Traineeship – Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)

Call for Trainees in the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)

The traineeship addresses mainly young university graduates, without excluding those who – in the framework of lifelong learning – have recently obtained a university degree and are at the beginning of a new professional career. ACER are looking for nine (9) trainees in total, for various teams across all departments of the Agency.
The trainees will be assigned to following teams:
• IT/ICT Team (Administration Department)
Duties include:
− contribution to the installation, configuration and administration of computer systems and networks of the Agency
− local IT user support
− setup and maintain office automation environments (installation of workstations, printers, telephones and other peripherals)
• Human Resources Team (Administration Department)
Duties include:
− Assistance in the organisation of selection procedures and maintaining electronic and paper records of the selection procedures
− Assisting in the coordination of all training activities of the Agency
− Supporting day to day operations of the HR Team
• Press and Communication Team (Director’s Office)
Duties include:
− Supporting the implementation of website changes and other digital communication activities
− Supporting ACER media monitoring activities
− Assisting the planning and implementation of external and internal communication actions
− Assisting with administrative tasks related to the work of the Communications team
• Market Monitoring Team (Gas Department)
Duties include:
− Data collection and treatment
− Spread sheet modelling
− Monitoring of the Internal Energy Market
− Monitoring the congestion level of gas transportation networks
− Under supervision, drafting documents relating to the above mentioned activities
• Framework Guidelines and Network Codes Team (Gas Department)
Duties include:
− Data collection and treatment
− Monitoring of Network Codes implementation
− Preparation of work on the Gas Regional Initiative
− Under supervision, interactions with NRAs and other stakeholders (such as ENTSOG) on these topics
− Under supervision, drafting documents relating to the above mentioned activities

• Infrastructure Team (Gas Department)
Duties include:
− Data collection and treatment
− Monitoring of infrastructure development
− Contributing to reviewing ENTSOG documents
− Under supervision, interactions with NRAs and other stakeholders (such as ENTSOG) on these topics
− Under supervision, drafting documents relating to the above mentioned activities
• Market Monitoring Team (Electricity Department)
Duties include:
− Reviewing relevant literature
− Data collection and management
− Performing statistical calculations and analysis
− Presenting and drafting findings from the analysis
• TSO Cooperation Team (Electricity Department)
Duties include:
− Reviewing of submitted development plans (Ten Year Network Development Plan and regional investment plans) and PCI project reports
− Contribution to the preparation of a consolidated report on progress of PCIs
− Using tools like Excel and SharePoint
− Performing statistical calculations and analysis
− Presenting and drafting findings from the analysis
• REMIT Market Conduct Team (Market Monitoring Department)
Duties include:
− Review of economic literature on Market Abuse
− Review of public Decisions on Market Abuse and Abuse of Dominance
− Collaboration in the process of software implementation (case management toll)
− Preparation of contributions to policy documents
− Performing statistical calculations and analysis
Each trainee will have a traineeship advisor, who will be in charge of the trainee for the
entire period of the traineeship.

Trainees receive a monthly grant of 500 EUR. Traineeship may last from a minimum of three to a maximum of five months. In duly justified and exceptional cases, the traineeship might be extended by up to one month.
• Start date of the traineeship: 01 March 2015
• End date of the traineeship: 31 July 2015

The place of traineeship will be Ljubljana (Slovenia), where ACER is based.

Applications must be sent by e-mail by 4th January 2015 (closing time 23:59 Ljubljana time).

Read more and apply here.