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Job Summary
Take on a pivotal opportunity to help shape the UK’s future energy system at a time of rapid transformation. Ofgem is looking for a Senior Policy Lead to play a key role in ensuring energy networks support the UK’s decarbonisation goals while delivering long-term value for consumers.
Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. We’re at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving towards Net Zero while protecting energy consumers, especially those in vulnerable circumstances.
This role offers the chance to manage critical policy development work surrounding electricity price controls, shaping our approach to infrastructure regulation. You’ll deliver robust, evidence-based policy recommendations, contribute to novel regulatory solutions, and ensure that price control design evolves and Great Britain can meet clean power targets by 2030 and achieve Net Zero by 2050.
You will have the chance to lead high-impact projects that will create real change in the industry, setting the standard for future sustainability and ensuring the country can meet its goals. What’s more, you’ll be vital in enabling outcomes that will support new legislation whilst ensuring consumers remain at the heart of national debates within the energy sector.
Job Description
We’re looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced, agile environments and has experience delivering strategic policy outcomes. This could come from backgrounds in regulation, strategy, commercial analysis, operational delivery, or public policy. You’ll need strong analytical and communication skills, excellent stakeholder engagement capabilities, and a collaborative approach to working across diverse teams.
You’ll be part of a collaborative, inclusive organisation that values diverse perspectives and supports your continued growth. We offer hybrid working, a comprehensive benefits package, and a culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work and make a meaningful difference.
We have a critical purpose to drive strategic improvements across our regulatory and operational functions that deliver for our Net Zero and sustainability goals. By joining us, you’ll help support innovation, accelerate decarbonisation, and protect consumers, now and for the future.
Read on and find out more.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced, agile environments and has experience delivering strategic policy outcomes. This could come from backgrounds in regulation, strategy, commercial analysis, operational delivery, or public policy. You’ll need strong analytical and communication skills, excellent stakeholder engagement capabilities, and a collaborative approach to working across diverse teams.
You’ll be part of a collaborative, inclusive organisation that values diverse perspectives and supports your continued growth. We offer hybrid working, a comprehensive benefits package, and a culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work and make a meaningful difference.
We have a critical purpose to drive strategic improvements across our regulatory and operational functions that deliver for our Net Zero and sustainability goals. By joining us, you’ll help support innovation, accelerate decarbonisation, and protect consumers, now and for the future.
Person specification
Essential
- Identifying, analysing, and articulating complex problems to deliver optimal policy outcomes. This would require working with a diverse array of colleagues to develop solutions and options, and presenting policy recommendations that consider the consumer-focused trade-offs, risks, and dependencies to aid effective decision making. (LEAD)
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely and to work collaboratively to solve problems. (LEAD)
- Strong operational delivery skills to successfully execute a programme of work in challenging timescales with minimal supervision.
- Good analytical skills, demonstrating an ability to assess and interpret a variety of data sources, using these to inform robust policy making.
Desirable
- Project delivery or commercial experience of infrastructure project delivery or experience undertaking project cost reviews, ideally within the electricity network sector or other regulated utility.
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.
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 this is kept under 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.
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.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Ofgem takes 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. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
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.
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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- 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.
- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- 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.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Chloe Baily
- Email : Recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of these Recruitment Principles.
In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website.
