Shape the policy that delivers a greener, fairer energy system for the UK.
Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. Ofgem’s purpose is to protect energy consumers, especially vulnerable people, by ensuring they are treated fairly and benefit from a cleaner, greener environment.
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.
In these roles you’ll proactively lead a policy area to provide end-to-end knowledge and strategic oversight to support effective decision making and continuous improvement. You’ll lead continuous development on your domain knowledge and work flexibly across Ofgem to ensure the delivery of organisational priorities. You’ll effectively communicating benefits, challenges, and trade-offs from policy proposals to Ofgem colleagues and sectoral stakeholders.
We operate a Flexible Resourcing model where you'll have the opportunity to work across Ofgem, supporting a range of projects or a longer deployment within a team where you 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.
To join us, you’ll need an understanding of energy markets or network charging, including basic knowledge of investment and operation in markets such as Wholesale Market, Balancing Services and Mechanism or renewable subsidy schemes. You’ll also need policy skills; able to identify, analyse and articulate complex problems. You’ll be able to work with others to develop solutions and present policy recommendations that consider trade-offs. You'll also be able to manage delivery, setting clear priorities, supporting others to solve problems and seek continuous improvement. You’ll be able to clearly demonstrate the relevance of your work internally and externally. As well as being able to create open and inclusive engagement.
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 surrounded by professional expertise to learn from and with, hybrid working, and a shared sense of purpose.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, especially individuals from underrepresented groups.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Policy Development & Delivery
- Proactively leads a policy area and provides the end-to-end knowledge and strategic oversight to support effective decision making and continuous improvement.
- Proactively leads continuous development of their domain knowledge, policy proposals, research, technology, consumer needs and stakeholder perspectives in their policy/strategy area.
- Works flexibly across Ofgem to ensure delivery of organisation priorities in line with business planning, guiding, supporting, and collaborating with colleagues to respond effectively to change.
- Leads on the delivery of high quality, timely, and robust analysis of core issue/s and policy options resulting in evidence-based and deliverable recommendations.
- Leads key projects, including responsibility for internal and external stakeholder engagement, prioritising, planning and delivering work.
- Ensures decision makers consider relevant legislation and regulation and any specific case issues and escalates critical issues as needed to ensue delivery for consumers.
Stakeholder Management
- Effectively communicating the benefits, challenges, and trade-offs from policy proposals to Ofgem colleagues and sectoral stakeholders, effectively using evidence to build understanding and commitment to action.
- Ensures effective delivery by working collaboratively across team boundaries and engaging with key Ofgem functions and relevant government departments - developing close links to manage and mitigate risks.
- Representing Ofgem externally and building constructive stakeholder relationships to ensure challenges and issues are identified and resolved in consumers’ interests.
- Is demonstrably accessible and identifiable to all who operate in their policy/strategy area as and Ofgem lead/expert and in turn knows who to engage to improve policy design and delivery.
People Management
- Ability and willingness to take on task management responsibilities e.g. setting and reviewing work, providing constructive feedback and liaising with Professional Development Leads (see below) to help assess performance. (This is common to all posts at this level).
- Some (but not all) posts at this level act as Professional Development Lead – coach and develop colleagues – including annual performance reviews and supporting their flexible deployment and career development. This includes helping develop the Policy & Strategy Profession across Ofgem.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Understanding of energy markets or network charging, including basic knowledge of investment and operation in markets such as Wholesale Market, Balancing Services and Mechanism or renewable subsidy schemes. (LEAD)
- Policy Skills: identifying, analysing, and articulating complex problems; working with other professionals (for example analytical, technical, and legal) to develop solutions and options, and presenting policy recommendations that consider the trade-offs, risks, and dependencies to aid effective decision-making.
- Managing delivery: set clear goals and priorities, supports others to solve problems, overcome challenges, seeking feedback and means of continuous improvement.
- Clearly identifies and communicates the relevance, interdependencies and strategic fit of their work to organisational priorities both internally and externally.
- Demonstrably identifies and understands the value/contribution of internal and external partners and effectively creates open, creative, constructive, timely and inclusive engagement.
Desirable Criteria
Having an analytical skillset, in particular the ability to understand energy systems models.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Technical Skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £47,895, OFGEM contributes £13,875 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but is in review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 6th January 2025
