Title:  Distributed Flexibility Policy Lead - NESO

About the role

National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

With the increasing penetration of renewables, flexibility will be key to balancing supply and demand, ensuring grid stability, and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. In this role, you’ll help to set the future strategic direction of flexibility through the development of policy decisions, using your expertise to identify market barriers and implement innovative solutions that enhance the flexibility of the system. By unlocking the potential of flexible technologies, you will help deliver cost-effective, reliable energy while accelerating the UK’s journey toward net-zero.

Additionally, through supporting different projects on different future policies that impact on ancillary service and flexibility markets, you will gain understanding of all types of technologies—renewables, storage, demand-side response, etc—and how they can help the operation of a decarbonised electricity system. The projects you help shape will position GB as the most competitive and sustainable energy market in the world.

In this fast-paced, dynamic role, you’ll work with industry experts, government, investors, and stakeholders to shape the solutions that unlock new opportunities, and optimise market design, to enable a level-playing field.

This role can be based from Wokingham or Warwick, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.

About us

National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) mission is to facilitate the decarbonisation of Great Britain’s energy network and ensure the delivery of reliable, affordable, and clean electricity for consumers. We work with stakeholders across the whole energy industry to plan for future network needs, using a wider adoption of technology and changes in consumer behaviour, as well as ensuring we have the right markets, networks, and frameworks in place, to transform the way we operate tomorrow.

Join us, and let’s energise progress.

energy, our future, together.

About the National Energy System Operator (NESO)

In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.  

The ESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.

The organisation is set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As was the ESO, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.

Key Accountabilities

• You will be involved in day-to-day activities of the Distributed Flexibility Strategy and Policy team, supporting the team on a various number of projects. This could involve:
• Supporting the development of GB flexibility policy development
• Supporting the horizon scanning of GB and European policy developments
• Supporting and coordinating our response to relevant consultations
• Producing high quality commercial analysis (including recommendations of options) and draft reports in the form of power point packs or word documents;
• Structuring a strategic approach to problem solving, drawing on established economic principles and market trends, while having the capacity to think creatively;
• Delivering project management support for collaborative projects between NESO and industry to find innovative market based solutions for low carbon system operation;
• Use both your knowledge and expertise, and from across the industry and internally, to provide option analysis to support the future strategic direction of our markets.
• Being involved in both internal and external engagements, and create an enduring process for future engagement

About you

This role would be in the Distributed Flexibility Strategy and Policy team. The purpose of the team is to ensure the long-term strategic direction for NESO Markets is enabled by the different policy decisions required across industry and we are appropriately influencing what the outcomes are. We are also responsible for ensuring the strategic coordination between NESO and DSO’s to deliver our strategic market objectives.

This role would be at the heart of developing and supporting key market reform policies and activities in the NESO to enable us to reach our clean power 2030 targets. You will support the senior leads in the team working on varied, high profile strategic projects such as the DESNZ Low Carbon Roadmap, DSO-NESO Co-ordination of technical requirements, the Market Facilitator Transition, and to shape the future of NESO markets based on our operational requirements and changes in technological landscape.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £43,000 - £48,000pa – dependent on experience and capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on company performance, 26 days annual leave as standard and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

As we work towards creating a cleaner, greener, and more affordable future for all, we also work towards creating a place for our teammates to belong, with professional and personal growth and positive well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximise your potential along your career journey.
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table.
• Generous Total Rewards Plan – comprising of health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.
   

More Information

This role closes on 21st May 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. 

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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