Graduate Programme

Employer: OFGEM

Position: Graduate Programme
Salary: £29,500 – £32,500 per year
Job Type: Full-time, Fixed term (2 years)
Work location: Glasgow/Cardiff/London (Hybrid)

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Ofgem works on behalf of energy consumers to ensure that every household and business in the UK can rely on a safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy supply.  We are playing a vital part in accelerating the transition to Net Zero and a carbon neutral energy system – a goal that everyone wants to achieve.  Whatever your placement, you’ll be playing your part in creating new, secure energy solutions that are great for customers, and great for the environment.

With a culture of inclusion that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our colleagues. It fuels our innovation and helps ensure we can best represent the consumers and the communities we serve. Everyone is welcome – as an inclusive workplace, our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work.

We operate a Flexible Resourcing model led by professions. The graduate scheme is designed to give you placements across our key work areas, with a focus on Policy & Strategy and Analysis, while supporting your career development.  We will consider your career interests and development needs in the way we manage your placements.

Your Responsibilities include:

• Has a keen interest in the energy sector, committed to delivering energy security, net zero and, most critically, ensuring consumer focus.

• Enjoys developing new skills, capabilities and being engaged across a broad range of diverse activities, including innovation, solutions generation, working collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders across the sector, research and governmental organisations.  

• Hold, or expect to achieve, at least a 2:2 undergraduate degree.

• Come from any discipline, although we are particularly interested in subjects that develop skills relevant to policy development and analysis. This may include social sciences, economics, law, public policy, business, geography, environmental studies, STEM subjects, or other fields where critical thinking, evidence-based reasoning and data interpretation are central.

• Bring an inquiring mind, intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in the future of energy and regulation.

• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills.

• Be comfortable working with evidence, data and analysis.

• Have proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Excel and PowerPoint; experience of tools such as R, STATA or Python is desirable but not essential, and training will be provided where needed.

• Show adaptability, creativity and a willingness to learn.

• Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.

Work Schedule

Full-time flexible hours 

You Will Have

• Ability to analyse, understand and draw robust conclusions from evidence

• An ability to problem solve, generate options and communicate issues clearly and effectively, including effective presentation of data, written and spoken communication  

• Able to plan-ahead, prioritise and sequence tasks, manage progress and deliver against deadlines 

• An ability to build and maintain effective relationships and work as part of a team. 

• Demonstrable interest in consumers, public policy, decarbonisation and/or energy.  

• Communicating and Influencing

• Working Together

• Delivering at Pace

• Technical criteria for this role are detailed within the essential criteria

Requirements

• Policy & Strategy placements will see you work in multidisciplinary teams to identify issues, solutions, draft and consult on proposals and ensure effective governance and decision making is supported

• Analytical placements will see you provide the analysis to support those decisions (and if you focus on analysis there will several placements to provide the analysis on a range of issues) 

• Project Management will see you support programmes and projects to deliver solutions, achieve outcomes and realisebenefits 

• Operational Delivery will see you provide operational excellence across service delivery and/or business support either internally, or externally in the provision of our environmental and social schemes on behalf of government. 

• Compliance and Enforcement will see you build cases where we consider and apply our powers as a regulator to tackle poor behaviour in the market and ensure customers are protected.   

Benefits

• Alongside your salary of £29,500, 

• OFGEM contributes £8,546 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. 

• 30 days annual leave after 2 year

• 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.

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Application Process

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