Policy Advisor - London, United Kingdom - OFGEM

OFGEM

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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- £30,950 - £46,157

London £33,400£46,157 National £30,950£43,649. Please ensure that you read the Pay and Reward information for civil service and internal colleagues before applying.
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer

Level 2a
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
OFGEM
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Type of role:
Analytical
Policy
Strategy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime
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Cardiff, Glasgow, LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

Shape the policy that delivers a greener, fairer energy system for the UK. Join Ofgem's Infrastructure Group and be at the forefront of the drive to deliver Net Zero

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 so 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.

These roles will sit within Ofgem's Infrastructure group.

We are responsible for designing new regulatory regimes for price controls and major projects, developing new regimes in low carbon technologies, delivering change to energy systems, wholesale markets and governance arrangements and much more.

The purpose of these roles is to produce robust analysis to make evidence-based recommendations on technical policy areas to decision makers.

You will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of regulatory policy design and delivery, as part of collaborative and dynamic teams with industry leading experts.

It is challenging but vitally important and highly rewarding work, and we aim to create the best possible environment for people to grow and develop their careers.

To join us, you will need excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You will also bring experience in collaboration and engaging with multiple stakeholders as well as project management skills.

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, and a shared sense of purpose.

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Purpose

Energy policy is something that touches on every aspect of our lives - at home, at work and at play.

Energy fuels our society and our economy. That's why our policy work is so important, and so 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.

Infrastructure
The infrastructure group is at the forefront of this drive to deliver Net Zero

It is responsible for:
- designing the regulatory regimes for the next round of electricity and gas network price controls (RIIO3 and ED3), as well as operating the current RIIO2 and ED2 regimes.
- designing new regulatory regimes for major projects including electricity interconnectors, offshore transmission, large electricity and gas network upgrades.
- the development and implementation of new regulatory regimes in low carbon technologies including nuclear power, hydrogen transport and carbon capture and storage.
- delivering the change needed to energy systems, wholesale markets and governance arrangements, including establishing the future system operator(s), network connections, charging and digitization.
- delivering strategic system planning to help ensure future gas and electricity networks develop to meet net zero targets.
- our in-house engineering capability to provide expert technical advice to policy teams.
- cyber security of the gas and electricity sectors to ensure resilient companies and networks and ongoing security of supply.

The purpose of these roles is to produce robust analysis to make evidence-based recommendations on technical policy areas to decision makers.

You will have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of regulatory policy design and delivery, as part of collaborative and dynamic teams with industry leading experts.

It is challenging but vitally important and highly rewarding work, and we aim to create the best possible environment for people to grow and develop their careers.

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