Senior Policy Lead - Resilience

Britain’s energy system is facing an increasingly complex landscape of emerging threats, and Ofgem is at the forefront of the fight to protect its resilience and safeguard consumers. We’re looking for a Senior Policy Lead to join us and help shape the strategic response to some of the most pressing challenges facing Great Britain’s energy future.

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 opportunity to take on a highly influential role in an exciting new area of Ofgem’s work. You’ll join our cross-cutting Resilience Hub at a pivotal time, with the chance to help build capability and establish a stronger, more coordinated approach to energy-system resilience.

With exposure across government, regulators and the energy industry, you’ll have the chance to influence thinking at the highest levels and contribute to nationally significant priorities. Working alongside specialists from a range of disciplines, you’ll be at the centre of complex, evolving challenges where your leadership, insight and ability to navigate uncertainty can make a lasting impact.

We’re looking for someone with strong knowledge of Great Britain’s energy system, significant policy or regulatory experience and the ability to exercise sound judgement in complex, fast-moving environments. You’ll bring excellent analytical and communication skills, a collaborative approach and the credibility to influence senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries.

In return, you’ll benefit from a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment where different perspectives and specialist knowledge come together to address some of the energy sector’s most important challenges. With the chance to shape an emerging area of Ofgem’s work, build organisational capability and contribute to high-profile priorities across government, you’ll enjoy a rewarding senior position where your experience and judgement are highly valued.

We have a critical purpose to strengthen the resilience of Great Britain’s energy system, ensuring it can withstand emerging threats and continue delivering secure, reliable energy for consumers. Bring your policy leadership to the forefront of this national challenge and help shape an energy system that is prepared for the risks of today and the uncertainties of tomorrow.

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 and desirable 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. In the event of receiving a large number of applications, an initial sift may take place on just the lead criteria indicated in the essential criteria.

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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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