Strategy Advisor

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 344774**Salary**:

- £32,498 - £48,561- London £35,070 - £48,561 National £32,498 - £45,831. Please ensure that you read the Pay and Reward information for civil service and internal colleagues before applying.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Level 2a**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- OFGEM - Strategy and Decarbonisation**Type of role**:

- Strategy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- Cardiff, Glasgow, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
As Great Britain's regulator for the energy industry, Ofgem exists to ensure a safe, secure and sustainable energy supply to British households.

The energy sector is in a significant transformation, marked by high gas prices, the need for consumer protection, and the imperative of achieving net zero. Ofgem's SERN Directorate is central to this change, driving decarbonisation while safeguarding energy consumers. We seek a high-calibre Strategy Advisor to join us, contributing to strategic projects and guiding decarbonisation efforts with insightful analysis.

In this role, you will work collaboratively with Ofgem's teams, government departments, and external stakeholders to ensure Ofgem's work is informed and impactful. Are you creative, persuasive, proactive, and focused, and want to play a pivotal role in delivering the UK's journey to net zero?

You will support strategic projects and key workstreams, ensuring Ofgem remains at the forefront of change. Collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders, you will develop shared understandings and effective solutions for the energy transition.

Your role includes conducting high-quality analysis, providing valuable insights into the evolving energy landscape and confidently communicating recommendations to senior staff and even the Chief Executive, directly impacting Ofgem's direction. Your influence extends to a broader audience, leading the creation of papers for senior stakeholders and staying informed about relevant developments in the energy sector.

You will contribute to internal and external documents, supporting decarbonisation projects and encouraging constructive challenges to thinking within Ofgem and the energy industry. Through collaboration you will align individual policy teams with Ofgem's strategy. Externally, you will engage with government departments, including DESNZ, and key organisations like the Climate Change Committee. Building these relationships is essential for gathering evidence and communicating Ofgem's strategic initiatives.

Ofgem has a culture of inclusion that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our colleagues, ensuring we can represent the consumers and the communities we serve. We want to bring different perspectives and experiences to our work, so everyone is welcome - as an inclusive workplace, our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work.

**Job description**:
**Purpose**

The energy sector is going through an unprecedented period of change and transformation. In the near-term, with high and volatile gas prices, Ofgem must ensure that energy consumers are protected, and our energy system is reliable and resilient. Simultaneously, Ofgem must support the transformation to a net zero and data-enabled future.

Ofgem’s Strategy and Economics Research and Net Zero (SERN) Directorate sits at the heart of Ofgem’s change and transformation, delivering decarbonisation while protecting the interests of energy consumers, and transforming Ofgem into an even more strategic, dynamic and impactful organisation. The Net Zero Strategy team delivers advice that will change the UK’s decarbonisation trajectory. We work collaboratively with Ofgem’s leadership and regulatory and functional teams, with government departments and a wide range of external stakeholders, to ensure Ofgem’s work is informed by the best ideas and evidence, and to maximise the impact of that work.

We are seeking for a high-calibre colleague to join the Directorate as Strategy Advisor,, with responsibility for developing and running priority strategic projects, informing Ofgem’s direction on decarbonisation issues, across electricity and gas, with insightful analysis, and contributing to the briefing of senior colleagues on net zero matters.

Attitude and aptitude are just as important to us as a relevant technical background. Are you creative, persuasive, proactive and focused? Would you like to play a crucial part in shaping and delivering the UK’s journey to net zero?

**Person specification**:
**Key Responsibilities**
- Support the running and delivery of strategy projects or key workstreams that support Ofgem’s Strategic Change Programmes
- Engage with colleagues across Ofgem, as w