[Hiring] Independent Consultancy - Technical Planning and Coordination @Global Energy Monitor

Role Description

ORA seeks an independent consultant, serving as Technical Coordinator, to facilitate and project manage the technical planning of building a shared data infrastructure across the five member organizations. The consultancy includes the interviews and research needed to develop concrete, detailed proposals for how members’ data can be integrated and supports members in agreeing on shared standards, a recommended architecture, and a roadmap for the next phase of the platform and the flagship product, the Open Energy Outlook. The result will be a consortium plan co-authored with the members.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years of working experience in data architecture, data management, or data product development, preferably in climate and energy data.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating and managing technical projects or working groups across multiple organizations in English.

Requirements

• Strong facilitation skills and experience building consensus among organizations with different practices and priorities.
• Demonstrated experience designing or implementing data integration and interoperability, such as common schemas, identifiers or entity resolution, metadata standards, and data documentation.
• Knowledge of the open energy data ecosystem, including open datasets, open-source energy modeling tools, and reproducible data pipelines.
• Experience with platform architecture choices (hosted, federated, and hybrid), versioned data releases, and APIs.
• Understanding of how AI systems consume data, including machine-readable metadata, APIs, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
• Experience working with open-source, open-data, digital public goods, research, or mission-driven organizations, including governance, licensing, and data stewardship.
• Based in Europe, to support time zone overlap with consortium members. Eligibility for an independent consultancy will be assessed in the country where the services will be performed before a contract is offered.

Benefits

• The estimated level of effort is equivalent to approximately 20 hours per week over the assignment.
• The proposed budget allocation for this consultancy is approximately US$135,000.
• Services will be provided on a time and materials basis at an hourly or daily rate agreed before execution.

Application Submission Details

Interested candidates must submit their CV and cover letter through GEM’s Careers Page no later than November 11, 2026. Please provide:

• Resume or CV.
• Cover letter: a brief letter addressing (1) your experience related to the assignment - including past experience with data integration, interoperability standards, and facilitation across multiple organizations; (2) your availability and earliest start date; and (3) your location and time zone.
• One or two examples of relevant work, such as a data architecture proposal, interoperability framework, technical roadmap, or report developed through collaboration across organizations. Please briefly describe your contribution to each example. Links or anonymized excerpts are welcome; please do not submit confidential materials.
• Your proposed hourly or daily rate in US dollars. If quoting a daily rate, please indicate the number of hours included.
• References may be requested from shortlisted candidates.