Senior Policy Advisor

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

- 370403**Salary**:

- £40,950 - £45,265- National: £40,950 - £45,265 (pro-rata for part-time hours)- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DESNZ - Energy Infrastructure - Hydrogen & Industrial Carbon Capture**Type of role**:

- Policy
Strategy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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- Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to work at the forefront of current policy making decisions? Do you want to have an impact on the UK and beyond? If yes, then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you.

Here at DESNZ we are delivering our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, with clean electricity by 2030 and accelerating the UK’s journey to net zero. Our work is helping ensure clean energy for all, keep bills down and seize the opportunities to lead the world in new green industries, taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK. The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference.

Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it's impactful. Our DESNZ Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are bold, we are collaborative, we are inclusive, and we learn. As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive

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 and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

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**Job description**:
The CCUS and Hydrogen Sector Growth team leads an expanding programme to enable the growth of the low carbon hydrogen sector. Growth of the hydrogen economy is essential to deliver our carbon budget commitments and the Government’s Clean Power and Economic Growth Missions.

Within the CCUS and Hydrogen Sector Growth team, the Hydrogen Production Strategy team is leading the department’s work to deliver our hydrogen production ambitions, working across the department and with industry to set the policies that ensure low carbon hydrogen production can be delivered at pace, supported by a strong regulatory and policy framework.

This is a high-profile role that will involve developing new policy on one of the department’s key priorities - ensuring a secure, decarbonised energy system capable of meeting our net zero commitments. This post if focused on ensuring we consider the system impacts of hydrogen production, including the interactions of hydrogen production with the electricity system and the environmental impacts associated with different technologies.

The post holder will need to work independently and collaboratively across government and industry to ensure we appropriately understand and set policies that enable hydrogen production to effectively integrate into the wider energy system. The role will require specialist skills in interpreting and understanding scientific literature, such as do with the environmental impacts of hydrogen production. This role will require the ability to assess complex technical evidence, to conduct research and to make policy recommendations. The post holder will also need to be able to quickly build effective relationships and networks across industry and government, representing the departments interests and delivering effectively through others.

If you are an ambitious policy profession, work innovatively and have a background and/or interest in hydrogen production we would love to hear from you

**Person specification**:
**Key responsibilities**

You will lead on several activities including but not limited to:

- Developing policy on the integration of electrolytic hydrogen production into the wider energy system, ensuring we maximise benefits whilst avoiding any adverse impacts.
- Bringing together a network of stakeholders from across government and industry to help deliver our aims, for example internal analysts to map dependencies and risks associated with system integration of hydrogen production, and working with industry to understand risks and opportunities.
- Interpreting qualitative and quantitative evidence to develop policy recommendations, communicating complex issues in straightforward ways to senior decision makers (Senior Civil Servants, Ministers) through written and oral briefing.
- Leading our work with internal and external working groups, to ensure we understand system integration challenges and that we are proactively working with industry ex