Senior Expert Lawyer

Ofgem; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Hybrid working

30 days annual leave

Training & development

Job summary

Ofgem is seeking Senior Expert Lawyers to lead complex, high-impact matters in energy regulation. You will provide expert legal advice, govern risk, and influence policy across cross-functional teams in a trusted role within the regulatory landscape.

You will join a high-performing legal function, with opportunities for development, hybrid working, and a focus on public value and net-zero objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications evidenced that you have practised as a lawyer in the UK.
• Clear evidence of fit with essential criteria in the Role Profile.
• Candidates may be sifted out if not evidenced clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the highest priority, high risk and complex legal projects across Ofgem.
• Senior expert lawyers may lead multi-disciplinary teams in a specific work area.
• Plan, oversee and deliver work deliverables on time and to a high standard.
• Provide inclusive leadership by coaching legal colleagues and championing Ofgem values.
• Build high-quality relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

UK legal practice

Regulatory law

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

Join the fight for fairness, integrity and impact at the heart of the UK’s energy regulation. Ofgem is looking for a number of Senior Expert Lawyers to join us and take the legal lead on some of the most complex and high-impact matters shaping the future of energy regulation.

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.

We’re offering permanent opportunities that provides the chance to work at the interface of government, markets and the law. In this impactful legal role, you’ll have the chance to influence regulation and policy across some of the most complex and pressing legal issues of our time. You’ll play a central part in delivering confident, expert legal advice on projects that matter for the public good and helping to shape the sector’s transition to a net zero, consumer-focused future.

You’ll be joining a high-performing and inclusive legal function during a period of transformation across the energy sector. The work will challenge you, stretch your capabilities, and position you as a trusted expert on issues of public importance. You’ll work closely with colleagues across professions and disciplines, and you’ll be part of a legal culture that thrives on integrity, collaboration and expertise.

Ofgem relies on having a workforce that reflects the society we serve, so we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially those from underrepresented groups. Flexible working patterns and job shares are welcome. We will also support you with excellent training and development opportunities, plus a competitive benefits package.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the highest priority, high risk and complex legal projects across Ofgem.
• Although these expert roles would not usually include direct line management, senior expert lawyers may be expected to lead multi-disciplinary teams in a specific work area.
• Plan, oversee and deliver a set of work deliverables on time and to a high standard through effective project management and support of multi-disciplinary team members.
• Provide inclusive leadership by supporting and coaching legal colleagues particularly in their area of expertise and demonstrating commitment to Ofgem values, including by leading on corporate matters through cross-OGC working groups.
• Build high-quality relationships with internal stakeholders and support Ofgem engagement with external stakeholders.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

Communications

• Exemplar communication style and technique (written and verbal), with an ability to lead and tailor communications to persuade an audience and senior stakeholders, to resolve tensions and ambiguity.

Leadership

• Actively support the General Counsel and other members of the legal management team in the leadership of the OGC within Ofgem.
• Demonstrate exemplar legal leadership skills, behaviours and team participation.
• Proactively develop and implement cross-cutting initiatives to successfully build capability.
• Lead cross-cutting and complex projects that involve senior stakeholders.
• Coach individuals and teams in a highly engaging way, pro-actively developing people using their expert knowledge and skills.
• Innovate and drive forward wide-ranging improvements to OGC’s service offering, delivering noticeable efficiencies and value for money.

Legal advice

• Deliver strategic, solutions-focused, high-quality, timely and succinct legal advice, working effectively with minimal supervision on complex matters.
• Exercise sound legal judgement including the effective management of legal risk.
• Proactively develop subject-matter expertise and capability across OGC.

Qualifications

Candidates will be sifted out if they do not meet the minimum qualifications for the role or the condition that they have practised as a lawyer in the UK as set out in the Essential Criteria in the Role Profile. These matters must be clearly evidenced in the application. Candidates may be sifted out if they are not evidenced in a clear way.

Alongside your salary of £63,443, OFGEM contributes £18,379 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

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.

Advert Closes 21 September 2026 at 23:55