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Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations – Cardiff, Glasgow, or London, especially welcoming applications from people based in Cardiff and Glasgow.
Hybrid working – on average, currently one day per week in the office, or approximately 20% of the month.
Job summary
What if your next policy role could help shape a fairer energy system and change lives across the UK? Ofgem is looking for four Policy Advisors to help design and deliver major government schemes that support consumers, reduce fuel poverty and accelerate the transition to Net Zero.
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 have three full-time, permanent opportunities to work on one of the most significant and high-impact portfolios in the public sector. These schemes total £12billion and support the UK’s Net Zero goals, tackle fuel poverty, and improve energy efficiency at scale. You’ll be vital in helping to deliver low-carbon electricity and rebates to households across the country, influencing policy at the point where it turns into delivery.
You’ll have the chance to work on a real variety of projects, pivoting and flexing to meet Ofgem’s needs through a sprint model of working. The major programme of policy development will deliver genuine improvements for consumers, improving the lives of those living in fuel poverty and supporting households across the country.
We’ll enable you to showcase your capabilities whilst developing a suite of new skills through our Learning and Organisational Development offering and Civil Service learning. You’ll discover the tools and expertise to build a platform on which to secure your future as we support a greener, fairer energy system.
You don’t need to be in a policy role already, but you’ll need strong analytical and communication skills, experience working with a variety of stakeholders, and the ability to manage competing priorities. Your passion for the energy sector and the journey to Net Zero and decarbonisation will make you stand out. Whether you’re in the Civil Service, energy sector, or another public-facing organisation, this is an opportunity to step into meaningful, high-impact work.
You’ll join a collaborative and supportive team that values openness, learning and shared purpose. We work flexibly, combining virtual connection with in-person collaboration, and provide a huge range of benefits that will support, enable and drive all aspects of life.
We have a critical mission to drive strategic improvements across our energy system, supporting the transition to Net Zero and protecting consumers, and you will have the chance to operate at the heart of this ground-breaking work.
Key Responsibilities and Outputs
Policy Development
* Responsible for high quality, timely, and robust analysis of core issue/s and policy options resulting in evidence-based recommendations.
* Drafting of clear and concise documents, including: briefings; policy documents; consultations (and consultation responses); impact assessments; guidance; decision letters and stakeholder correspondence.
* Supporting and directing key workstreams and projects, including responsibility for internal and external stakeholder engagement by prioritising, scoping and delivering work.
Stakeholder Management
* Effectively communicating the benefits, challenges and trade-offs of policy proposals to senior colleagues and partners.
* Ensuring delivery by effective collaboration across teams, supporting professions and other sources of evidence and expertise to both understand and manage risks and issues.
* Responsible for representing Ofgem externally, building constructive and supportive relationships to ensure challenges and issues are identified and resolved in consumers interests.
* Demonstrable interest and experience in public policy/energy/net zero. (Lead criteria)
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Demonstrative experience in engaging with/managing multiple stakeholders.
* Ability to manage different work activities or workstreams to keep projects on track.
* Energy sector and regulatory knowledge with demonstrable understanding of Ofgem and the consumer needs it serves.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Seeing the Big Picture
* Making Effective Decisions
* Working Together
* Delivering at Pace
Alongside your salary of £34,123, OFGEM contributes £9,885 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but this is kept under review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Ability and Experience.
When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be directed to a Civil Service test – guidance for this can be found here Civil Service online tests - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Upon passing the test, 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 essential and desirable skills and capabilities.
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.
Please refer to Civil Service candidate advice on the acceptable use of artificial intelligence within the recruitment and selection process - Artificial intelligence and recruitment, Civil Service Careers
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].
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