Behavioural Scientist to deliver the green energy transition!

Smart Innovation Norway is a non-profit research and innovation company that specializes in research-based business and societal development within sustainable energy, applied artificial intelligence, smart cities and communities and digital entrepreneurship.

The transition to a more sustainable energy system requires a fundamentally new approach to engage the end-customer as well as various relevant stakeholders as an integral part of the energy value chain. For instance, the customer is no longer just a recipient and user of energy, but both a potential producer, storage provider and flexibility agent. At the other end of the value chain, the green transition requires adaption and new skills from the energy sector.

With growing demand for behavioural science and social innovation towards creating a sustainable energy future we are looking for the right candidate to join our team in Halden, working closely with the Social Innovation Sections in Denmark and Finland! Innovation Norway has currently 75 employees head quartered in Halden. The company language is English.

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Smart Innovation Norway is a non-profit research and innovation company that specializes in research-based business and societal development within sustainable energy, applied artificial intelligence, smart cities and communities and digital entrepreneurship. With a growing demand for behavioral science and social innovation towards creating a sustainable energy future, we are looking for the right candidates to join our Social Innovation team.

WHY?

The transition to a more sustainable energy system requires a fundamentally new approach to engage the end-customer as well as various relevant stakeholders as an integral part of the energy value chain. The customer is no longer just a recipient and user of energy, but also a potential producer, storage provider and flexibility agent. At the other end of the value chain, the green transition requires adaption from energy sector stakeholders and the building of new skills.

WHO?

Our ideal candidate will have a background in social psychology or user experience design. They will have experience bridging theoretical concepts related to consumer behaviour and societal dynamics with real-work, actionable applications. This includes designing and implementing concrete strategies to engage citizens, communities, market actors and governance structures in relation to energy use and the design of energy systems.

WHAT?

We are hiring for the role of Behavioural Scientist. The successful candidate will join our team in Jystrup, Denmark, Helsinki, Finland or Halden, Norway. Please indicate your preferred place of work in the application.

The primary responsibility of the role will be to serve as the social science expert on recently won EU projects. In practice, this means working with large multi-disciplinary partners located across Europe on innovative research and development initiatives related to sustainability topics.

The positions will consist of:

• Conducting primary research (e.g. focus groups, workshops, surveys, interviews, user testing) together with internal teams and external partners
• Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative findings into actionable insights used to inform engagement actions, product/service design, and policy
• Designing and implementing concrete activities to engage stakeholders, end-users, and communities (e.g. living labs, co-creation workshops, strategic communications)
• Producing both academic articles and concise, easy-to-understand written and visual deliverables
• Developing behavioural models and frameworks related to topics such as behaviour change, decision-making, user acceptance, and governance
• Project management and report writing in international projects
• Facilitating collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team
• Regularly travelling across Europe for conferences, workshops, meetings, etc.

The best combination of experiences, skills and background is:

• A MSc or PhD degree in psychology, sociology, anthropology or other relevant social scientific degree.
• We prefer that you have 2-5 years of experience working in areas related to energy, sustainability and/or consumer insights. New graduates are also welcome to apply.
• Experience conducting primary research (e.g. moderating focus groups, designing surveys, one-on-one interviews) with various stakeholder groups
• Experience designing co-creation activities with community/citizen/end users/etc.
• Experience with project management tasks (e.g. setting timelines, allocating resources, establishing milestones)
• Experience working on EU-funded research and development projects (e.g. H2020, Horizon Europe)
• The ability to understand the big picture and communicate the necessary information to various audiences
• The ability to manage large initiatives with various teams and stakeholders
• Excellent written and spoken English is a must. Professional knowledge of other languages is also an advantage
• Knowledge of software of tools for facilitating workshops, activities etc. is also beneficial, but not required

What we offer:

• Full time, permanent contract
• Competitive salary and employee benefits. The salary is dependent on the country, experience and seniority level, but will normally be in the range between €4,000-€6,000/month.
• Flexible work culture
• Knowledgeable, ambitious, and welcoming team
• International and diverse work atmosphere

About us:

Smart Innovation Norway’s headquarters is based in Halden, Norway with offices in Sweden, Finland, Spain, India, Germany and Denmark. You would be joining our team in Denmark, with our office located in Jystrup just south of Roskilde, or in Finland, where our office is based in Helsinki, or with our office in Norway, Halden. We offer a hybrid approach to work, giving you the opportunity to work from home and also in the office to facilitate teamwork and obtain a good and strong working environment. You will have plenty of opportunities to influence your position, as the work would require networking capabilities and the drive to develop new proposals for the continuation of our common efforts to drive the green energy transition.

Our team is dedicated to innovative research, empowering the end-user and stakeholder engagement in the energy industry. We consider ourselves as a unique research and advisory consultancy in that we are dedicated to analyzing and influencing behavior and engagement with people.

Our team specializes in uncovering what is beyond, beneath and behind markets, stakeholders, management and employees. It enables us to provide new insights that support the development and application of new ideas and services linked to the green transformation of our society.

The transition to a more sustainable energy system requires a fundamentally new approach in which we engage stakeholders that are to becoming an integral part of the energy value chain. Therefore, we focus on facilitating the energy transition by placing consumers at the heart of future energy systems. However, with technical and complex solutions at its heart, the energy industry has not always been very appealing for the end customer and in this respect, we have specialized in understanding what drives engagement and participation and the implementation of engagement strategies. Smart Innovation Norway works both directly with utilities and other actors in the energy industry and through research with both national and international bodies.

Smart Innovation Norway has 75 employees from 17 nations and a had turnover in 2022 of NOK 74 million. The company is headquartered in Halden, and has offices in Oslo, Narvik, Stockholm, Barcelona, Delhi, Hagen (Germany), Helsinki and Jystrup (Denmark). Smart Innovation Norway leads the business clusters NCE Smart Energy Markets and Cluster for Applied AI.

How to apply:

If you are interested in the above position, please send your CV and cover letter in English, with a salary expectation.

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Application deadline: 31.03.2023 - we appricate if you apply as soon as possible, we'll interview consecutively.

The role is currently vacant and the successful candidate would ideally start as soon as possible.

We use background checks as apart of our recruitment process.

For any questions regarding this position, please do get in touch with our recruitment partner Bee2Bee AS.

Kristin Vestli, Recruiter

Mobil: +47 40412876

E-mail: [email protected]

We look forward to receiving your application!

Nøkkelord: Behavioral Psychology, Consumer Behavior, Human behavioral analyst, Behavioural Scientist, Green energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Innovation, Social Innovation, Sustainable Energy, end-customer, Social Psychology, User Experience Design, Strategy Implementation, Social Sciences, Focus Groups, Workshop, Survey Design, Interview Skills, User testing, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Project management, EU funding

Kilde: Jobnet.dk