Title:  Enterprise Risk Business Partner - NESO

About the role

National Energy System Operator (NESO) is on a journey towards a sustainable and secure energy future. Together we build on this momentum, advancing the Electricity System Operator’s (ESO) plan for zero carbon operability of the electricity system by 2025.

We are seeking a self-driven individual to join our centralised assurance team as an Enterprise Risk Business Partner. This role enables NESO to deliver its governance, risk, compliance, and assurance obligations. As part of the 2nd line of defence, you will support our Executive Management team and Senior Leaders in identifying, assessing, and monitoring risks and controls. This collaborative role involves working closely with our team of Enterprise Risk Business Partners, other departments and key stakeholders, fostering a culture of risk awareness and proactive risk management.

You will support senior leaders as they identify and assess risks and controls related to the organisation, ensuring they are documented and communicated effectively, and provide expert advice and consultative support to senior leaders. 

This role can be based in Warwick or Wokingham, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. 

Key accountabilities

Direct activities

• Providing advice to enable the business to conduct risk management processes, including risk identification, assessment, management, and monitoring of risk.
• Facilitating workshops with Executives and senior leaders.
• Driving the identification, development, and documentation of the key controls for Principal Risks. Ensuring that they are developed to the appropriate standard.
• Ensuring representative child risk (and control) landscapes are identified for Principal Risks.
• Delivering periodic and time sensitive reporting to risk leads and heads of department.

Indirect activities

• Supporting formal reporting to the Executive Team, Audit and Risk Committee, the Board and to our primary stakeholder.
• Collaborating with fellow Risk Business Partners in the delivery of risk workshops
• Guiding managers across the organisation, to ensure that the right quality of risk and control information is in the system at the right time, to be positioned for periodic testing.#

Analysis and Insight

• Collaborating with the broader team to improve insights and data provision.
• Understanding of the concepts of horizon scanning and emerging risk.

Building Capability and Culture

• Developing effective relationships with key contacts (Executive Management, senior management, risk professionals and risk champions) within NESO. Enabling the developing maturity of 1st and 2nd line risk assurance activity. 

About you

We’re forging the path, and we know we can’t do it alone. That’s why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey. In this case, we’re looking for someone who has/is:

• Passionate about of the energy sector – in terms of structure, regulatory environment and the short and long-term issues affecting the industry.
• Has solid experience and knowledge of Risk Management including tools, processes and systems. Coupled with the ability to break these down, so that those who are not risk and control specialists can comfortably contribute.
• Experienced in business change, including effective communications, business engagement and stakeholder management.
• A strong communicator with excellent writing skills. 

About what you'll get

A competitive salary between £60,000 0 £65,000pa – 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%. 

About us

The creation of National Energy System Operator (NESO) is driven by an urgent need to unify and optimise our approach to energy. A more integrated and coordinated strategy is needed to meet the unprecedented challenges of climate change, ensuring secure energy supply, and keeping costs manageable for consumers.

Join us and empower your potential, energise our team, and be part of something bigger.

Your 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.  

NESO, 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.

The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

More information

This role closes on 27/06/2025 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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