Senior Regulation Specialist

Electricity Supply Board; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Career development

Diversity & inclusion

CSR opportunities

Job summary

ESB, a leading energy utility, seeks a Senior Specialist to drive regulatory strategy and engagement across GB, ROI, and NI. You will shape policy impacts, advise on planning processes, and influence market outcomes while working with a collaborative regulatory team reporting to the Regulation Manager.

You will lead stakeholder engagement, translate complex regulatory concepts into actionable insights, and contribute to cross-jurisdictional regulatory alignment in a dynamic, hybrid work

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in energy markets, renewables development, or regulatory affairs.
• Strong understanding of market design, regulatory frameworks, and commercial impacts.
• Proven ability to operate independently and influence within complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience in lobbying, policy shaping, and industry representation.
• Third-level qualification (economics/engineering/technical/legal/commercial) or equivalent with deep analysis and risk management.
• Strategic thinker with a proactive, solution-focused mindset.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Deep understanding of the GB and SEM landscapes.
• Ability to translate regulatory complexity into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory analysis and engagement across GB, RoI, and NI.
• Monitor and influence policy developments including REMA, OFTO frameworks, and centralised planning (SSEP, CSNP, CP2030).
• Represent ESB in industry forums and working groups, advocating for viable regulatory outcomes.
• Translate regulatory learnings into SEM context, supporting cross-jurisdictional alignment.
• Assess the impact of evolving network charging regimes (e.g., OFTO, UoS) and zonal configurations on ESB’s asset portfolio.
• Translate GB regulatory and planning learnings into the SEM context, supporting cross-jurisdictional alignment, where appropriate.

Skills

Energy markets knowledge

Regulatory affairs

Stakeholder engagement

Policy analysis

Communication & negotiation

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional influence

Lobbying experience

Education

Degree in economics/engineering/technical/legal/commercial

Job description

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This role is central to supporting ESB’s strategic ambitions in renewable energy growth across Great Britain (GB), Ireland (RoI), and Northern Ireland (NI). The Senior Specialist will provide regulatory insight and strategic guidance across renewables, the transition to a plan led system for generation and network planning, ensuring alignment with ESB’s vision and the evolving policy and market landscape.

The Senior Specialist will work as part of a highly motivated and collaborative regulatory team working across GB and Ireland, and they will be reporting to a Regulation Manager. This role may also include some management responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory Strategy & Engagement

• Lead regulatory analysis and engagement across GB, RoI, and NI, covering NESO, DESNZ, Ofgem, LCCC, Crown Estate, MARA, DECC, CRU, EirGrid, WEI, and others.
• Monitor and influence policy developments including REMA, OFTO frameworks, and centralised planning initiatives (e.g., SSEP, CSNP, CP2030).
• Represent ESB in industry forums and working groups, advocating for commercially sound and technically viable regulatory outcomes across GB, RoI and NI.
• Provide strategic input into centralised network planning processes that underpin generation investment decisions (transition to plan led i.e. SSEP, offshore leasing models and multi-energy transmission network planning).
• Assess the impact of evolving network charging regimes (e.g., OFTO, UoS) and zonal configurations on ESB’s asset portfolio.
• Translate GB regulatory and planning learnings into the SEM context, supporting cross-jurisdictional alignment, where appropriate.

Commercial & Market Insight

• Analyse the commercial consequences of market rule changes, including T&Cs within the GB Contracts for Difference, ROI RESS/ORESS and emerging NI RESS scheme, PPA structures (e.g., Inchcape), and auction design (e.g., AR8)
• Support in shaping and provide insight into non-price factors influencing auction outcomes and long-term revenue certainty.

Stakeholder & JV Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with regulatory stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted advisor within ESB, providing clear, solution-oriented recommendations to senior leadership.

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in energy markets, renewables development, or regulatory affairs.
• Strong understanding of market design, regulatory frameworks, and commercial impacts.
• Proven ability to operate independently and influence within complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience in lobbying, policy shaping, and industry representation.
• Third-level qualification (economics/engineering/technical/legal/commercial are preferable), or equivalent qualification. Equivalentwork experience reflecting deep analysis and interpretation, scenario /risk management and effective team engagement may also be suitable.
• Strategic thinker with a proactive, solution-focused mindset.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Deep understanding of the political and competitive landscape across GB and SEM.
• Ability to translate technical and regulatory complexity into actionable insights.

Location

London / Scotland

Reporting To

Stacy Feldmann, Regulation Manager

Why Work with Us?

• Opportunity to lead Ireland’s transition tonet zero carbon future
• Progressive, hybrid working model
• Career developmentthrough mentoring andtraining
• Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities
• Sports and Social Clubs
• Networking opportunities
• Credit Union
• Access to staff well-being programmes
• Generous parental leave entitlements
• Strong values-based and inclusive culture
• Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Great team environment working to our Core Values: Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted

Closing Date

12th October 2026

Note: Applicants who anticipate requiring assistance or reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process may contact, in confidence, [e-mail]

If you have any queries in relation to this job, please contact [e-mail]

Your application will be held in reserve for 6 months should you be suitable for the role.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

ESB is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of society and ensure that no one is discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnicity or nationality, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by law.

Applicants who anticipate requiring assistance or reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process may contact, in confidence, [e-mail].

About ESB

Join us in our mission to achieve a net-zero electricity system by 2040. ESB is Ireland’s leading energy utility, with activities spanning electricity generation, transmission and distribution, energy supply, energy services and international consultancy. Operating in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain, we invest over €1 billion each year to deliver a new energy future based on reliable, affordable zero-carbon electricity.