Senior Policy Lead

Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations – Cardiff, Glasgow, or London. We especially welcome applicants from Cardiff and Glasgow. Our hybrid working policy is 20% in the office, equating to one day per week.

Job summary

Britain's energy system is changing fast, and the frameworks we build now will determine how fair, secure and sustainable our future will be. Ofgem is recruiting a Senior Policy Lead to help shape some of the UK's most significant climate and energy projects.

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 for an experienced policy or regulation professional to join our Low Carbon Regulated Asset Base (RAB) team, working on frameworks that support major national programmes. This is your chance to work at the core of how the UK creates, funds and delivers the infrastructure needed for a fair and secure transition to low carbon and Net Zero.

You'll operate at the intersection of economic regulation, policy design and major infrastructure development, influencing multi-billion-pound schemes and shaping decisions that will affect all aspects of the energy system. Your insight will help ensure that low-carbon markets are structured in ways that are efficient, economical and anchored in the public interest.

Joining our supportive, trusted and high-performing team, you'll discover a collaborative culture, flexible working and commitment to shared success. Our flexible resourcing model means your expertise may be deployed across a range of strategic projects, affording you breadth of exposure and the chance to contribute across multiple areas.

We're looking for someone who brings a strong understanding of economic regulation or the wider infrastructure landscape, alongside the ability to lead, influence and deliver through others. You'll be confident navigating complex issues, distilling analysis, and engaging constructively with government, industry and internal specialists.

We have a critical purpose to ensure that Britain boasts an effective low-carbon infrastructure. Join us and help shape the regulatory decisions and frameworks that will underpin the UK's path to Net Zero.

Job description

• Lead the delivery of regulatory policy with respect to Ofgem's regulation of the Low Carbon RAB team programmes.
• Undertake analysis on proposals and their impacts and effectively communicating the benefits, challenges and trade-offs to senior colleagues.
• Lead the production of high-quality outputs, including policy papers, consultations and decision letters.
• Making evidenced recommendations on regulatory matters, such as reopener cost allowances, code or licence modification proposals .
• Lead the management of multiple workstreams, including building relationships with external stakeholders, representing Ofgem externally, and overseeing the prioritisation, scoping, and delivery of work. This also involves proactive engagement with key internal Ofgem functions to identify and manage risks and issues.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrates understanding of economic regulation principles or experience of working in a regulated utilities/ Infrastructure environment, alongside experience in energy policy development.
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• Managing delivery: set clear goals and priorities, supports others to solve problems, overcome challenges, seeking feedback and means of continuous improvement whilst delivering high quality outputs.
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• Clearly identifies and communicates the relevance, interdependencies and strategic fit of their work to organisational priorities both internally and externally
• Demonstrably identifies and understands the value/contribution of internal and external partners and effectively creates open, creative, constructive, timely and inclusive engagement

Desirable Criteria

• Understanding of economic regulation principles, particularly the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £47,895, OFGEM contributes £13,875 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.

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 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.

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.

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