Net Zero Graduate Scheme London, England
Low Carbon Contracts Company
Full Time
London, England
30000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Description
Contract type: 2 year Fixed Term Contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £30,000
Location: Canary Wharf
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Informal flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion including a 9-day fortnight.
Visa sponsorships: LCCC does not sponsor visas currently so you will need to hold a valid UK passport or a valid visa to work in the UK.
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
Role Summary:
LCCC is launching our very first Net Zero Graduate Scheme with the opportunity for four successful candidates to join us. The Graduate scheme will provide the opportunity to work across multiple areas in LCCC and be involved in some of the UKs most exciting and high-profile Net Zero programmes and projects, as well as the potential to be involved in innovative low carbon schemes that are helping the UK reach our 2050 Net Zero target. This will be a 24-month rotational placement covering strategy, operations, policy, and commercial development, and project contract delivery.
Role Summary:
LCCC is launching our very first Net Zero Graduate Scheme with the opportunity for four successful candidates to join us. The Graduate scheme will provide the opportunity to work across multiple areas in LCCC and be involved in some of the UKs most exciting and high-profile Net Zero programmes and projects, as well as the potential to be involved in innovative low carbon schemes that are helping the UK reach our 2050 Net Zero target. This will be a 24-month rotational placement covering strategy, operations, policy, and commercial development, and project contract delivery.
There are four positions where you will get to experience the key areas of our development and delivery strategy on powering Net Zero for the UK.
You’ll be rotating through three of our departments; Scheme Delivery, Strategy & Development, Operations.
To download our brochure and learn more about the graduate scheme and LCCC, please see here: https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/LCCC%20Graduate%20Candidate%20Pack%202023.pdf
Scheme Delivery:
Scheme Delivery is responsible for managing a portfolio of low carbon energy contracts totalling 29 Gigawatts in nameplate capacity – this is a huge number and represents a large share of the UK’s entire low carbon electrical capacity.
The team ensures the portfolio delivers on its obligations to meet Government’s objectives to decarbonise the electricity system by ensuring the projects progress through their development lifecycle, from design and funding, through their construction phase, and onto commissioning and long-term operations.
Development and Strategy:
The public face of the company, Scheme Development sits between the Government and industry, engaging on both to ensure that the energy policy and regulations underpinning how our schemes evolve in line with our Guiding Principle of maintaining investor confidence whilst delivering value for money for the public.
The Strategy Team is responsible for setting the overall direction of the business and measuring progress against our objectives, they are a key central function of LCCC.
Operations:
Our Operations team is central to how our schemes are managed with links to all parts of LCCC. They are focused on the advancement of existing and development of new schemes. Change is not only a big part of the team but at the core of how they work and they value challenge and questioning why.
Key Responsibilities
Below are some of the responsibilities and activities you’ll be performing on a day-to-day basis during your placements in each of our teams
Scheme Development:
- Working with Managers and Leads on Policy and Commercial Developments;
- Answering queries
- Writing briefing documents
- Reading and reviewing industry documents
- Providing an overview to the business on how it impacts LCCC
- Supporting on scheme issues and identifying solutions for implementation
Scheme Delivery:
- Assisting Contract Managers and/Lead Contract Managers with;
- Contract management tasks
- Allocation Round 4 Milestone Delivery Date Evaluation
- Allocation Round 5 Initial Conditions Precedent Evaluation
- Counterparty and generator engagement
- Site engagement visits
- Preparing presentation packs
- Relationship management
Strategy:
- Supporting with the strategy annual review;
- Ensuring company KPI documentation is up-to-date
- Seeking and analysing feedback on company Scorecard improvement
- Helping to facilitate workshops for all staff members to identify areas for improvement
- Translating workshop output themes into actionable initiatives and projects
Operations:
- Change Management activity including project management and business requirements
- Operational delivery and continuous improvement of existing schemes
- New schemes implementation activities, supporting subject matter experts to build understanding of how schemes will work in practice
- Development and maintenance of change proposals; business processes and system requirements
- Assist with the analysis of scheme data identify trends, and highlighting focus areas for improvement
- Build an understanding of settlement mechanics and their application in the settlement system and audit tools
- Problem solving operational issues that present themselves through the placement and lead the change, presentation of the impact and solutions
General:
- Undertake supported engagement with internal and external stakeholders to drive operational improvement/excellence
- There will be the opportunity to work closely with our in-house Legal Team on activities such as; undertaking research, redacting/preparing documents to be sent out, and reviewing documents that require further translation for the receiver.
- This is not an exhaustive list of duties and LCCC reserves the right to make reasonable changes to the scheme structure and teams associated with the scheme in line with business needs.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Essential:
- Interest and passion for low carbon energy initiatives and developments
- At least a 2:2 in one of the following subjects:
- STEM Subject
- Energy
- Environment
- Policy/Politics
- Economics/Business
- Geography
- Accounting and Finance
- Law
- History
- Interest and passion for low carbon energy initiatives and developments
- Aptitude for problem solving to develop/improve processes
- Strong communication skills
Desirable Skills:
- Analytical thinking (both qualitative and quantitative)
- An interest in the coordination or management of projects in either a business or academic setting
- Interest and/or experience in contract management
- Experience/exposure of data analytical tools and data management techniques
- Knowledge of UK energy landscape
Employee Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:
- 25 days' annual leave and bank holidays
- Recognition schemes allowing colleagues to say thanks
- Company contribution to your pension scheme
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced company maternity/paternity and shared parental benefits
- Employee assistance programme for free, confidential support for your professional or personal life, including financial management and family care
- Special leave such as study leave, sabbatical or public duties
- Three days paid leave a year for volunteering to support your local community
- Season ticket loan scheme to support your commute
- Access to “Work Perks” offering deals, discounts and cash back on your purchases
- Family savings on days out and English Heritage or gym discounts through our partners.
About Low Carbon Contracts Company
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) exists to help decarbonise the generation of electricity and make it more affordable for the future. Our work is central to the delivery of the Government’s objective to achieve Net Zero target by 2050.
LCCC’s main responsibility, amongst many, is managing the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) scheme which are agreements LCCC has made with renewable generators. These agreements are private law contracts to provide investors with confidence when investing in low carbon technology. CfDs are also designed to help and manage price increases for consumers, when electricity prices are high. See here for more information on how CfDs work: LCCC CfD Video on Vimeo.
LCCC’s other responsibilities include management of money flows across energy suppliers to fund the CfD portfolio, settlement of the capacity market and develop new schemes. Find out more about all that we do by visiting our main page.
Want to know what’s important to us and what’s expected? See here: Values | Low Carbon Contracts Company Careers (pinpointhq.com).
Low Carbon Contracts Company
www.lowcarboncontracts.uk
London, United Kingdom
Neil McDermott
Unknown / Non-Applicable
51 to 200 Employees
Company - Private
Energy & Utilities
2014
