Salary
Period of appointment
Job description
The Utility Regulator exists to protect today and tomorrow’s energy and water consumers. We are recruiting for managers that will help us play our part in delivering Government’s commitment to delivering net zero carbon. There has never been a better time to join us. This is your opportunity to lead and manage a team of analysts, 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 of our aims and objectives.
This Utility Regulator is seeking to appoint a permanent Regulation Manager. The current vacancy will be responsible for heading and managing a team of analysts within the Retail Directorate and provide analysis, research and policy advice relating to the regulation of energy (electricity and gas) and water.
The Utility Regulator may create a reserve list from this competition in order to fill any additional suitable, similar Manager roles across the organisation.
This is a unique opportunity to play an active role in enabling the organisation to fully support the government’s initiatives as part of a consumer-centric, net-zero climate change transition. You will have the opportunity to work across a variety of functions within a team-based environment, and actively contribute to the delivery of Utility Regulator values, aims and objectives.
The Utility Regulator 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 hybrid working brings.
Closing date: 25 July 2022 - 2.00 pm
Salary: £57,306 - £68,698 per annum
Pension: Northern Ireland Civil Service pension arrangements
Contract: Permanent, full time
Holidays: 25 days (rising to 30 days) plus 12 public and privilege days
Essential criteria
This role is well suited to persons with strong analytical and technical skills together with project, people management experience excellent and strong interpersonal skills and awareness of good governance. Experience in energy, water and/or economics, finance; engineering or other related profession will also be valuable.
Please note you will be required to demonstrate fully the following essential criteria on the application form to be shortlisted for interview. These essential criteria may also be tested at interview and assessment stages.
- At least four years’ demonstrable experience in successfully analysing and advising on policy, economic and/or technical considerations relevant to a regulated sector in conjunction with industry, consumer groups and government departments.
- Proven experience of undertaking innovative and complex analysis resulting in the delivery of significant outcomes for shareholders and/or consumers.
- Proven experience of project management, or taking a leading role in work areas, to deliver high quality outputs in a complex environment or with competing pressures.
- Proven experience of building positive trust-based relationships and working constructively with internal and external key stakeholders to present information persuasively, including demonstrable experience of high-end interpersonal and communications skills.
- Ability to positively demonstrate by examples an understanding of, and commitment to further workplace values that align to those of the Utility Regulator. *
Desirable criteria
In the event of a large number of applicants, the following desirable criteria will be used in consecutive order as further short listing criteria
These criteria should be demonstrated on the application form and may be tested further at the interview stages.
- Ability to demonstrate a developed understanding of the features of utility regulation in Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland/Great Britain through experience or prior knowledge.
- Ability to demonstrate leading and developing a team, undertaking staff and performance management.
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.