Energy Trading Intern

Job Title: Energy Trading Intern

Department: Trading & Ops

Location: Johannesburg

About GreenCo

GreenCo acts as an intermediary offtaker and service provider purchasing power from renewable IPPs and selling that electricity to utilities and private sector offtakers (i.e. commercial and industrial users) and markets of the SAPP. Through its activities GreenCo will increase the supply of and demand for finance for energy projects and mobilise private sector capital more quickly towards critical and transformative capacity addition.

GreenCos vision is to lead innovation and sustainably transform renewable energy markets. This will be achieved through:

• Forward-looking approach to the deeper integration of power markets to unlock investment in renewable energy generation capacity.
• Focusing on creating impact through innovative new solutions in the energy sector.
• Fostering an agile start-up culture with a focus on individual responsibility and personal impact.

GreenCo offers an excellent dynamic and exciting work environment for the right candidate with significant potential for further personal development and career advancement.

The Role in Context

The Energy Trading Intern role is an immersive high-impact internship designed to develop future energy traders and commercial professionals within the structured GreenCo trading desk environment. The intern will work closely at the Trading Desk across daily market operations trade execution support market analysis and commercial processes gaining hands-on exposure to the full lifecycle of energy trading in the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and bilateral markets.

The internship emphasizes front-office trading support while providing structured exposure to risk performance monitoring reconciliation and settlements workflows enabling the intern to develop a holistic understanding of how a professional energy trading desk operates. This role is designed as a talent pipeline into Trading and Operations roles within the organization.

Key Duties:

• Monitoring day ahead and intra day power market conditions
  
• Assisting in energy scheduling dispatch analysis and market bids
• Tracking price trends demand forecast and supply dynamics
• Support contract administration activities including maintaining contract registers and key commercial terms
• Analysing energy trading risks and opportunities
• Updating trading models dashboards and performance trackers
• Assisting with market research related to regional power systems
• Supporting trading desk documentation and reporting

The Opportunity

Successful candidates support analytical and technical workstreams such as:

• Energy market and tariff analysis

• Financial commercial and risk modelling

• Data analytics and decisionsupport tools

• Power system planning and electricity market studies

This opportunity allows graduates to apply rigorous quantitative skills to realworld challenges within the energy sector.

Qualifications and Skills Requirements:

GreenCo is seeking highpotential recent graduates and finalyear students from the University with strong quantitative and analytical backgrounds to join our internship and earlycareer talent pipeline.

• Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

• Engineering (especially Electrical Industrial and related fields)

• Statistics Data Science Operations Research or similar programmes

This opportunity allows graduates to apply rigorous quantitative skills to realworld challenges within the energy sector. Successful candidates support analytical and technical workstreams such as:

• Energy market and tariff analysis

• Financial commercial and risk modelling

• Data analytics and decisionsupport tools

• Power system planning and electricity market studies

Application Requirements:

Candidates must submit the following documents:

1. Updated CV
2. University results transcript
3. Cover letter addressing:

1. 1. Why you are interested in joining Africa GreenCo.
   2. What unique skills experiences and perspectives you can contribute to the organization.

All the above documents are required for the application to be considered.

Time Commitment

This is a full-time role. While the standard working week is 40 hours the ideal candidate must be willing to work flexible hours to achieve GreenCos business objectives.

Conflict of Interest

Potential conflicts of interest must be declared and discussed prior to this appointment.

Reporting Lines

This role is reports to the Chief Operating Officer or his/her delegate.

Information About GreenCo

For more information about GreenCo visit our website

Required Experience:

Junior IC