Senior Manager, Wholesale Markets
Specific Minimum Qualifications and Expertise
- Experience in briefing and advising senior staff on a range of issues, potentially technical
- Good knowledge of the European institutions and policy making
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to work under tight deadlines
- Excellent influencing skills with the ability to represent Ofgem externally
- Experience in policy development
- Degree level education
Desirable
- Knowledge of the energy industry and regulation at national or international levels
This position will require frequent European travel
Purpose
European developments are shaping policy decisions in GB across the board, touching on retail, wholesale, environmental and financial aspects. The successful candidate will be expected to have an overview of these EU devleopments so as to act as the EU coordinator in Ofgem.
This would include:
- Ensure senior staff and policy teams are fully briefed both on risks and opportunities of a wide range of European developments
- Contribute to development of policy wholesale markets and/or European issues
- Responsible for following/inputting to negotiations of new EU primary legislation
- Represent Ofgem on issues and activities originating from the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
- Be the first port of call on European issues within Ofgem
Key Outputs and Deliverables
- Briefings for senior staff for meetings with Regulators, the Commission, MEPs and the industry
- Drafting Policy papers on European and/or wholesale markets issues
- Monitoring and influencing the negotiations of new EU legislation in GB and in Europe
- Build good working relationships with colleagues working on European policy in Ofgem, other European Regulators, ACER and the secretariat of the Regulators’ Association.
- Strong participation into various internal EU coordination meetings at working and senior levels
- Deliver a series of internal communications initiatives to increase the knowledge and understanding of EU issues
- Potential line management responsibility
Key Stakeholder Relationships
- Ofgem Chair
- European Co-ordination team
- Wholesale Markets Division
- Secretariat of European Regulators’ organisation (Council of European Energy Regulators – CEER) and the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
- Staff across Ofgem
- European Commission
- Government departments, especially DECC
- Industry
Key Accountabilities
All staff in the team are responsible for ensuring their output is carried out within the requirements of the core competencies framework.
Opportunities
- We offer access to a range of internal and external training courses, covering IT and communication skills as well as topics related to the energy industry and regulation
- You will gain experience working on a wide range of projects and subjects with people from different backgrounds
- We offer a rigorous, yet highly supportive team-working environment
- You will benefit from exposure to regulatory issues, energy markets, public policy making in GB and European policy making
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