Climate Resilience Strategy Advisor

Successful candidates may be based in any of our office locations – Cardiff, Glasgow, or London. We especially welcome applicants from Cardiff and Glasgow. Our hybrid working policy requires colleagues to spend a minimum of one day per week (20% of their working time) in the office.

Job summary

Ofgem is at the heart of Great Britain’s Net Zero future, and we’re now seeking a Climate Resilience Strategy Advisor to help ensure the energy system can withstand the growing risks posed by climate change.

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 opportunity to work at the centre of our Climate Resilience Strategy team, supporting an agenda that is critical to the future of the energy system. As we move towards Clean Power 2030, you will help ensure resilience is treated as a core consideration within regulatory thinking, influencing how future challenges are understood and addressed.

You’ll contribute to shaping how policy and regulation factor in climate risk, supporting decisions that help the energy system remain dependable as conditions change. Working collaboratively across our organisation, government and industry, you’ll bring together insight and joined-up approaches to one of the most important challenges facing the energy sector.

Job description

We're looking for someone who can drive change in a collaborative manner, factoring in multiple priorities and using initiative and creativity to develop solutions within a fast-changing environment. You'll be a talented analyst who can use data to inform decisions and identify issues, whilst influencing audiences and conveying information in a manner that resonates with everyone.

On top of this, you'll be an accomplished communicator who can forge relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, work well in a fast-paced environment and problem-solve at a high level.

In return, you’ll join a team working at the leading edge of climate resilience within infrastructure, where your work can genuinely influence decisions and outcomes. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your expertise, broaden your experience and contribute to work that matters at a national level.

We have a critical purpose to ensure the energy system remains resilient as the risks it faces evolve. Join us and help shape how climate resilience is built into the future of Great Britain’s energy system.

Person specification

Essential:

• Excellent written and verbal communication and influencing skills (Lead): Able to distil complex ideas for diverse audiences and influence stakeholders to deliver timely, practical outputs.
• Analytical expertise (Lead): Skilled in analysing complex concepts, manipulating quantitative data to inform decisions, and synthesising diverse inputs to identify key issues.
• Stakeholder engagement: Proven ability to build effective relationships, influence outcomes, and manage diverse inputs across complex projects and policy areas.
• Change leadership: Proven ability to drive change collaboratively across disciplines, manage multiple priorities with initiative and creativity, and adapt flexibly to fast‑changing environments using a problem‑solving approach.

Desirable:

• Energy Expertise: Knowledge of the energy sector and ability to learn new areas quickly.

Behaviours

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

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

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.

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), your career history and qualifications.

You will then be asked to provide a 1250 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.

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.