About the job

Job summary

Ofgem is dedicated to ensuring an affordable, sustainable energy supply for all UK households and businesses, key to the Net Zero transition and beneficial for consumers and the environment. Our commitment to inclusion, diversity, and innovation empowers employees and improves our representation of the communities we serve.

We're in the process of significantly enhancing our energy system modelling capabilities within the Office of Research and Economics. This exciting development within Ofgem's Analysis profession involves integrating a sophisticated energy system model into our operations and recruiting economic modellers. In this newly created role, you'll collaborate in establishing this new capability, engaging in both energy system modelling and economic analysis. Tailored training will be provided based on the specifics of the model procured, ensuring you're fully equipped to make a meaningful impact.

You will collaborate with the wider team to establish Ofgem’s energy system modelling capability, from procurement to integration, and undertake modelling to inform key decisions and support the energy transition. Your work will involve providing analytical advice across the organisation, ensuring high standards of analysis, and collaborating with other teams to align work programmes with analytical best practices.

The role requires a background in conducting complex modelling and analysis and you should demonstrate an ability to communicate complex ideas effectively. You will also possess an good grasp of project management principles, showcasing an aptitude for proactively organising, prioritising, and managing a diverse array of tasks and projects with finesse.

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Join us at Ofgem and be instrumental in shaping the UK's energy landscape in an organisation that values diversity, professional growth, and environmental stewardship.

Job description

The Office of Research and Economics at Ofgem is looking to expand our energy system modelling capability. Over the coming months this will involve procuring an existing energy system model and bringing it in-house, alongside recruiting energy system modelling professionals and more general modelling professionals without energy system modelling experience. If successful, you will be involved in building this modelling capability within Ofgem, undertaking energy system modelling, as well as more generic economic analysis, as required. For this role, no energy system modelling specific experience is necessary: depending on the energy system model procured and your level of experience, there will be an opportunity for model-specific training. You will be joining Ofgem’s strong economics community working collaboratively with others to lead as well as contribute to high profile projects using your modelling expertise.

Within these roles you will be part of the Analysis profession within Ofgem to support in your career aspirations. After the initial deployment, you will have the opportunity to work flexibly across Ofgem as a member of your Profession, working on cross-Ofgem projects, and/or in teams that require your skills and expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake robust quantitative and qualitative analysis informing sound advice on key policy decisions,
• Assess the reliability of evidence, including that gathered by more junior team members and give objective advice,
• Provide clear and concise drafting for external and internal audiences, including contributions to briefings, internal decision documents, and consultations. Ensure robust project management and quality assurance processes are in place to deliver high-quality and timely behavioural science and research outputs,
• Ensure effective project planning and timely delivery of outputs,
• Constructive working relationships established with internal and external stakeholders
• Work collaboratively across teams.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

As part of a team, help build Ofgem’s energy system modelling capability including assisting with procuring, and bringing in-house, an energy system model.

• Where applicable upskill with respect to an energy system modelling specific skillset.
• Undertaking high quality energy system modelling to answer important questions for Ofgem and the energy transition

• Undertake analysis and provide analytical advice and expertise to individuals and projects across the organisation.
• Ensure that analysis is delivered to a high standard. Critically assess and interpret the evidence available and the weight that can be attached to it; identify risks and propose mitigations for them.
• Work in close partnership with the other technical experts to ensure a coherent work programme that supports delivery of stronger analytical best practice, standards and building of expertise.

Person specification

• Experience: Demonstrable experience of undertaking complex analytical modelling and/or analytical exercises (LEAD)
• Communication: Ability to distil complex subject matter into relevant messages for different audiences – both orally and in writing, combined with excellent drafting skills.
• Stakeholder engagement: Skilled at developing strategic relationships and working collaboratively across a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Organisational skills: a good understanding of project management and the ability to proactively prioritise, plan and schedule complex and diverse tasks.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,650, OFGEM contributes £11,785 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 answer 3 Technical Questions evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within these answers how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.

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.