Salary
Period of appointment
Job description
Come and join us and help protect Northern Ireland’s energy and water consumers and support Government in delivering a low carbon future
The Utility Regulator is seeking to appoint Permanent:
Regulation Analysts x 6
And
Modelling Analysts x 2
A reserve list will be created to fill any additional Analyst roles across the organisation, including permanent and fixed term opportunities.
Closing date: 2pm, Monday 18th July 2022
The Utility Regulator exists to protect today and tomorrow’s energy and water consumers. There has never been a better time to join us. We are recruiting for new roles that will help us play our part in delivering Government’s commitment to delivering net zero carbon. This is your opportunity to develop your expertise in highly sought after specialist regulation role, providing analysis and advice on energy (electricity and gas) and water issues. Working in a fast-paced environment your work will be diverse, with the opportunity to work across a variety of functions and teams, and actively contribute to the delivery our aims and objectives.
In return you will be joining an organisation that offers excellent benefits including a competitive salary and Northern Ireland Civil Service pension arrangements, within a welcoming, family-friendly and flexible working environment, which embraces the opportunities that remote working brings.
Salary: £39,969- £49,961 per annum
Pension: Northern Ireland Civil Service pension arrangements
Contract: Permanent- 37 Hours per week (flexi-time working as standard,
plus other flexible working arrangements will also be actively be considered)
Holidays: 25 days (rising to 30 days), plus 12 p&p days
Essential Criteria:
- At least two years demonstrable experience in:
- (Regulation Analyst) successfully analysing and advising on policy, consumer, economic and/or technical considerations relevant to a policy environment or regulated sector.
- (Modelling Analyst) successfully testing, designing and building mathematical models that process large and complex data sets.
- Experience of analysing and distilling complex written, numerical information and/or large data sets from a wide variety of sources using analysis and diverse information sources to support development and delivery of business decisions or policy objectives in a complex environment.
- Excellent organisational skills and proven experience of taking individual responsibility working on a number of tasks or work streams at any one time while actively managing deadlines.
- Proven experience of communicating effectively in challenging situations and developing positive and trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to positively demonstrate by examples, an understanding of and commitment to further workplace values that align to those of the Utility Regulator.
The assessment process is expected to be conducted remotely. The interview process will take place either remotely or in person in our offices in Belfast. Candidates will be informed of interview arrangements closer to the time and this will be subject to Executive guidance on COVID-19 restrictions.
A full recruitment pack can be downloaded below
Northern Ireland continues to have an under-representation of women across our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) industries.
The Utility Regulator is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident Employer and welcomes women applicants, who are currently under represented.