About the job

Job summary

As Great Britain's regulator for the energy industry, Ofgem exists to ensure a safe, secure and sustainable energy supply to British households and businesses.

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic undergraduate student, seeking practical industry experience, to become part of the Ofgem team. This opportunity is open to students who have recently finished their second year and due to go into their third year in the new academic year.

Job description

We are offering a one-year placement within our Project Management and Delivery Profession (PMD). Our PMD team is at the core of multiple Ofgem projects which ensures we work effectively and efficiently for our customer's needs.  You will become part of the team working across a wide range of fascinating functions to assist us with exceptional custom service, scheme compliance and the delivery of our commitment to consumers. This placement will be provided to you as a sandwich year between your education.

You will have the ability to work efficiently as part of a wider team, with good verbal and written communication skills, to actively assist with the following requirements of the Project Management and Delivery team:

• Assisting with the planning of projects. You will employ management tools to ensure the effective delivery of projects.
• Taking initiative and presenting innovative ideas to a variety of internal and external interactions.
• Being a key contributor to a variety of presentations that will be presented to key stakeholders on the progress of various projects.
• Attending, coordinating and facilitating PMD project meetings as well as collating updates when necessary.
• Provide wider support across to the PMD team as and when required.

Ofgem has a culture of inclusion that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our colleagues. It fuels our innovation and helps ensure we can best represent the consumers and the communities we serve. Everyone is welcome - as an inclusive workplace, our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work.

Person specification

In the event of receiving a large number of applications an initial sift may take place on just the identified lead criteria indicated below

Essential: 

• Planning and Organisation skills (Lead).
• Excellent PowerPoint/Excel Skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with energy issues.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £23,048, OFGEM contributes £6,223 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 and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your personal 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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Working for 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.