Project Management Officer - Energy and Sustainable Business Program
This is a hybrid position which requires 8 days per month in the office. You will be based in our office in WRI Indonesia, Jakarta. Existing work authorization is required at the time of application submission as WRI is unable to sponsor any visa work sponsorship for this position.
The Energy and Sustainable Business (ESB) program works to accelerate Indonesia’s transition toward a low-carbon economy while supporting continued economic development. In support of Indonesia’s net-zero emissions and energy transition goals, we work across both the demand and supply sides of the energy system: helping businesses reduce emissions and access cleaner energy, while also advancing the broader conditions needed to accelerate renewable energy deployment. In collaboration with industries and industrial parks, business associations, key ministries, PLN, financial institutions, and other partners, we provide technical assistance and capacity building to businesses, support policy and regulatory improvements that enable greater renewable energy integration into the grid, and help strengthen the investment ecosystem needed for renewable energy projects to scale. Combining policy and technical expertise with WRI’s convening power, the program seeks to bring together government, businesses, utilities, investors, and other stakeholders to translate Indonesia’s energy transition ambitions into concrete action, investment, and measurable emissions reductions.
One of our projects, MENTARI, is a UK–Indonesia low-carbon energy partnership delivered by the Humanis–WRI Indonesia Consortium. The program aims to strengthen Indonesia’s renewable energy enabling environment through two mutually reinforcing strands: Policy Reform and Investment Support. Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), environmental and social governance, adaptive management, and institutional capacity strengthening are embedded across program delivery. Through the Investment Support Strand, MENTARI aims to improve project readiness and bankability, increase the visibility of credible renewable energy opportunities, strengthen connections between project sponsors and capital providers, and increase the likelihood that selected projects progress toward due diligence or financing discussions. The program will engage stakeholders, including Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), PLN, the Ministry of Investment/BKPM, PT SMI, IIF, commercial banks, development finance institutions, climate and impact investors, renewable energy developers, industrial estates, corporate energy users, technology providers, and relevant industry associations.
Through this project, we aim to address the barriers of RE deployment through a structured pipeline-to-investment pathway. The project will refresh, validate, and prioritize renewable energy project opportunities from existing and new pipelines; conduct project screening and investment-readiness diagnostics; deliver targeted technical assistance and project preparation support; explore bundling and aggregation mechanisms; develop investor-relevant project materials; and facilitate engagement with financiers, investors, corporate off-takers, government institutions, and other market actors.
The Project Management Officer will provide day-to-day project management and delivery support to the MENTARI Investment Support Strand. The role will support the project team in maintaining delivery discipline across workplans, technical-assistance assignments, procurement documentation, project records, reporting inputs, stakeholder coordination, and programme administration.
The Officer will support effective project implementation by coordinating administrative and project management processes and ensuring that technical and investment-support activities are well documented, traceable, and delivered on schedule. The position will prepare first drafts and administrative sections under technical direction, maintain project files and trackers, coordinate routine follow-up with consultants and stakeholders, and assist in preparing reporting evidence and management updates.
The position will be based in Jakarta with an office-flexible work arrangement and will require travel to project locations across Indonesia. In support of WRI’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, this position will ensure that GEDSI and ESG considerations are meaningfully incorporated into project selection, preparation, stakeholder engagement, and investment decision-making.
Full-time with fixed-term employment agreement for 6 (six) months with a possibility of extension up to 31 March 2028 subject to individual performance, project needs, and budget availability.
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WRI works to improve people’s lives, protect and restore nature and stabilize the climate. As an independent research organization, we leverage our data, expertise and global reach to influence policy and catalyze change across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. Our 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations.
