Workplace Delivery Officer

To make sure we are equipped to deliver for energy consumers, at Ofgem, we depend on workplaces where our people can perform at their best. We’re looking for a Workplace Delivery Officer to join us and help create a welcoming, safe and reliable environment that keeps our London office running smoothly.

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 become a visible and valued part of the working day for colleagues across our London office. You’ll join our Estates Function, helping create an engaging workplace where people have the environment and support they need to work effectively. Based on site five days a week, you’ll play an important part in maintaining a consistently positive workplace experience.

This is a varied role where you’ll build relationships across Ofgem and work closely with external service providers, becoming a trusted point of contact for the people who use and support our workplace. You’ll have the scope to take ownership, solve problems and make a tangible difference to colleagues every day, while contributing to the wider success of our Estates and Workplace team.

We’re looking for someone with strong customer service and organisational skills, an approachable manner and the ability to confidently manage a varied and changing workload. You’ll combine clear communication and good IT capabilities with excellent attention to detail, initiative and a practical approach to resolving workplace issues. Additionally, you will need to be First Aid and Incident Control Manager trained.

In return, you’ll have the chance to build broad workplace and facilities experience while contributing to an environment that enables colleagues across Ofgem to do their best work. You’ll join an inclusive culture that celebrates different voices and experiences, with the opportunity to develop your capabilities further, including through relevant training.

We have a critical purpose to protect energy consumers while helping deliver a clean, more affordable and secure Net Zero energy system at the lowest cost to consumers. Join us and help create the welcoming, reliable workplace our people need to focus on that mission, making a visible difference to their working day and the wider organisation.

Read on and find out more.

Key responsibilities:

Workplace Delivery

• Conducting regular walkthroughs of the workplace to ensure issues are identified and dealt with appropriately.
• Delivering a reliable workplace with services that minimise disruption and support colleagues to work effectively.

Stakeholder & Supplier Co-Ordination

• Provide colleagues and visitors with a front of house service to support them while they are in the workplace, maintaining a daily on‑site presence to support queries, issues and requests as they arise.
• Building relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and delivering against agreed expectations.

Operational Support & Administration

• Conduct routine operational tasks including post handling, stationery and hospitality stock management, personal storage allocation and maintenance of office registers and logs.
• Producing and issuing colleagues with building and Civil Service passes as required.
• Understanding the purchase to pay system, raising Purchase Orders and processing invoices as required.
• Provide support in the delivery of the wider Estates and Workplace Delivery function in areas such as health & safety and sustainability as required.

Information, Communications & Team Support

• Maintaining accurate estates records and data, drafting clear communications for colleagues, and providing flexible support to the wider team as required.

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 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 Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Ofgem takes any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

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