JOB SUMMARY

The purpose of the Investigatory Lead role within the I&E Team is to provide expert case management, support and leadership. This will ensure effective delivery of our most important projects and cases, working with the Investigatory Technical lead to draw on specialisms from across the office. In addition to case and project work, you will act as member of the I&E Leadership Team and will be responsible for the management, development and support of Senior Investigator(s).
The Investigatory Lead will apply their judgement to casework issues that arise and have a robust understanding of the strategic context in which they fit. You will ensure recommendations and decisions are completed to a high standard, evidence based and aligned to our strategic priorities. You will provide vital peer review functions to the wider team and will ensure that lessons learned, and post-closure feedback loops are delivered across the NSTA. You will also be expected to regularly engage with external stakeholders, liaising with them to understand and influence their priorities and to build understanding and confidence about our work.
The Investigatory Lead should be able to demonstrate extensive regulatory knowledge and experience and ideally have a strong understanding of the energy sector. Experience of working with other HMG agencies is desirable, as is litigation, mediation or arbitration experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The NSTA is looking for a multi-skilled candidate to contribute to the delivery of solutions for complex commercial and legal matters. Investigatory Leads must have extensive knowledge of utility regulation and current economic issues and a working knowledge of EU and UK competition law and policy. Knowledge of the UK Oil and Gas sector and/or of other key sectors of the economy subject to economic regulation would also be desirable
The successful candidate will be responsible for:•
effective case progression - working with the Investigatory Technical Lead and Senior Investigator(s) you will ensure live casework and project activity is completed in accordance with KPIs and to a high standard. You will ensure the I&E Leadership Team are kept informed on progress and you will be responsible for ensuring referring parties are sighted on progress.•
You will be responsible for providing peer review on Case Management plans and other investigatory outputs. The ability to draft high quality correspondence and core case documentation is essential. You should be confident dealing with data and be able to demonstrate an ability to distil key facts and complex information into concise summaries.
• You will lead regular engagement meetings with key stakeholders (internal and external) and should be confident engaging with legal and technical colleagues. Technical operational experience is not essential but is desirable.
• You will be confident in exercising your judgment to make recommendations in relation to case progression. You will be able to clearly, and effectively, communicate the reasons for your recommendations and positively influence colleagues where required.
• You will take responsibility for ensuring team performance data is kept up to date and is reliable.
Career Support and Learning and Development are key elements of the NSTA’s Great Place to Work Model which underpins staff engagement. Training, coaching will be provided to support successful delivery in the role.

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

Competence based sift and interview process against the competencies detailed in the job description
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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

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