Regulatory Policy Advisor

We have a great opportunity to join our team at Bristol Water as a Regulatory Policy Advisor to help the business understand and respond to new regulatory requirements and opportunities.
**What will you be doing?**
As Regulatory Policy Advisor your focus will be to support price reviews and annual performance reports, regulatory policy and consultations, and assurance and targeted reviews.
This is a great fixed term contract role for two years.
**Day to day you’ll**
- Provide policy advice and analysis to support the production of regulatory submissions to the Ofwat, the economic regulator.
- Support the production of regulatory reporting and assurance documentation for the Annual Performance Report, including in-period determinations.
- Produce reports and communication materials on cross industry consultations and local stakeholder topics specific to Bristol Water.
- Engage and co-ordinate virtual teams of cross-business experts and stakeholders for input into regulatory submissions.
- Influence the industry level agenda by representing the company to Ofwat, through working groups and consultations, and sector wide organisations such as Water UK.
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What we’re looking for...*
- Qualifications in Politics, Economics, or Social Science or equivalent. Business, maths, accounting also considered.
- Experience and knowledge of regulatory frameworks and regulatory approaches used in UK, preferably in Water but wider Utilities experience will be transferable.
- Good analytical skills and ability to interpret the consequences of regulatory policy implications and formulate business responses.
- Excellent written and communication skills
- The ability to work under pressure and manage a varied of workload
- Good interpersonal skills and can develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships
- Able to influence and drive right culture and behaviours.
Above all, you will need to demonstrate our competencies and core values: TRUST, SUPPORT, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, PROFESSIONALISM, PRIDE and AMBITION.
**What’s in it for you?**
As well as a great opportunity to develop your career, the role offers:

- 10% bonus
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Entry into the company pension scheme
- Flexible, supportive friendly working environment
- Opportunity for some home working
- Onsite parking, when you’re in the office
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Why Bristol Water?*
Bristol Water provides water to over a million customers in the Bristol area, this equates to over one thousand square miles and 264,000,000 litres of water supplied every day
Since 1846, we’ve been making people healthier and the economy stronger. We’ve served generations of families and will serve generations to come.
We don’t just give people water. We keep them healthy and help them grow. People are the reason we work around the clock and test our water hundreds of times every day.
We’re here to have a positive impact on people and the planet for generations. Without people, it’s just water. With water, families flourish, businesses grow, and people create.
We’re a morning cuppa, that well-deserved bubble bath (although we’d prefer a four-minute shower), and that cold Friday pint after a long week.
We’re full of colour, pride and spiritjust like our small patch of the planet.
**We’re local**
We’ve been here for generations, we served your great-great-great grandparents (if they lived in Bristol, anyway).
Almost everyone who works here, also lives in the area.
We were born out of the needs of Bristolians and we’re still part of that today. So, we do what we do for ourselves, our families, our friends our people.
**We’re nimble**
Did you know we’re one of the smallest water companies in the UK, and we love it
It means we’re closer to people and we can do the things that matter. Being small means, we can be responsive. We punch above our weight, leading the way. We show others how it’s done and have big opportunities for our staff.
**We’re in it together**
We’re stronger when we work together. Our willingness and desire to collaborate is our secret to success.
**For the planet**
We’re on a mission to save the planet from pollution and waste. We aim to make every bit of the environment we touch better.
**Bristol Water. It’s what we’re made of.**
Our purpose - To have a positive impact on society and the environment to build trust beyond water.

**Job Type**: Contract