Network Price Control Operations

Description:

Key Responsibilities and Outputs

• Detailed and robust analysis of network company submissions to help determine the economic and efficient costs associated with the development and delivery of these projects. This will include comparing costs across different projects, undertaking detailed benchmarking analysis to inform and support our assessments, and helping to set appropriate incentives on project developers to manage their costs efficiently.
• Presentation and discussion of analysis and resulting proposals to internal and external stakeholders, such as other team members, senior managers and network companies. This could include the drafting of briefings, policy documents, consultations, impact assessments, guidance and decision letters.
• Ensuring smooth and efficient assessments through clear project-planning, organisation of internal and external meetings, tracking key issues, management of external consultants and their contracts, and management of work packages and analysis allocated to other team members.
• Representing Ofgem externally, building constructive and supportive relationships to ensure challenges and issues are identified and resolved in consumers interests.
• A willingness to work flexibly within the Analysis profession is essential as role holders will be required to contribute where resources are most needed to achieve deliverables, this could be within the Networks division or within the wider organisation.

Essential Criteria

• Strong analytical skills – both quantitative and qualitative and proven ability to use these to analyse complex concepts and make recommendations on policy decisions (Lead criteria)
• Degree level education, or significant professional experience, in a relevant field, including but not limited to economics, engineering, data analytics, or finance.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills with the ability to:

• a) convey and synthesise analysis for managers and other internal stakeholders through briefings and board papers;
• b) represent Ofgem in external meetings and use effective influencing skills; and
• c) contribute to high quality drafting of external documents.

• Demonstration of meeting challenging deadlines and managing multiple priorities, with ability to take initiative, think creatively and work independently