PV Solar Energy Engineer (for daily paid purposes)

Duties and Responsibilities

In accordance with Agency policy and procedures, the incumbent:

• Assists Field Electromechanical Engineer with all UNRWA Photo Voltaic (PV) solar projects initiating, managing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting in all UNRWA installations, ensuring Field’s PV projects align with the Agency’s standards and instructions from ICID, HQA and Design Section HQ(G), that reflects relevant strategy and industry best practices in the electrical and solar domain.
• Supports in the assessments of the site’s conditions, including residential or commercial solar power systems, to facilitate the work of design team, including collecting structural, electrical, and related information.
• Implements the designs works of photovoltaic (PV) solar systems, which may include amendments in the design, BoQ, cost estimate and TOR in coordination with the Design team at HQs.
• Monitors and supervise the solar system projects, ensure compliance with the projects design and other project documents, includes providing technical direction or support to installation teams; checks and valuates the performed works to release payments.
• Creates electrical single-line diagrams, panel schedules, connection diagrams or graphical representation for solar electric systems, using related software.
• Provides advise on energy saving techniques, such as water heater wraps, pipe insulation, weather-stripping, door sweeps, or low flow showerheads, and monitors their installation, if accepted; answers questions on relevant topics such as the costs of running or the selection of energy efficient appliances.
• Conducts technical evaluation of photovoltaic projects (on grid , off grid ) & ( Wheeling ), including performance and costing issues, and provides advise on alternative to the supervisor.
• In coordination with the supervisor, contacts electricity utility company and regulatory authorities with regard to solar PV projects, to facilitate project’s installation and operation.
• Perform other duties as required

Work Location

UNRWA- Field Locations

Expected duration

Contract for 9 months with the possibility of further extension, subject to the availability of funds, satisfactory performance, and continuing need

Result of Service

Type of Contract:

Daily Paid contract modality only

Monthly salary JD 843.50 fils, includes transportation.

Qualifications/special skills

• BSc in power electrical engineering or Energy Technologies.
• At least five years’ experience in PV solar energy projects (on grid & off grid) & wheeling project

Competencies

• Ability to maintain good working relationship with users and work within team environment.
• Good Communication (both written& verbal) skills
• Ability to prioritize and Evaluate work.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to take initiative and produce sound professional judgment.
• Knowledge of photovoltaic system in local & international Markets

Language

• Good command of written and spoken English and Arabic.

Please list all languages that you know including your mother tongue and indicate your proficiency level from the drop-down list provided in the system considering the below:

If you possess an excellent level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Fluent” in your application.

If you possess a good or very good level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as

“Confident” in your application.

If you possess a basic level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Basic” in your application.

Additional Information

UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance.

UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions.

If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference for one of the most vulnerable communities in the world, UNRWA would like to hear from you.

– The incumbent will be required to travel in the JFO Agency’s area of operations.

During the assessment, the applications will be given preference based on the following desirable qualifications:

• Professional of a valid driving license in Jordan.
• Good experience in photovoltaic system implementation.
• Training courses in solar energy.
• Provided very good understanding of the context of Palestine refugees and UNRWA operations.

The shortlisted candidates will be afterward evaluated based on:

• Technical Test
• Competency-based Interview

Equivalency:

Equivalency may apply for this post.

• Candidates with a combination of additional relevant academic qualifications and/or additional years of progressive work experience may also be considered on equivalency.

NB: Work experience alone or formal qualifications with no relevant work experience are not considered an acceptable combination.

General Information:

• This vacancy notice is open to internal and external candidates. Only candidates residing in Jordan, and within commuting distance of the duty station with authorization to work in the duty station at the time of application are eligible to apply.
• The Agency will not assume responsibility or accountability to support or facilitate the issuance of work permit in Jordan, and without a valid work permit, the appointment may be rescinded.
• Since the Vacancy is an Area Staff post, the Agency will not provide coverage for relocation costs.
• Preference will be given to registered Palestine refugees and candidates assisting the Agency to meet its commitment to gender parity. UNRWA welcomes applications from qualified candidates with disabilities.
• To ensure efficiency and timeliness of the recruitment process, if a large number of applicants pass the test, the Agency may decide to invite to the interview only the candidates with the top scores to ensure a manageable number of candidates to proceed to the personal interview stage.
• UNRWA encourages applications from qualified and experienced women.
• A roster may be created from the selection exercise, and successful candidates may become eligible for appointment to the same post or a similar post. In the case of multiple or recurring posts, that a roster will be created from which the candidates will be selected for appointment;
• Only applications that have been fully completed in UNRWA’s online e-recruitment system inspira will be considered and no late applications will be accepted. The PHP should be completed with full relevant work experience under the experience tabs as per the requirements in the Job Opening. All acquired university degrees must also be stated, if applicable. Please make sure that your application is filled in properly, correctly, and completely; any missing or incomplete information may lead to the rejection of the application by the system. Applicants applying to positions for Grades 12 to 20 or LDC Bands E to H must submit a cover letter/motivational statement in order to be considered. Additionally, providing incorrect or misleading information on an application will result in the immediate disqualification of a candidate.
• Applicants will be disqualified when it becomes apparent that he or she provided incorrect, incomplete or misleading information on his or her personal history profile or during the recruitment process. If the applicant is also a staff member, the provision of incorrect, incomplete or misleading information in the personal history profile may also amount to misconduct. The Agency may indefinitely refuse to accept applications from an applicant who has previously provided incorrect, incomplete or misleading information on his or her personal history profile or during a recruitment process or committed plagiarism.
• For UNRWA internal staff, they are required to specify and include their current UNRWA

grade level. To do so applicants should select under “Category” RLG, scroll down to see all categories, then select their local grade.

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• The Agency may disqualify applicants whose name appears on the UN Sanctions List or a UN database of staff separated for reason of misconduct or of staff who separated whilst misconduct processes were pending.
• UNRWA shares investigation and misconduct information with other UN Agencies, and past and prospective employers, about staff members who have been separated for misconduct, or who have separated whilst an investigation and/or disciplinary process for misconduct is underway; and such persons may be prohibited from employment with the United Nations.
• The Agency will immediately disqualify applicants who are ineligible for any reason in accordance with the Agency regulatory framework.
• UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states, regional bodies, business foundations and individual contributions. The mission of UNRWA is to help Palestine refugees achieve their full potential in human development under the difficult circumstances in which they live.

For more details on UNRWA, please visit: https://www.unrwa.org

• Applications from UNRWA staff member who had been demoted with deferred eligibility for promotion will not be considered.
• Applications from Staff members who were recipients under the Early Voluntary Retirement or Exceptional Voluntary Separation Schemes will not be considered.
• Applications from Internal candidates serving for less than one year in their current post will not be considered.
• The Agency reserves the right not to make an appointment, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description or to change the contract Modality.
• A candidate is not eligible for consideration if he or she was short-listed and found not suitable for the same post within the previous 12 months unless the post description has since been altered by 30% or more, as determined by ODCS.
• UNRWA reserves the right to proceed only with internal candidates or proceed with the candidates of an under-represented gender for any vacancy announcement when it determines that the short-list for a single post at any grade level is excessively long.

United Nations Considerations

The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. (Charter of the United Nations – Chapter 3, article 8). The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

As per UN policy, Consultants and Individual Contractors may not apply for or be appointed to any position in the Professional or above categories and for positions at the FS-6 and FS-7 levels in the Field Service category within six months of the end of their current or most recent service. This restriction does not apply to associate experts(Junior Professional Officers) appointed under the Staff Rules.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS