Senior Analyst - Whole Market Conduct

Job summary

At the forefront of the fight to protect the integrity of Britain’s wholesale energy markets, Ofgem is helping combat market misconduct and ensure gas and electricity markets work effectively for consumers. We’re looking for a Senior Analyst to join us and bring powerful analytical insight to some of the most complex issues affecting wholesale energy markets.

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 a permanent, full-time role with the chance to work at the heart of wholesale market regulation and make a meaningful impact on how these vital markets operate. You’ll join our Wholesale Market Conduct team, helping promote integrity and transparency across Britain’s gas and electricity markets. Working across a varied and complex landscape, you’ll contribute to evidence-led regulation that ultimately delivers better outcomes for consumers.

This is an exciting chance to combine your understanding of wholesale markets with advanced analytical expertise, working with unique and complex datasets covering trading activity and the physical characteristics of energy producers. You’ll collaborate across Ofgem and engage with major organisations across the UK and European energy landscape, gaining significant exposure while helping strengthen our response to risks within wholesale markets.

We’re looking for someone with a strong understanding of wholesale energy markets or trading, combined with excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities and the ability to draw robust conclusions from complex evidence. You’ll also bring experience navigating complex regulatory frameworks, excellent communication skills and the technical capabilities to work effectively with large datasets.

You’ll have the chance to apply your expertise to high-profile issues that directly influence the integrity of Britain’s wholesale energy markets. Alongside this breadth and exposure, you’ll benefit from excellent Civil Service pension arrangements, generous annual leave and flexible working options designed to support a positive work-life balance.

We have a critical purpose to protect the integrity and transparency of Britain’s wholesale gas and electricity markets, so they work effectively for consumers. Join us and help combat market misconduct, strengthen confidence in the energy market and ensure robust evidence drives action where it matters most.

Read on and find out more.

Job description

Key responsibilities:

• Leading on compliance or enforcement activity in relation to wholesale market conduct issues by producing high quality, timely, and robust analysis and reports and by engaging with market participants and market operators on conduct issues.

• Build capability in the team by improving the team’s analytical tools and processes for proactive monitoring of large and complex wholesale transaction datasets for potential regulation breaches.

• Making evidence-based recommendations: identifying and escalating key issues as well as assisting in the management of risk.

• Contributing to learning and development of colleagues, by mentoring and developing team learning materials.

• Collaborating across Ofgem teams and with external stakeholders on addressing wholesale markets risks and issues.

Key Stakeholder Relationships - Internal:

• Wholesale Market Oversight and International portfolio, including the team providing insights on wholesale gas and electricity markets developments

• Wholesale market policy teams

• Legal teams

External:

• National Energy System Operator (NESO)

• Energy brokers and exchanges

• Electricity generators, gas shippers and wholesale market participants

• UK and EU institutional stakeholders such as DESNZ, the FCA, ACER and other National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs).

Person specification

• Sector knowledge: An understanding of the operation of wholesale energy markets and/or experience of trading (energy, commodities or equities etc). (LEAD CRITERIA)

• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills. Experience in analysing complex quantitative and qualitative data and evidence to arrive at conclusions and recommendations. (LEAD CRITERIA)

• Experience of interpreting and applying complex legislation, regulation, rules and processes to deliver effective compliance or enforcement investigations.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that effectively communicate complex issues to non-expert audiences

• Experience using Python or SQL programming languages to manage large datasets and produce compelling analytical outputs.

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £49,452, OFGEM contributes £14,326 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).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, Ability and Experience.

When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be directed to a Civil Service test – guidance for this can be found here Civil Service online tests - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)The test you are due to take are not timed and you can complete it at your own pace. Upon passing the tests, 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 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.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Ofgem takes any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Please refer to Civil Service candidate advice on the acceptable use of artificial intelligence within the recruitment and selection process - Artificial intelligence and recruitment , Civil Service Careers

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].

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (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 : Sabrina Wilson
• 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.

Attachments

Analyst Whole Market Conduct - Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 738kB)Analyst Wholesale Market Conduct Role Profile Opens in new window (pdf, 101kB)Terms and Conditions Opens in new window (pdf, 335kB)