Careers

The LDES Council is a global non-profit organization, with founding members and a Board made up of executives and business leaders from leading energy companies, technology providers, investors, and end-users. The LDES Council advances the decarbonization of our world through the acceleration of long-duration energy storage by providing member-driven, fact-based guidance and research on the deployment of long-duration energy storage for society's benefit. 

We are seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and proactive Project Administrator to join our team and support our rapid growth. This position plays a key support role on projects that includes administration, project management, event support and stakeholder engagement. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual interested in learning about the ins and outs of building a new high-profile initiative and applying their experience in nonprofit and business operations.

Application Process
Please submit your current CV (max. 2 pages) and a short letter outlining your motivation and vision for the role to careers@ldescouncil.com using “Recruiting: Project Admin” as the email subject line.

Working at the LDES Council

This is a full time position and the LDES Council offers the following benefits: 

• Collaborative culture in a fast paced industry
• Purposeful work to help combat global warming and climate change
• Competitive salary with annual raises and bonuses
• Individual and family medical, dental and vision insurance coverage options
• 401k program with 3% matching contributions
• Generous paid time off, including: local holidays, four weeks paid time off, Christmas to New Years, your birthday
• Paid parental leave
• Technology stipend for home office
• Global travel opportunities (conferences, team building meetings)

The LDES Council is an equal opportunity employer.

Essential Functions

• Organize meetings, presentations, seminars, training, and other events and ensure all members of the department and members of our organization are invited and well-informed.
• Plan meetings, webinars, in-person events (happy hours with our members, various global conferences) from start to finish according to requirements.
• Coordinate internal resources and 3rd parties/vendors for successful execution of projects.
• Responsible for coordinating project activities, managing schedules, and ensuring project deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
• Support the core team with a variety of administrative tasks, including general scheduling, note-taking, data entry, formatting and editing documents, and organizing documents and materials.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Project Administrator, Event Manager or a similar role.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Strong multitasking skills with the ability to prioritize tasks.
• Problem-solving skills with a keen eye for details.
• Exceptional time-management and organizational skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal as well as written communication skills.

Location

Candidates are ideally based in the United States or Western Europe. This position is remote.

The LDES Council is a global non-profit organization, with founding members and a Board made up of executives and business leaders from leading energy companies, technology providers, investors, and end-users. The LDES Council advances the decarbonization of our world through the acceleration of long-duration energy storage by providing member-driven, fact-based guidance and research on the deployment of long-duration energy storage for society's benefit.

The LDES Council is hiring a long duration energy storage research analyst to support our rapid growth. In this role, you will be accountable for ensuring that written documents and reports published by the Council have a clear and uniform voice, developing and maintaining a comprehensive dataset including all global development of long duration energy storage

Application Process
Please submit your current CV (max. 2 pages) and a short letter outlining your motivation and vision for the role to careers@ldescouncil.com using “Recruiting: LDES Research Analyst” as the email subject line.

Working at the LDES Council

This is a full time position and the LDES Council offers the following benefits:

• Collaborative culture in a fast paced industry
• Purposeful work to help combat global warming and climate change
• Competitive salary with annual raises and bonuses
• Individual and family medical, dental and vision insurance coverage options
• 401k program with 3% matching contributions
• Generous paid time off, including: local holidays, three weeks paid time off, and Christmas to New Years, your birthday
• Paid parental leave Technology stipend for home office

The LDES Council is an equal opportunity employer. projects internationally, owning a large written annual report covering annual LDES Council activity and “state of the industry.” This role will help ensure and enable development of long duration energy storage solutions and global decarbonization efforts.

Essential Functions

• Provide additional research with our member’s LDES projects and build on our lists and trackers
• Communicate with researchers and consultants on various modeling strategies and outputs
• Maintain and develop detailed records with information and communication from research efforts in an organized data set
• Translate data into graphics for members and public forums
• Review and edit all written and presentation material published by the LDES Council for readability, uniform voice, and cohesiveness
• Develop a range of graphics to translate key messages for written and presentation material
• Own the process for developing a large written annual report summarizing the ‘LDES state of the industry’
• Develop and maintain a timeline to ensure on-time completion of the annual report and help with project management
• Work collaboratively with the team to develop content for the annual report
• Ensure data privacy for all information collected

Qualifications

• Oral and written communication skills
• Research, fact-checking, and validation skills
• Analytical and critical thinking skills
• Focus and organization for work on multiple tasks and projects
• Problem-solving to address the challenges of data collection and analysis

Location

Candidates are ideally based in Europe or the United States. This position is remote.

Travel. There will be some travel.