and strategy to deliver technical assistance to the industrial park through workplan development, stakeholder assessment, and daily team coordination.
- Develop knowledge products (e.g., working paper, report, presentation, policy brief, blogpost, etc.) on topics related to the industrial parkโs energy transition and industrial decarbonization, capturing best practices and learnings from SETI implementation.
- In coordination with WRIโs RDI and team and internal/external experts to ensure quality of research products.
- Lead coordination and work with subject matter experts (e.g., consultants/experts, universities, governments, research institutions) to produce research products.
- Represent WRI Indonesia in relevant national and international events whenever necessary.
Project Coordination
- Engage with targeted key stakeholders, including relevant government officials, industrial park companies, companies, technology developers, and ESCOs to deliver technical assistance.
- Monitor and evaluate technical implementation of SETIโs technical assistance to companies to ensure quality and punctuality.
- Proactively contribute to internal discussions and external discussions with SETIโs key stakeholders, including donors, government, companies, and technology developers
- Provide technical and strategic advice to the SETI Senior Project Lead, ESB Senior Manager, and ESB Engagement Manager on the observed technical implementationsโ gaps and opportunities, potential collaborations and resource management.
- Contribute to proposal writing and project reports related to an energy-sustainable business portfolio.
- Coordinate with other programs or international offices for any joint discussions and events related to energy efficiency.
What You Will Need
- Bachelorโs degree in Energy Systems, Industrial Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 (four) years of experience working in energy analysis, energy policy research, or industrial park development.
- Proven in-depth understanding and experience in conducting industrial park projects with partners or clients.
- Demonstrated thought leadership and ideas to advance the industrial park in Indonesia.
- Ability to contribute to designing and implementing a robust approach to collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data and consider impacts on people, climate, and nature, as appropriate.
- Ability to define research questions and select a research approach that matches the questions, with limited manager guidance.
- Ability to communicate research approach and findings effectively to technical audiences, both internally and externally. Develop skills to effectively communicate technical information to non-expert audiences, with manager support.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to maintain positive coordination within the team and with external counterparts.
- A well-organized and detail-oriented personality with great time management skills to work on multiple projects.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced office environment, both independently and as part of a global team.
- Adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and able to manage multiple deadlines and deliver high-quality work product
- Fluent verbal and written communications in both Bahasa Indonesia and English
- Ability and willingness to travel to other Indonesian provinces and overseas for business purposes.
- Legally able to work in Indonesia.
Contract Arrangement
Full-time with fixed-term employment agreement up to 30 April 2026 with 3 (three) months of consultancy contract apply before the fixed-term employment agreement started.
What we offer
- Salary that is commensurate with experience and skills
- Competitive and comprehensive benefit package
- Access to the WRI global network
- Opportunity to join and/or get involved in different working groups
- A workplace that strives to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
- A chance to have an impact and to develop your career within a mission driven organization
Must have authorization to work in Indonesia to be eligible for this position.
Final candidates might be required to take a writing test and to produce two writing samples when needed.
How to apply: In order to be formally considered, please submit an updated resume and cover letter through WRI career portal.
Application close: 17.00 (DKI Jakarta local time), 28 May 2025. We will close the advert earlier when the best candidates are identified at earlier dates.
This is a locally engaged position; Indonesian nationals are encouraged to apply.
About Us
Founded in 1982, the World Resources Institute (WRI) is an independent, nonprofit global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. We are working to address seven critical challenges that the world must overcome this decade to secure a sustainable future for people and the planet: climate change, energy, food, forests, water, sustainable cities, and the ocean. WRI has a global staff of over 1,800 people with work spanning 60 countries. We have offices in Africa, Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia and the United States, as well as a growing presence in other countries and regions.
The foundation of our work is delivering high-quality research, data, maps, and analysis to solve the worldโs greatest environment and international development challenges and improve peopleโs lives. We work with leaders in government, business, and civil society to drive ambitious action and create change on the ground. Equally important, we bring together partners to develop breakthrough ideas and scale-up solutions for far-reaching, enduring impact.
Our mission and values:
WRIโs mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earthโs environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
Our values are shared ideals that bind us together: Integrity, Innovation, Urgency, Independence, Respect.
Our culture:
WRI is committed to advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our mission and applies this principle to our organizational and programmatic practices. We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, we embrace all diversity and encourage women, gender diverse communities, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply. Recognizing our strong commitment to gender equality, WRI has also been awarded EDGE certification.
WRI Indonesia is national entity (Yayasan) associated with the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity, and human well-being. WRI work with various stakeholders in the natural resources sector to support policy and management that are both profitable and sustainable. WRI work with leaders in more than 50 countries for more than 30 years, with offices in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the United States.
Launched in early 2014, WRI Indonesia builds on WRIโs 10-year history in the country, and strengthens our impact on the ground. In the short-to-medium term, WRI Indonesia aims to expand its presence and portfolio to include projects in the climate, energy, as well as city and transportation programs.