Strategy Delivery Analyst

National Energy System Operator Limited; Warwick; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus based on company performance

26 days annual leave

Pension contribution matching 12%

NESO Savings Plan – 50% match

Flexible bank holidays

Birthday day off

Cycle to Work scheme

Private medical insurance and more

Job summary

National Energy System Operator Limited (NESO) is seeking a Strategy Delivery Analyst to lead the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan delivery, coordinate across SSEP teams and engage with government and Ofgem to ensure alignment with strategic aims. The role emphasizes influencing managers, delivering coherent consultation materials, and producing strategic insights for senior stakeholders.

You will develop ad hoc briefings, support policy-to-delivery translation, and drive coherence across strategy

Qualifications

• Stakeholder engagement in complex environments and delivering through influence.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking to generate insights from data.
• Ability to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail and link strategy to delivery.
• Plan, manage delivery, risk, report and evaluate projects and/or strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate SSEP consultation and final delivery to ensure coherence with NESO and government expectations.
• Influence managers across workstreams to align content and timing, resolving misalignment and revising timeframes as needed.
• Develop high-quality briefings, papers and communications for senior stakeholders, translating complex analysis into concise narratives.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Project management

Strong communication

Leadership

Commercial experience

Energy experience

Job description

About the Role

National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. The Strategy Delivery Analyst plays a key role in the delivery of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP), leading high-profile programme activity and ensuring effective translation of strategy into delivery. The postholder will support the Strategic Delivery Manager to drive forward the delivery of the SSEP public consultation package and subsequent publication of the final SSEP. This will involve working closely with teams across SSEP, who are producing the content, and the SSEP PMO team, to help ensure deliverables, timeframes and content are coherent across the teams. It will also involve helping influencing to ensure the overall package meets the needs of SSEP and of government, and that key strategic messages are brought to light.

Alongside this, the postholder will lead the development of ad hoc key insights, briefings and communications to senior stakeholders when required. This role therefore requires a capable individual who can operate across strategy, policy and delivery, and can spot the bigger picture across complex content.

Key accountabilities

You will be responsible for communicating the overarching SSEP strategic direction within NESO and influencing managers to align to this direction. You will become the Subject Matter Expert in the strategic aims and goals of the SSEP, and how the processes followed to develop the SSEP achieves these aims. You will engage with Co-commissioners (DESNZ, Scottish Government, Welsh Government) and Ofgem to understand their strategic level wants of the SSEP. You will use this expertise to influence managers across the SSEP team, and beyond, to help ensure the SSEP consultation and final SSEP align to these strategic aims and goals. You will also use this expertise to respond to ad hoc requests for briefing from senior stakeholders, and to develop strategic positions to respond to emerging issues.

Co-ordination of the SSEP consultation and final SSEP delivery

Influence managers of teams across SSEP consultation workstreams to ensure consultation products developed by different workstreams are coherent and aligned with NESO and government expectations. Identify and resolve overarching challenges, such as misalignment of expectations between managers, gaps in the overall plan or revisions to timeframes, escalating to senior management where required. Lead managers to understand the overall timeframes and plan for delivering the consultation and final SSEP, and understand their plans in order to identify areas of misalignment. Role model effective governance, programme controls and decision-making good practice for consultation delivery and influence managers to also adopt good practice.

Strategic insight and briefing

Develop high-quality briefings, papers and communications in response to ad hoc requests from senior stakeholders, including SSEP leadership, NESO executives and governments. Translating complex analysis and stakeholder input into concise and actionable narratives. Bring together key messages from policy, modelling, engagement, SEP publications and corporate affairs. Provide strategic messaging for SSEP comms and influence those comms to ensure broader messaging aligns to the strategic messages. Support the programme in responding to emerging strategic issues, providing rapid analysis and structured recommendations.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK by the start of employment. Visa sponsorship may not be available for this role and will be considered in line with business requirements.

About You

We’re forging the path, and we know we can’t do it alone. That’s why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey.

In this case, the following skills are highly desired:

• Stakeholder and engagement: Experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, delivering through influence and alignment
• Problem solving: Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, generating insight from complex information
• Strategic thinking: Able to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail. Comfortable operating across strategy and delivery, linking long-term objectives to implementation
• Project Management: Comfortable operating across strategy and delivery, linking long-term objectives to implementation. You can plan, manage delivery, risk manage, report and evaluate projects and/or strategic initiatives, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality.
• Strong Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. You are able to influence and inform at all levels of seniority, both internally and externally, conveying concise and compelling oral, written and visual narratives.
• Leadership: You are able to effectively lead and deliver high priority activities and be relied upon as the associated business expert.
• Commercial Experience: You understand how businesses operate, how the strategy cycle drives an organisation, and how strategic initiatives enable proactive change.
• Energy experience is desirable. We are interested in candidates with experience as a strategist and/or consultant, business analyst, technical lead, or other roles with comparable skillsets.

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What You’ll Get

• A competitive salary of £56,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience and capabilityAs well as your base salary, NESO's core benefits are the essential perks and advantages that form part of your employee package. - You will receive a bonus based on company performance- 26 days annual leave as standard
• A competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• Annual Enrollment to NESO Savings Plan, when you save between £20- £500 a month from your take-home pay, we will pay a 50% matching contribution.
• Flexible Bank Holidays & Holiday Trading
• Additional Birthday Day Off
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Retail & Gym Discounts
• Private Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance & Personal Accident Insurance

About Us

At the National Energy System Operator (NESO), we play a vital role in tackling climate change and securing Great Britain’s energy future. We already operate the world’s fastest decarbonising electricity system and are working towards our ambition to run it carbon‑free for a short period this year - provided the market supplies electricity exclusively from renewable sources. Alongside this, we provide expert advice to government on how to deliver a clean power system by 2030.

In autumn2024, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) transitioned to become NESO - an independent, expert public corporation with a whole‑system view across electricity, gas, and hydrogen. NESO operates independently and transparently, always acting in the best interests of all energy users. Licensed and regulated by Ofgem, we make impartial decisions that balance sustainability, affordability and security. Our organisation is fully independent from government, the regulator and all commercial interests, with a clear focus on system‑wide benefit, long term thing and public value. The time to deliver is now. Join the energy transformation and help shape the future. Your energy. Our future. Together

More Information

This role closes at 23:59, on the day before date shown above, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

Research shows that some people may hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At NESO, we believe potential comes in many forms and we're committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential. If this role sparks your interest but you're not sure you tick every box, we still want to hear from you. process where everyone has the opportunity to show their talents. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds.

At the National Energy System Operator (NESO), we play a vital role in tackling climate change and securing Great Britains's energy future. We already operate the world’s fastest decarbonising electricity system and are working towards our ambition to run it carbon‑free for a short period this year - provided the market supplies electricity exclusively from renewable sources. Alongside this, we provide expert advice to government on how to deliver a clean power system by 2030. In autumn 2024, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) transitioned to become NESO - an independent, expert public corporation with a whole‑system view across electricity, gas, and hydrogen. NESO operates independently and transparently, always actin in the best interests of all energy users. Licensed and regulated by Ofgem, we make impartial decisions that balance sustainability, affordability and security. Our organisation is fully independent from government, the regulator and all commercial interests, with a clear focus on system‑wide benefit, long term thing and public value. The time to deliver is now. Join the energy transformation and help shape the future. Your energy. Our future. Together