Deputy Director Energy Security

Location

Edinburgh | United Kingdom

Job description

Deputy Director Energy Security

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 27th March 2024

Reference number: 338288

Salary: £75,000 - £117,800

Non civil servants will be expected to start at the salary minimum if successful. Standard pay rules apply for existing civil servants.

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Contract type: Permanent

Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford

About the job

This position has responsibility for the overall system-wide view of energy security of supply - considering the risks to supply both now and in the future and co-ordinating the appropriate response both within government and with the key industry players.

Energy security of supply is one of the Department's top objectives and has significant attention from Ministers and other departments, including No10, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. You will work with other officials and industry partners to monitor and assess energy security of supply both in the near term and in the long term and advise the Secretary of State on the risks and appropriate action to maintain security of supply at all times. This can include risks due to geopolitical events, infrastructure failures, extreme weather, or market dynamics.

This role also includes direct responsibility for short term gas supply - which remains critical for the energy security needs of the country today - working closely with the Deputy Director for Gas Systems, Networks and Markets.

This post is one of five Deputy Director positions in the Energy Security and Resilience (ESR) directorate, working alongside those responsible for the gas system, energy security analysis, resilience and crisis response, and national security issues.

Job description

As Deputy Director Energy Security, your responsibilities will include:

• Leadership of a team of c.30 staff with a mix of policy, analytical and project management skills, deploying situational leadership to get the best out of the team, ensuring they focus their skills and effort where they will have the most impact.
• Monitoring near term energy security of supply for the weeks and season ahead, working closely with the gas and electricity system operators, Ofgem, and the Met Office to ensure we have the best in class information and data on supply to support decision making across Government.
• Assessing the risks to security of supply for the forthcoming year, considering wider market dynamics and trends, imports, the level of gas storage, and infrastructure availability, to provide an evaluation of energy security of supply for the next winter season.
• Considering short-term policy interventions across supply and demand as required to manage any risks to security of supply, and advising the Secretary of State as required.
• Building a strong strategic view of, and framework to guide, energy security of supply over the medium and long term as the energy system goes through an extraordinary transition to net zero - understanding the energy mix and interactions between different sources of supply, and advising on managing any risks during the transition, and that the future energy system provides energy security.
• Working as part of a senior leadership team to oversee the entire directorate of over 100 staff, bringing together the five divisions to ensure they all work together well and as part of a single mission to ensure the security and resilience of the energy system now and in the future.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £75,000, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £20,250 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
• A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need.

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Salary

£75k - £117.8k per annum