JOB SUMMARY

Great British Energy will be a publicly owned, operationally independent energy company, designed to drive clean energy deployment, boost energy independence, create jobs and ensure U K taxpayers, bill-payers and communities reap the benefits of clean, secure, homegrown energy. Setting up Great British Energy is one of government’s first steps for change and we will do this in a way that means it will have both an early impact and long-term success.
Through its five functions (Project development, Project investment, Local Power Plan, Supply chains and Great British Nuclear), Great British Energy will speed up the deployment of mature and new technologies, as well as local energy projects, to support the government’s aim of decarbonising our electricity system by 2030 whilst also ensuring we can meet future demand as we further decarbonise the economy.
To this end and as an example of what it can achieve, we have already agreed a major partnership between Great British Energy and The Crown Estate to accelerate deployment and support U K supply chains.
Great British Energy will work collaboratively with industry, local authorities and communities, and other public sector organisations such as the National Wealth Fund, to spread skilled jobs and investment across the country. Great British Energy will be backed by a capitalisation of £8.3 billion of new money over this Parliament.
In recognition of Scotland’s leading role in the UK’s clean energy revolution, Great British Energy will be headquartered and run from Scotland.
More details can be found in the Great British Energy founding statement.
Roles in what will become Great British Energy will initially be undertaken in shadow form within the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. They will then be transferred to Great British Energy when the Great British Energy Bill becomes law and the company has the necessary procedures and systems in place to employ people directly.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Great British Energy (GBE) is seeking a Head of Local Energy Strategy who will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of the strategy and intelligence functions for the GBE Local team.
This is a pivotal role that will be responsible for success of GBE’s local energy strategy and for leading a crack team of experts who will ensure the success of the whole of GBE’s local team by providing cutting edge insights and intelligence to inform and shape the delivery of GBE local energy products and services. It will sit in management team with the head of local power plan and head of local services and it will be responsible for establishing the process for gathering insights from these teams and delivering the evidence base they require to deliver effective services.
Reporting to the Director of Local Energy, the role will be responsible for establishing the Local strategy team and working with the GBE Local director and other members of the GBE Local management team to ensure the whole team’s functions are aligned to our strategy and informed by robust evidence.
The GBE local team’s strategic priorities include: developing bankable business models for the sector; ensuring a just transition; developing commercial services for GBE; and increasing the pace and scale of how community and local energy projects are delivered. These priorities will sit within the company’s strategic framework which is currently being developed.
This role is based at our company headquarters in Aberdeen where the team is being established. It is an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver an essential part of the GBE local energy function that will set our direction and ensure our success.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establishing a GBE Local Strategy team with the rights skills, expertise and tools to deliver the required data and evidence base.
• Acting as an essential enabler of GBE local energy teams’ products and services by ensuring the provision of robust evidence and data.
• As a member of the local energy team management team working with the director and the other members of the team to ensure the GBE Local strategy and intelligence service is delivered in line with the GBE strategy and business plan.
• Representing the organisation and building relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
• Working with the Head of Social value and their team to maximise opportunities for GBE to demonstrate deliver social value and contribution to a just transition.
• Ensuring provision of data and evidence to inform business planning, monitoring and evaluation and reporting for the GBE Local team.
• Ensuring the delivery of a high quality of service with embedded continual improvement processes.WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
• GBE’s local functions are being informed and developed by cutting-edge expertise, research and data and this is being used to inform the delivery of products and services that exceed stakeholder expectations.
• The GBE local strategy is aligned with the company strategy and business plan, is firmly embedded across the organization, and all colleagues understand how they contribute to its delivery.
• The local strategy team is integrated across the GBE local department acting as the essential lynch-pin so that the teams work seamlessly together to share insights, information and feedback to achieve all of our strategic priorities.
• The GBE Local team is well-regarded for its expertise, customer service and relevance and underpins GBE’s companies’ good reputation and high brand value with stakeholders and the general public.