Policy & Regulations Specialist

Job Req ID: ‎11013
Description:
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the
world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest
upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to
maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a
commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the
world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the
future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the
Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to
deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom,
but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely
on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst
the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

Saudi Aramco is looking to appoint an Advocacy Policy & Regulations
Specialist/Consultant to join the Corporate Support and Industry Insight Group
which reports to the Global Analysis Department within the Strategy & Market
Analysis Organization.
The core function of the Strategy & Market Analysis organization is to advise
the company's management and guide other departments within the company on
energy markets and outlooks, economic evaluations, oil and products pricing,
macroeconomic outlook, and international energy policies and regulations,
besides assisting in business planning and strategy formulation.
The Advocacy Specialist/Consultant role is to provide in-depth analysis and
regular updates on national, regional and global policy developments related
to climate change, energy and material transition, sustainability and relevant
technology and economic trends/developments The Specialist will monitor
current and future regulations and policy developments to identify possible
impacts on the Company's operations while also identifying opportunities to
engage with external stakeholders to develop studies, researches and
publications on relevant topics. As an expert in energy policy, the candidate
is expected to formulate the best approach to addressing these challenges and
participate in crafting key positions for the company to [advocate] on the
global stage. This work can include compiling statistics, analyzing policy
implications, synthesizing the information into meaningful reports and
recommendations, articles and other documents while working with complex set
of internal and external stakeholders. Moreover, the Advocacy
Specialist/Consultant will provide recommendations with regards to the
company's engagements in major events and conferences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop positions and crafting key messages for company management to advocate on the global stage.


• Interact with Corporate Executives to convey immediate and long-term policy trends, threats and opportunities impacting the company's global operations and strategy.


• Provide thought leadership around global energy, climate and economic scenarios.


• Provide rigorous analytical and research support, data analysis on policies that are directly or indirectly related to the global energy sectors.


• Monitor, evaluate and Forecast energy trends and other issues with implications for the policy landscape and regulatory environment.


• Create platforms and provide guidance on modelling, assumptions and analytical tools to evaluate policies and conduct policy impact assessments.


• Draft reports on technical and policy issues, be able to benchmark and apply best practices to the Company context.


• Provide expert judgment, by way of thorough analysis on queries from management involving global policy and regulation issues.


• Mentor young professionals and policy analysts to develop their analytical and research skills and recommend training and development pathways to progress their professional development.


• Provide support to Saudi Aramco events in order to increase employee understanding of energy policies and regulations.


• Able to work effectively with the minimum of supervision on ad-hoc tasks.


• Able to perform consistently with changing deadlines and shifting work priorities.


• Ensure both timeliness and a high level of analytical and editorial quality of work.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in, international/public policy, economics, environmental law, or energy related sciences and graduate degree in related field is required.


• At least ‎15-‎20 years of relevant professional experience in applied policy analysis, with at least ‎5 years of experience dealing with energy policies, regulations and corporate strategies.


• Proven ability to evaluate complex policy issues in a rigorous analytical fashion.


• Thorough understanding of current global energy policies. Experience in analysing policy and regulation in both developed and developing countries is a plus.


• Ability to work with and utilize scenario-based and modelling tools to produce various deliverables.


• Proven ability to interface and effectively communicate with management at all levels within the organization and with relevant external stakeholders.


• Proficient English written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate complex technical and legal concepts in a clear, impactful and succinct manner to individuals and groups from diverse professional backgrounds.
  Working environment
  Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding
  professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are
  remunerated accordingly.
  At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by
  investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a
  global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's
  biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily
  in talent development.
  We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many
  decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-
  specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs


• one of the largest in the world.
  Country/Region: SA