Policy Executive

**About the Role**

The energy industry was very privileged to work with Audrey Gallacher. She worked tirelessly during her career and made an outstanding contribution to the industry. She championed consumer issues across the energy system and her work has benefited people all across the UK. During her career, she spent time working with the regulator, Ofgem, the consumer body, Citizens Advice and the industry body, Energy UK.

**About Energy UK**

Energy UK works with our members, government, the regulator and wider stakeholders to champion a sustainable UK energy industry. Our vision for a sustainable energy sector is one in which our customers receive excellent services at affordable prices, our infrastructure powers the zero-carbon economy, and where our UK industry is both successful today, and able to invest for tomorrow.

Our members come from right across the energy sector, from energy suppliers, and large power generators, to companies providing technologies and services in heat, transport, or power. The energy sector has been changing rapidly in the UK, and with more change to come as we look to deliver on UK decarbonisation; this is the most interesting time to work in energy. The breadth of our membership means that we see the whole picture in energy, and we bring this, and our passion for good communications, to influence policy and the wider debate on energy. We want to make sure customers have a fair deal and access to great energy services, especially the fuel poor and vulnerable; that the industry sets high standards for its performance and engagement with customers; and that we build the Net Zero economy.

We really value our organisational culture at Energy UK. We have high-quality support and development opportunities for our employees, and we are proud to have been awarded a silver accreditation with Investors in People. We know that the wellbeing of employees is key to our success and this is reflected in our progressive policies around wellbeing, flexible working and mental health.

Energy UK plays a key role in promoting diversity and inclusion across the energy industry. In addition to our Young Energy Professionals Forum, we are a founding member of TIDE, an industry-wide taskforce to tackle Inclusion and Diversity across Energy. We share best practices and foster collaboration across the industry on all issues relating to equality and diversity through our annual Diversity and Inclusion conference

**The role whilst at Energy UK**

The successful applicant will spend 8 months within the Policy Team and Communications Team. The post holder will have the opportunity to:

- Help support the development of policy positions that will impact energy markets - Conduct research to support the policy positions
- Accompany members of the team to meetings and help draft briefings for the senior team - Liaise with stakeholders and our members
- Draft copy for web, social media and other communications
- Help on the administration of the Young Energy Professionals Forum
- Work with the membership team to learn more about our members from the energy industry - Attend events, conferences
- Have the opportunity to attend training courses to learn more about the energy industry and also on personal professional development

**Citizens Advice**

Citizens Advice works relentlessly to tackle the major issues affecting people across England and Wales. Our local Citizens Advice see first hand the problems people face day in and day out. The data we gather from these interactions means we’re uniquely placed to spot trends early, understand the root causes of issues, and develop tangible solutions to address them.

These insights, combined with our strong and trusted brand, give us unique access to the people who have the power to make the changes we want to see - including government, regulators and businesses.

As a member of our policy team you’ll be working as part of a dynamic and supportive team - contributing to designing and executing inventive and hard hitting research and creating influential outputs including blogs, reports, presentations and social media. You’ll also have opportunities to directly influence those with the power to make change happen. We’ll also give you opportunities to help deliver against our energy advice strategy.

Your development is our priority - we do everything we can to help you to develop the skills you need to take the next steps in your career. For example, we provide an extensive range of internal training courses covering everything you need to succeed in this role and progress to a more senior role, including research, persuasive writing and influencing and negotiating skills.

We are looking for an exceptional individual with good research and communication skills, curiosity, and ambition to achieve real change on behalf of our clients and consumers. Relevant professional experience is not essential but a keen interest in how political and policy deci