Job Description

Details

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Reference number

435539

Salary

34,123 - 48,561
National: 34,123 - 45,831


London: 36,824 - 48,561


Please ensure that you read the Pay and Reward information for civil service and internal colleagues before applying
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer
Level 2A

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

OFGEM - Analysis and Assurance

Type of role

Analytical


Corporate Finance

Finance

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations - Cardiff, Glasgow, or London. We especially welcome applicants from Cardiff and Glasgow.

About the job

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Job summary

Ofgem is Great Britain's independent energy regulator. Our primary responsibility is to protect energy consumers, especially the most vulnerable, while at the same time working with government, industry and consumer groups to deliver a clean, more affordable and secure net-zero energy system at the lowest cost to consumers, and drive economic growth.


The Financial Resilience and Controls Directorate is looking for a Financial Advisor to join the Investor Relations team. This is a high-impact role focused on strengthening trust and confidence in regulatory decisions across the energy sector.


You'll play a key role in shaping how we engage with the investment community, advising on market-sensitive communications, organising investor events, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders including credit rating agencies, private equity firms and infrastructure investors.


Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you'll ensure investor perspectives are considered in policy development and strategic decision-making. Your insights will help senior leaders understand market sentiment and respond effectively to investor concerns.


As part of a collaborative and inclusive team of financial experts, you'll contribute to cross-cutting projects spanning corporate finance, regulatory reporting, retail financial monitoring and more. You'll also support senior management with briefing materials, organising logistics and messaging for external engagements.


We're looking for someone with an understanding of financial markets. You'll bring some experience in finance, economics or public policy, or demonstrate commercial acumen through a proven record of high performance and achievement. Excellent communication skills and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments are essential.


Significant ongoing weekly travel to London is expected as part of this role.


This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys working at pace, thrives on collaboration and wants to help deliver a greener, fairer energy system. You'll be part of a team committed to supporting the UK's Net Zero ambitions and ensuring the resilience of our energy market.


Your work will directly support Ofgem's mission to protect consumers, drive innovation and deliver a greener, more resilient energy system.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Create and deliver Investor Relations support that aligns with Ofgem's strategic goals and outputs with a focus on building and maintaining investor trust and confidence. Identify key decisions and publications (external and internal) and advise on how to communicate, including the consideration of market sensitive information and potential market reactions. Organise and attend events including meetings with investors. Manage our Investor Distribution lists, a key channel of engagement we have with investors. Maintain an acute sense of sensitivities to ensure clarity of message and understanding of market sentiment and keeping senior management well informed of investor feedback and concerns. Identify trends in enquiries and alert senior management and colleagues. Support senior management in delivering official messages, creating briefing notes and assisting them ahead of external events. Participate in the Communications team regular meetings to ensure full awareness of all relevant publications and media coverage.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

Independently and accurately manage the booking of relevant internal and external IR meetings, including scheduling, sending invitations, and arranging logistics. Prepartion of investor materials, senior management briefing notes, meeting agendas in support of external investor meetings. Demonstrate a proactive and collaborative approach to all tasks. Demonstrate a solid understanding of Ofgem's regulatory tools and business, strategy, and key forward work plan. Be able to articulate the regulatory and economic framework for the UK energy sector to the market. Demonstrate an understanding of the key investors and investors interested in the UK Energy Sector.

Key Stakeholder Relationships

Internal

Regulatory Finance team Communications team Major Projects team

External

Investor Community Other Government Departments Other Regulators Regulator counterparts, consultants, academia, and think tanks (as appropriate) Events companies

Person specification

Role Criteria

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly within your personal statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria below (not more than 1,000 words). In the event of receiving a large number of applications an initial sift may take place on just the identified lead criteria indicated below:

ESSENTIAL:

Have or working towards a financial or related qualification (e.g. PPE, Economics, Finance, Banking, Investment Management) or have a minimum of three years' relevant financial or commercial experience, that can be evidenced by a certified qualification/enrolment or two short examples showing measurable outcomes.

(LEAD CRITERIA)

Knowledge of the UK political, regulatory and energy sector. Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of the UK political and regulatory landscape and its implications for the UK energy sector, evidenced by a concise example from the last three years. Experience translating complex financial or economic data into clear outputs for different audiences, with at least two examples where communication influenced decisions. Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders and managing stakeholders to a deadline with one example of leading or coordinating multi?stakeholder work to an agreed deadline.

DESIRABLE:

Knowledge of equity and debt investors in UK Energy Sector companies with examples of projects / cases working with those investors and / or companies.

Behaviours

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


Seeing the Big Picture Communicating and Influencing Working Together Delivering at Pace

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 34,123, OFGEM contributes 9,885 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.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , 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 1000 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.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by [

https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

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 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Lisa Buchanan Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of these Recruitment Principles.




In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website.