Analyst

Job summary

Working at the forefront of the fight to deliver a low-cost, resilient energy system for Great Britain, Ofgem uses rigorous analysis to hold network companies to account and drive real change. We’re looking for four Analysts to join us and apply analytical thinking to help shape and monitor the price controls that underpin the UK’s journey to Clean Power 2030 and Net Zero 2050.

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. We’re at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving toward Net Zero whilst protecting energy consumers, especially vulnerable people.

We’re offering four permanent opportunities within our Network Price Controls team at a pivotal moment for the sector. You’ll join as major price control frameworks move from design into delivery, with real influence over how network companies perform for consumers. These roles sit at the heart of strategic decision-making, combining data, insight and policy to ensure networks deliver value for money while enabling decarbonisation.

You’ll work across electricity and gas network regulation, contributing to both forward-looking strategy and robust performance monitoring. From shaping the regulatory approach that guides future business plans to strengthening how we assess delivery against commitments, your analysis will directly inform senior decisions and public accountability. It’s intellectually challenging work with visible impact across the energy system.

We’re looking for candidates with strong quantitative and qualitative analytical capabilities, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the confidence to interpret complex data and turn it into clear, evidence-based recommendations. You’ll be comfortable working collaboratively across disciplines and engaging constructively with stakeholders, bringing curiosity, rigour and sound judgement to your work.

In return, you’ll join an inclusive organisation that values analytical excellence and supports flexible working. You’ll benefit from an excellent civil benefits package while working on nationally significant issues that directly affect consumers and the future resilience of the energy system. You’ll also have the opportunity to work flexibly across Ofgem as part of the Analysis Profession, contributing to cross-organisational priorities.

We have a critical purpose to ensure network price controls deliver fair outcomes for consumers while enabling the investment and resilience needed for a low-carbon future. In this role, your analysis will help strengthen accountability, improve regulatory design and support the transformation of Britain’s energy networks.

Read on and find out more.

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Support areas of our price setting cost assessment, contribute to the further development of our strategic approach for asset health and risk resilience, annual monitoring teams for the RIIO price controls, including analysis of company performance against expenditure and output targets we set.
• Understand and manage large amounts of company performance data.
• Engage with network companies on their submissions and participate in direct discussions to help understand of the factors influencing company performance or company requests for funding.
• Liaise with network companies (e.g. via sector working groups) on a regular basis to help refine and develop our approach to monitoring and cost assessment.
• Provide support and assistance to the preparation of oral and written briefings to senior staff members and committees on key issues.
• Working closely with policy, finance, engineering and legal colleagues to understand company submissions and resolve issues.
• Support effective project management to ensure delivery of your work.
• Contribute to draft consultation and decision documents.
• Respond to changing priorities and helping manage organisational risk, by being flexible, providing analytical support to new workstreams across sector price controls if required.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

• Produce analysis to assess the performance of the network companies against RIIO-2/RIIO-3 targets and obligations.
• Develop and maintain models for cost assessment of company data, including adapting existing models in accordance with best practice and policy developments.
• Review model input data for quality.
• Develop data repositories and methods of provisioning data.
• Assist in the processes for monitoring and reporting of company performance within the RIIO-2 price control framework (including outputs and uncertainty mechanisms).
• Assist in the production of external annual reports that summarise and communicate the results of our assessment.
• Support the annual process to refine and develop our approach to enhance our data collection and reporting templates, including consulting with key stakeholders.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Excellent analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative, with demonstrated ability to think critically, validate and analyse complex data, and to challenge and sense check results. (Lead Criteria)
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely and to work collaboratively to solve problems. (Lead Criteria)
• Strong writing skills with demonstrable application of those skills to support policy development, consultation, decision-making processes and implementation.
• Strong project management skills to successfully deliver a programme of work in challenging timescales.
• Support, or lead, on the development of robust analysis that contributes to creating a range of options and making recommendations to senior management.
• Confident with Excel to manage large datasets and to present analysis in appropriate and clear formats.

Behaviours

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

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

Artificial intelligence

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), 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) and upload a copy of your CV anonymising all details where necessary.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential 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.

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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) (opens in a new window)
• 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

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).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 theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Lewis Buckley
• Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk

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.

Attachments

Analyst x4, Role Profile Opens in new window (pdf, 124kB)Analyst x4, Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 696kB)Terms and Conditions Apr25 Opens in new window (pdf, 335kB)