About the job

Job summary

Shape the policy that delivers a greener, fairer energy system for the UK. Join Ofgem’s Infrastructure Group and be at the forefront of the drive to deliver Net Zero!  

Ofgem as the industry regulator exists to ensure prices are fair, build resilience across the energy sector, facilitate infrastructure investment, and develop and deliver effective market reforms and governance arrangements. We work for consumers and with many industry partners. Energy fuels our society and our economy. That’s why our policy work is so important, and so rewarding. It protects consumers. It enables businesses. It influences the entire energy industry. And it helps to bring about the seismic societal and infrastructure changes that will be the foundations for a Net Zero future.  

These roles will sit within Ofgem’s Infrastructure group. We are responsible for designing new regulatory regimes for price controls and major projects, developing new regimes in low carbon technologies, delivering change to energy systems, wholesale markets and governance arrangements and much more.  

The purpose of these roles is to produce robust analysis to make evidence-based recommendations on technical policy areas to decision makers. You will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of regulatory policy design and delivery, as part of collaborative and dynamic teams with industry leading experts. It is challenging but vitally important and highly rewarding work, and we aim to create the best possible environment for people to grow and develop their careers.   

To join us, you will need excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You will also bring experience in collaboration and engaging with multiple stakeholders as well as project management skills.  

The ongoing professional development, training and support of all our dedicated colleagues is at the core of our way of working. You can also expect an excellent benefits package, a great working environment sounded by professional expertise to learn from and with, hybrid working, and a shared sense of purpose.  

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. While this is a full-time role, flexible working patterns and job shares are welcome. 

Job description

Purpose 

Energy policy is something that touches on every aspect of our lives – at home, at work and at play. Energy fuels our society and our economy. That’s why our policy work is so important, and so rewarding. It protects consumers. It enables businesses. It influences the entire energy industry. And it helps to bring about the seismic societal and infrastructure changes that will be the foundations for a Net Zero future.  

Infrastructure 

The infrastructure group is at the forefront of this drive to deliver Net Zero. It is responsible for: 

• designing the regulatory regimes for the next round of electricity and gas network price controls (RIIO3 and ED3), as well as operating the current RIIO2 and ED2 regimes. 
• designing new regulatory regimes for major projects including electricity interconnectors, offshore transmission, large electricity and gas network upgrades.  
• the development and implementation of new regulatory regimes in low carbon technologies including nuclear power, hydrogen transport and carbon capture and storage. 
• delivering the change needed to energy systems, wholesale markets and governance arrangements, including establishing the future system operator(s), network connections, charging and digitization. 
• delivering strategic system planning to help ensure future gas and electricity networks develop to meet net zero targets. 
• our in-house engineering capability to provide expert technical advice to policy teams. 
• cyber security of the gas and electricity sectors to ensure resilient companies and networks and ongoing security of supply.  

The purpose of these roles is to produce robust analysis to make evidence-based recommendations on technical policy areas to decision makers. You will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of regulatory policy design and delivery, as part of collaborative and dynamic teams with industry leading experts. It is challenging but vitally important and highly rewarding work, and we aim to create the best possible environment for people to grow and develop their careers.  

Recruitment Open Event

We are running a Virtual Open Event to give candidates the opportunity to learn more about working for Ofgem and discuss the roles we have available in more detail. This virtual event will be on Tuesday 6th February 12:30pm-13:30pm, to attend please register via: https://buytickets.at/ofgem/1135205

 

Person specification

Key Responsibilities and Outputs 

Policy Development  

• Responsible for high quality, timely, and robust analysis of core issue/s and policy options resulting in evidence-based recommendations. 
• Drafting of clear and concise documents, including briefings, policy documents, consultations, impact assessments, guidance and decision letters. 
• Supporting and directing key workstreams and projects, including responsibility for internal and external stakeholder engagement by prioritising, scoping and delivering work.   

Stakeholder Management 

• Effectively communicating the benefits, challenges and trade-offs of policy proposals to senior colleagues and partners 
• Ensuring delivery by effective collaboration across teams, supporting professions and other sources of evidence and expertise to understand and manage risks and issues 
• Responsible for representing Ofgem externally, building constructive and supportive relationships to ensure challenges and issues are identified and resolved in consumers interests. 

Essential Criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (Lead criteria).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (Lead criteria).
• Demonstrative experience in engaging with/managing multiple stakeholders. 
• Ability to manage different work activities or workstreams to keep projects on track. 
• Demonstrable interest in one or more of the following areas: infrastructure; large project delivery; public policy; energy; net zero. 

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in one of the following areas: Energy or Regulatory policy development and implementation; Cost assessment & developer engagement; Monitoring, reporting and compliance; Programme and project management (coordination and oversight). 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,950, OFGEM contributes £8,356 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.  

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities. 

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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