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.
The Utility Regulator is seeking to appoint Regulation Managers
The Utility Regulator is seeking to appoint a number of permanent Regulation Managers who will be responsible for heading and managing a team of analysts and provide analysis, research and policy advice relating to the regulation of energy (electricity and gas) and water. In addition, you will play an active role in enabling the organisation to fully support the Government’s initiatives as part of the 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.
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
The Utility Regulator is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident Employer.
Essential Criteria
This role is well suited to persons with strong analytical and technical skills together with project and people management experience, excellent and balanced interpersonal skills and awareness of good governance. Experience in energy, water and/or economics, finance; engineering or other related profession will also be valuable.
- At least four years’ demonstrable experience in successfully analysing and advising on policy, economic and/or technical considerations relevant to a regulated sector.
- 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.
- Proven experience to demonstrate ability to present information persuasively, building positive trust-based relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and at senior levels. Including evidence of successfully and respectfully challenging different points of view.
- 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 shortlisting criteria:
- 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, and undertaking staff and performance management.
Assessments are expected to be conducted on 28 March 2022 with Interviews on 7&8 April 2022.
Candidates are referred to the following Application Pack-