Head Of Strategy

Ofgem is now looking for a Head of Strategy to define how the energy sector tackles the cost of transitioning to a secure and lower-carbon energy system. Join us at the forefront of energy innovation and help respond to questions such as how the cost of tomorrow’s energy system should be reflected in what consumers pay today.

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. We’re at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving toward Net Zero whilst protecting energy consumers, especially vulnerable people.

We’re offering a permanent role with the chance to lead ambitious, high-profile strategic work with implications for consumers and the future energy system. You’ll be at the heart of the Cost Allocation and Recovery Review, exploring how energy pricing can evolve as investment, electrification and consumer flexibility transform the system. Leading a small and flexible team, you’ll help establish clear strategic direction across complex, cross-cutting issues that reach across Ofgem’s Markets and Infrastructure groups.

This is a highly influential position with the scope to shape thinking on some of the most significant questions surrounding future energy pricing. You’ll work closely with senior leaders across Ofgem and engage with government, industry and consumer stakeholders, bringing together different perspectives to help develop approaches that are efficient, fair and practical while supporting Net Zero and growth.

We’re looking for someone with significant strategic leadership capabilities and the judgement to navigate complex policy questions, evaluate competing evidence and translate uncertainty into clear direction. You’ll combine this with accomplished team and programme leadership, excellent problem-solving capabilities and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders, build consensus and challenge constructively.

You’ll have the platform to influence Ofgem’s wider strategic direction and contribute to decisions with long-term implications for consumers and the energy system. Alongside the breadth, visibility and cross-organisational reach of the role, Ofgem’s Flexible Resourcing model offers the opportunity to apply your expertise across priority projects and work collaboratively with specialists from across the organisation.

We have a critical purpose to protect consumers while helping build a lower-carbon, more secure energy system that is fit for the future. Join us and help modernise the strategic approach to energy pricing, shaping arrangements that support electrification, Net Zero and growth while ensuring the interests of consumers remain at the heart of change.

Read on and find out more.

Key Responsibilities and Outputs:

• Lead the development of policy and strategy on some of Ofgem's most complex

and high-profile issues, helping to shape the future direction of energy pricing

and consumer regulation.

• Bring together analysis, stakeholder insight, operational considerations and

consumer perspectives to identify options, evaluate trade-offs and develop

recommendations for senior decision-makers.

• Lead and develop a team, creating an inclusive and high-performing environment

and supporting colleagues to deliver high-quality work.

• Lead the team's work on complex strategic questions, working across disciplines

and drawing on expertise from subject matter experts, economists, analysts and

lawyers.

• Develop compelling advice for senior leaders, distilling complex evidence into

clear choices and recommendations.

• Lead engagement with government, industry, consumer bodies and other

stakeholders to understand emerging issues, test ideas and build support for

policy development.

• Provide programme leadership across a portfolio of work, ensuring effective

governance, risk management and delivery against objectives.

• Contribute to the wider leadership of the directorate, helping to shape priorities,

improve ways of working and drive continuous improvement.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the criteria listed in the role profile.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn].

At Ofgem, we expect our staff to carry out their roles with honesty, fairness and openness. They should follow the Civil Service code and be free from any influence or bias. We are committed to making sure interests are recognised, declared and managed appropriately so that we can fulfil our duties as an energy regulator. Our Conflicts of Interest policy outlines the types of interests Ofgem staff must declare before onboarding, and the rules they must follow throughout employment so that we can clearly demonstrate that our decisions are not influenced by private interests.

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