Stakeholder Communications Lead - Wokingham, United Kingdom - National Grid

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Stakeholder Communications Lead - ESO:


  • Location: Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA Wokingham, GB, RG41 5BN
  • Division: Electricity System Operator
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  • Job Function: Strategy
    About the role:
Great Britain's electricity system is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation.

Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system, one that protects the planet and serves generations to come.


Within OREM we are building our Project Management and Stakeholder Engagement capabilities to work across the breadth of the resilience activities, ensuring strong coordination and engagement across the broad remit of projects, stakeholders and outcomes being driven by the function.

The transformation to the FSO will include changes to our position in industry and our interactions with government, the regulator, and wider industry participants.

This role will be at the forefront of building new relationships and communicating the FSO's capability and credibility as an independent, expert organisation delivering a function that doesn't exist today.


This role can be based from Wokingham or Warwick, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.

We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.


About us:


The ESO has a key role to play in tackling climate change by transitioning GB's electricity system to net zero.

We already operate the fastest decarbonising electricity system in the world, with an ambition for zero carbon operation by 2025.

And by 2035, we want to run 100% clean, green energy, all the time.


Becoming the National Energy System Operator
In Summer of 2024, the ESO will transition to becoming the National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short.

Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator will be the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain's electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.


The ESO, including all of its existing roles, will be at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator.

As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users' need.

Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.


The organisation will be set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest.

As the ESO are today, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.

The time to deliver is now.

As part of our team, you won't just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain - you'll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.


Key Accountabilities:

Stakeholder Communication

  • Develop and maintain a Stakeholder Communications Plan and timeline to ensure that materials are available to meet the requirements of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
  • Develop detailed plans to produce each piece of material, identifying contributors and approvers and ensuring they are available to us when required.
  • Work with OREM and FSO leadership in developing communication materials to support engagement across resilience outcomes in a way that emphasises the impact and importance to the consumer and wider industry.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Corporate Affairs and agency teams, working together them to deliver materials.
  • Analyse, report and present on the effectiveness of our communications, suggesting alternative methods where appropriate.
  • Proactively create opportunities to raise the profile of the work of the FSO and bolster its reputation as an independent technical authority.
  • Understand the FSO's tone of voice, positioning and the parameters we are able to work within and provide guidance to colleagues for documents and materials being produced.
  • Manage OREM Engagement Events and support the FSO and OREM teams attending stakeholder events.
Materials Production

  • Provide consistency of approach to outputs/publications to ensure they are high quality, consistent and capture all relevant insights to drive value and improvements to GB resilience.
  • Work with Corporate Affairs and associated agencies to produce and coordinate the publication of online content for the OREM website, enewsletters and social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter as required.
  • Work with Corporate Affairs and associated agencies to produce speeches and briefings, ensuring they are approved by the relevant people and those giving the
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