Korea Program Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in South Korea.

📋 Description

• Assist in the execution of AIGCC’s Korea initiative, concentrating on Korea’s climate, energy, and sustainable finance policies and their implications for institutional investors.

• Track and evaluate Korean policies related to climate, energy, and sustainable finance, including the Korea Green Transformation strategy, planning for electricity supply and demand, coal phase-out initiatives, and emissions trading.

• Create English briefings that articulate policy updates and their potential impact on investors.

• Develop a thorough understanding of Korea’s power sector, encompassing electricity market design, tariffs, KEPCO’s financial status, grid investments, and renewable energy procurement and generation sources.

• Contribute to AIGCC’s research efforts and engagement strategies.

• Write consultation responses, investor correspondence, and policy briefings.

• Organize and document meetings and roundtables with Korean ministries, regulators, and public agencies.

• Assist in the planning and execution of investor roadshows, roundtables, and seminars in Korea.

• Collaborate with the communications team on media monitoring, press releases, and content in both Korean and English.

• Work alongside thematic leaders, sector specialists, and global investor networks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in energy or environmental policy, economics, finance, public policy, sustainability, or a related discipline.

• One to three years of pertinent work experience in a research institute, think tank, consultancy, financial institution, non-profit organization, public sector entity, or energy company.

• Proven capability to independently lead internal projects from conceptualization and design to successful completion.

• Established experience in effectively collaborating with partners, global coalitions, and specialized consultants to achieve collective project goals.

• Genuine enthusiasm for energy and power sector policies, including electricity markets, grid and renewable energy investments, coal phase-out strategies, and carbon pricing.

• Eagerness to develop expertise in energy and climate policy.

• Native proficiency in Korean.

• Professional proficiency in English.

• Exceptional professional writing skills.

• High-level verbal presentation abilities tailored for institutional financial audiences.

• Comfortable working autonomously within distributed or remote team settings.

• Practical experience using advanced AI tools, prompt engineering techniques, or large language models to enhance workflows and increase operational efficiency.

🏝️ Benefits

• 20 days of annual leave.

• Birthday leave.

• 3 days of recharge leave during the Christmas and New Year period.

• Study leave of up to 5 days.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Emphasis on work/life balance.