About the job

Job summary

Shape the policy that delivers a greener, fairer energy system for the UK.

Join us in this specialist Policy Advisor role in our Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Commercial team, which has a key role to play in realising the energy potential of offshore wind and working towards a net zero carbon energy network.

We operate a Flexible Resourcing model where you will have the opportunity to work across Ofgem supporting on a range of projects or may have a longer deployment within a team where you have and build specialist skills, knowledge, and expertise.  We will support you to learn and develop the Policy & Strategy skills and knowledge you need to build your career.

In this specific role you will ensure licensees meet their licence obligations and assessing any claims for additional funds or relief of obligations that licensees make. You should already have experience in managing and analysing claims from the start through to settlement and making decisions on the extent and validity of a claim. Experience working with and understanding legislation would be helpful.

A track record of working with multiple stakeholders across different workstreams will be key, alongside excellent communication skills (in writing and in person) and a keen analytical eye. It’s important that you are comfortable working in a change environment, and that you can flex and adapt to conflicting deadlines and bring a can-do mindset to working through problems.

To join us, you’ll need knowledge and experience of claims management as well as experience of working in a policy environment helping to shape new and existing policies. You’ll also need Demonstrative experience in managing multiple workstreams and multiple stakeholders, excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong analytical and problem-solving 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

Ofgem is committed to making a positive difference for energy consumers through effective regulation of the market and close working with suppliers to ensure sustainable energy for consumers and businesses in the UK. 

This role will join our Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Commercial team, which has a key role to play in realising the energy potential of offshore wind and working towards a net zero carbon energy network.

You will fulfil a monitoring and compliance function, ensuring licensees meet their licence obligations and assessing any claims for additional funds or relief of obligations that licensees make. 

You should already have experience in managing and analysing claims from the start through to settlement and making decisions on the extent and validity of a claim.

Experience working with and understanding legislation would be helpful.

A track record of working with multiple stakeholders across different workstreams will be key, alongside excellent communication skills (in writing and in person) and a keen analytical eye. It’s important that you are comfortable working in a change environment, and that you can flex and adapt to conflicting deadlines and bring a can-do mindset to working through problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the monitoring and compliance function of the team, including:
  • managing a claim from the start through to settlement and making decisions on the extent and validity of a claim;
  • ensuring Licensee submissions comply with licence obligations;
  • acting as a point of contact for OFTOs and other areas within Ofgem;
  • contributing to the continuous improvement of the licence compliance such as identifying risks, issues and concerns and helping to develop effective solutions to address these.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

• Assessing claims made by licensees for additional money or relief of obligations to their licence and preparing reports to senior management with recommendation decisions.
• Monitoring and assessing whether submissions by OFTOs are made in time and meet the requirements of the OFTO licence.
• Assessing applications for certification under the Unbundling Regulations and preparing reports to senior management with recommendation decisions.

Person specification

The essential criteria for this role is:

• Knowledge and experience of claims management (LEAD);
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills (LEAD)
• Experience of working in a policy environment and helping shape new and existing policies;
• Demonstrative experience in managing multiple workstreams and multiple stakeholders, including interaction with internal and external teams (e.g. external legal, technical and financial advisers),with a strong track record of delivery against challenging deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal skills

The desirable criteria for this role is:

• Familiarity with the energy and utility networks sectors, such as the Electricity Act and/or Offshore Transmission Licence’s and/or an understanding of the concepts and application of economic regulation.

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.

Things you need to know

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 skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential 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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.