Job Description

We are a fast growing renewable energy information company with offices in UK and China, and we are looking for a business analyst with market research experience to work in China.

The job will start in summer 2008, and will be an open contract with an 18-month minimum period.

ENF has been operating for 3 years, and we now have 27 staff – 24 of whom are based in the China office.

Our company has the world’s most popular website for information about companies in the solar power industry (our website is in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese and Japanese), and we have a team of people making market research reports profiling the companies in the industry.

The job is in a city called Wuhu, which has low pollution and has less crime than England.

Compensation

ENF will provide accommodation within a shared apartment with other employees, salary will be low compared to UK but it will be around double the salary we pay to our Chinese staff. ENF will pay for your flight to and from China, and your visa application fees. In addition there are salary reviews every 6 months.


Key skill requirement

You don’t need to be able to speak any Chinese as all employees are fluent in English, and you don’t need any background in the renewable energy industry. However, we would like you to have one out of the following three advantages:

- Market research or business analyst experience
or
- Fluent in multiple languages
or
- Experience in the photovoltaic industry


Job Details

The job will be to work on ENF's market research reports - calling up company managers around the world to interview them about the details of their company, and then analysing the results from the primary data collection.

Examples of the projects ENF undertakes can be found on our website.

Note: Candidates must be willing to work on different time zones based on the projects they are working on. Eg. When undertaking research among European companies, staff will work 2pm until 11pm.

Qualifications/Skills Required

You don’t need to be able to speak any Chinese as all employees are fluent in English, and you don’t need any background in the renewable energy industry. However, we would like you to have one out of the following three advantages:

- Market research or business analyst experience
or
- Fluent in multiple languages
or
- Experience in the photovoltaic industry