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Policy Officer

Ofgem

Cardiff

Hybrid

GBP 28,000 - 38,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Ofgem seeks a dedicated individual for a policy development role that impacts consumers and the energy industry. This position involves analyzing data to draft evidence-based policies, while ensuring effective communication across teams. Candidates should demonstrate strong analytical capabilities, organization, and a clear interest in public policy and the energy sector. This position offers a rewarding career with opportunities for personal growth in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

30 days annual leave after 2 years
Civil Service pension
Flexible working patterns
Excellent training and development opportunities
Engaged networks and teams

Qualifications

  • Ability to analyse, understand and draw robust conclusions from evidence.
  • Track record of managing multiple priorities and delivering against deadlines.
  • Ability to communicate issues clearly and effectively, both orally and verbally.
  • Interest in public policy, decarbonisation, and/or energy.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development and implementation of policy reform.
  • Undertake analysis on proposals and their impacts.
  • Support the production of key work, including consultations and decision letters.
  • Manage workstreams and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Analytical skills
Organisational skills
Communication
Teamwork

Job description

Length of employment:

Job Summary:
Who we are

Ofgem is Great Britain's independent energy regulator. Our primary responsibility is to protect energy consumers, especially the most vulnerable, while at the same time working with government, industry and consumer groups to deliver a clean, more affordable and secure net-zero energy system at the lowest cost to consumers, and drive economic growth.

What you'll be doing

This is a thrilling opportunity to embark on a fulfilling career in policy development. Tasked with a wide variety of policy and regulatory-related tasks, you will tackle issues that impact on both consumers and energy industry participants.

Using qualitative and quantitative data to support the drafting of evidence-based policy documents, you will have the opportunity to develop skills in writing consultations, decision letters, impact assessments and more.

Job Description:
What you'll bring to the role

We are looking for candidates who thrive in an agile, diverse and fast-paced environment with an interest in delivering benefits for consumers, communities, or society.

Analytical skills are essential, with an ability to analyse, understand and draw robust conclusions from evidence. You'll also have good organisational skills with a track record of managing multiple priorities and delivering against deadlines. You'll be able to communicate issues clearly and will be able to build strong working relationships across teams. Finally, you'll have demonstrable interest in public policy, decarbonisation and/ or energy.

What you can expect

It's important that we are reflective of the consumers and communities that we serve, so we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially those from underrepresented groups. While this is a full-time role, we will happily accommodate flexible working patterns and job shares, and we will provide you with a competitive benefits package.

Key responsibilities and outputs
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of policy reform. This will involve working closely with industry and other stakeholders in Ofgem.
  • Undertaking analysis on proposals and their impacts and effectively communicating the benefits, challenges and trade-offs to senior colleagues.
  • Support the production of key work, such as briefings, consultations, decision letters and impact assessments.
  • Supporting the project management of workstreams and stakeholder engagement, prioritising, scoping and delivering work and engaging with key Ofgem functions to manage risks and issues.


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.

Essential Criteria
  • Ability to analyse, understand and draw robust conclusions from evidence. (Lead criteria)
  • Organisational skills with a track record of managing multiple priorities and delivering against deadlines. (Lead criteria)
  • An ability to communicate issues clearly and effectively, both orally and verbally.
  • An ability to build and maintain effective relationships and work as part of a team.
  • Demonstrable interest in public policy, decarbonisation and/or energy.

Desirable Criteria
  • Previous experience of working in the energy sector.


When you press the 'Apply now' button, you will be directed to a Civil Service test - guidance for this can be found here Civil Service online tests - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Upon passing the test, 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 ].
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