Key Responsibilities
* Create and deliver Investor Relations support that aligns with Ofgems strategic goals and outputs with a focus on building and maintaining investor trust and confidence.
* Identify key decisions and publications (external and internal) and advise on how to communicate, including the consideration of market sensitive information and potential market reactions.
* Organise and attend events including meetings with investors.
* Manage our Investor Distribution lists, a key channel of engagement we have with investors.
* Maintain an acute sense of sensitivities to ensure clarity of message and understanding of market sentiment and keeping senior management well informed of investor feedback and concerns.
* Identify trends in enquiries and alert senior management and colleagues.
* Support senior management in delivering official messages, creating briefing notes and assisting them ahead of external events.
* Participate in the Communications team regular meetings to ensure full awareness of all relevant publications and media coverage.
Key Outputs and Deliverables
* I n dependently and accurately manage the booking of relevant internal and external IR meetings, including scheduling, sending invitations, and arranging logistics.
* Prepartion of investor materials, senior management briefing notes, meeting agendas in support of external investor meetings.
* Demonstrate a proactive and collaborative approach to all tasks.
* Demonstrate a solid understanding of Ofgems regulatory tools and business, strategy, and key forward work plan. Be able to articulate the regulatory and economic framework for the UK energy sector to the market.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the key investors and investors interested in the UK Energy Sector.
Key Stakeholder Relationships
Internal
* Regulatory Finance team
* Communications team
* Major Projects team
External
* Investor Community
* Other Government Departments
* Other Regulators
* Regulator counterparts, consultants, academia, and think tanks (as appropriate)
* Events companies
Person specification
Role Criteria
Please ensure you demonstrate clearly within your personal statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria below (not more than 1,000 words ).In the event of receiving a large number of applications an initial sift may take place on just the identified lead criteria indicated below:
ESSENTIAL:
* Have or working towards a financial or related qualification (e.g. PPE, Economics, Finance, Banking, Investment Management) or have a minimum of three years relevant financial or commercial experience, that can be evidenced by a certified qualification/enrolment or two short examples showing measurable outcomes. (LEAD CRITERIA)
* Knowledge of the UK political, regulatory and energy sector. Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of the UK political and regulatory landscape and its implications for the UK energy sector, evidenced by a concise example from the last three years.
* Experience translating complex financial or economic data into clear outputs for different audiences, with at least two examples where communication influenced decisions.
* Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders and managing stakeholders to a deadline with one example of leading or coordinating multi‑stakeholder work to an agreed deadline.
DESIRABLE:
* Knowledge of equity and debt investors in UK Energy Sector companies with examples of projects / cases working with those investors and / or companies.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Seeing the Big Picture
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
* Delivering at Pace
Benefits
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.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
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 1000 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.
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
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 ].
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
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
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name : Lisa Buchanan
* Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
Recruitment team
* Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of these Recruitment Principles.
In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website.
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