Head of Hydrogen Markets, System Operation and - London, United Kingdom - Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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- £61,580 - £73,440

National: £61,580 £70,890; London: £65,995 £73,440
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Grade 6
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
DESNZ
Energy Infrastructure
Hydrogen & Industrial Carbon Capture
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
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Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

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Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to work in a government department that is at the forefront of current policy making decisions that will impact the UK and beyond? If yes then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you.

Here at DESNZ we are securing the UK's long term energy supply, bringing down energy bills and halving inflation.

We are seizing the opportunities of Net Zero to lead the world in new green industries and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK.

The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference.

Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it's impactful.

Our Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are Bold, we are Collaborative, we are Inclusive and we Learn.

As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive.

We offer great work benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously.

We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer.

We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

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The Role and Our Team
Do you want to join a high profile, friendly, diverse team committed to decarbonising the UK energy system? This is a really exciting time to come and work on hydrogen

The Hydrogen Economy team leads an expanding programme to enable the growth of the low carbon hydrogen sector in line with the Government's Hydrogen Strategy.

In April 2022, the UK Government, through the British Energy Security Strategy (BESS), committed to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production by alongside new business models for hydrogen transport and storage (T&S) infrastructure by 2025.

We have an exciting opportunity for a G6 to lead the delivery of a challenging and broad agenda of regulation to enable the hydrogen economy.

This is a new role reflecting the growth of urgency and interest in this area.

As the hydrogen economy scales up we need to ensure we have the market design and regulation necessary to facilitate growth.

We will need to learn from electricity and gas systems to deliver a framework of system operation and balancing to ensure all elements of the hydrogen value chain work together and ultimately deliver a functioning market.

This is a complex, exciting and novel area of work.

The G6 will lead a team designing the new market structure of the hydrogen economy (the framework that will evolve out of or replace the Gas Act for Hydrogen).

They will also work on assessing the need for, and potentially delivering a functioning network code for hydrogen.

You will also be responsible for delivering the full suite of hydrogen non-economic regulation across environmental impacts of hydrogen, planning, licencing, standards, health and safety and decommissioning.

This work is done in very close collaboration with regulators responsible across these areas. You will lead our regulators forum and a budget of spend with regulators on hydrogen work programmes.

This portfolio is absolutely critical to enable the emerging hydrogen economy - for example to ensure that appropriate licensing arrangements are in place for new sites and that the hydrogen economy at scale can operate safely.

We are looking for a leader for this team to take this policy from early stage scoping to design a full portfolio of work to deliver a new market design and regulatory system.

It is an opportunity to significantly contribute to making an integrated hydrogen system a reality.

You will have the opportunity to lead all areas of the role described working closely with economists, technical advisers, finance advisers, legal, industry, Regulators and policy colleagues across the Department and Whitehall.

The team is part of the Hydrogen Economy team in the HICC directorate that is also delivering Hydrogen transport and power business models, transport and storage strategic planning and demand strategy.

We are proud to be a happy, inclusive and high performing team.

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