Senior Policy Lead (Long Duration Electricity Storage)

Ofgem ECO Reporting Working Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Policy Lead to shape the future of electricity storage. This pivotal role involves leading policy projects that contribute to a greener energy system, requiring extensive experience in policy development and strong analytical skills. You will engage with various stakeholders to ensure effective communication of complex issues while managing fast-paced programs. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package, hybrid working options, and the chance to be at the forefront of the energy sector's transition to Net Zero. Join this dynamic team and make a significant impact on the energy landscape.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Civil Service pension

Flexible working hours

Training and development opportunities

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in policy development and project management.
• Strong analytical and communication skills for complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead policy projects and workstreams to deliver significant outcomes.
• Manage input from experts to present policy recommendations.

Skills

Policy Development

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Regulation Knowledge

Economic Analysis

Education

Degree in Economics, Law, or Engineering

Job description

Senior Policy Lead (Long Duration Electricity Storage)

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Shape the policy that delivers a greener, fairer energy system for the UK. Join Ofgem’s Low Carbon Regulated Asset Base (RAB) team and be at the forefront of the drive to deliver Net Zero!

We’re looking for a Senior Policy Manager within Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) to join our newly established team and contribute to a high-profile programme that will shape the future of energy storage, providing vital low-carbon flexibility and diversification for the energy sector. This is an exciting time to join us, as we deliver the cap and floor regulatory regime for LDES.

Ofgem as the industry regulator exists to ensure prices are fair, build resilience across the energy sector, facilitate infrastructure investment, and develop and deliver effective market reforms and governance arrangements. 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 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.

The purpose of this role is to lead policy projects and workstreams, using your analytical and communication skills to solve complex problems and deliver significant pieces of work.

To join us, you’ll need extensive experience in a policy development role showing a history of managing the input of relevant analytical, technical, and legal experts to present policy recommendations that highlight the risks, trade-offs, and wider commercial and economic considerations to decision makers. You’ll also need to have evidence in particular capability in the fields of regulation, economics, finance, legal, or engineering. In addition, you will need a strong focus on delivering fast-pace programmes and achieving goals under pressure with competing demands as well as managing and supporting others. You will 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 sounded by professional expertise to learn from and with, hybrid working from central offices in London, Glasgow or Cardiff with flexible working arrangements, and a shared sense of purpose.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.

Person specification

• Extensive experience in a policy development role, demonstrating a history of taking initiative and independently driving projects to completion. Skilled in managing input from analytical, technical, and legal experts to present policy recommendations that highlight risks, trade-offs, and broader commercial and economic considerations to decision-makers (LEAD).
• Extensive experience in the fields of regulation, economics, finance, legal, or engineering (LEAD).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that effectively communicate complex issues to non-expert audiences, distilling complex subject matter into relevant messages for internal/ external stakeholders at a range of levels.
• Strong focus on delivering fast-pace programmes and achieving goals under pressure with competing demands.
• Experience of leading workstreams and task managing others. Can set clear goals and priorities, supports others to solve problems, overcome challenges, seeking feedback and means of continuous improvement.
• Experience in wholesale electricity markets, electricity trading and/or a cap and floor regulatory regime (e.g. Ofgem’s electricity interconnector model)

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Government Administration

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