About The Role

Warwick or Wokingham - Permanent - Brand New Roles

This is the time for action – we need to move at pace and reform our energy system – to deliver energy security, to tackle climate change and to protect our people.

We are expanding our horizons. Quite literally!

As a result of team growth and the expansion of our horizons from 12-24 months, we are looking for additional team members.

The Market Requirements’ team has a critical role to play supporting our frequency market development, design, and delivery activities. The team also works closely with the ESO’s Networks and National Control teams in support of our ESO ambitions to enable zero carbon system operation and competition everywhere. This team is part of the wider Markets department
Within the Market Requirements team, the Short Term Operability team works across all areas of the ESO, driving the management of operability risk for up to two years ahead.
The team works closely with the real-time operational teams to build understanding of current operability risks and how this will shape future management and also looks ahead to the strategic vision setting to identify and manage operability risks as early as possible.
This team is at the heart of ensuring an operational system for now and the future and we’d like you to join us in this professional and friendly environment.

You’ll work closely with our operational teams across the ESO supporting the management of and coordinating short term system and energy requirements from now to 2 years ahead, to ensure co-ordinated operability of multiple workstreams You’ll also flexibly respond to any short term operational challenges that arise as part of normal operations.

This operational role is a highly visible position that will allow you to work across the whole business & directly contribute to the security of the supply of our Electricity System. This role will have the opportunity to input into and shape the Operational Transparency Forum, a key industry forum.

These roles can based at our Warwick or Wokingham office which has free onsite parking, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.
Leveraging this hybrid working, this team currently work a minimum of 1 day per week in the office, typically choosing to work 2-3 days in the office per week which is dependent on personal and business needs.

We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.

About You

What we do isn’t just important – it’s essential. That’s why we value experts in their field. In this case, we’re looking for someone who is:

• A confident communicator, working with a range of different stakeholders internally and externally and passionate about creating an exceptional customer experience
• You’ll also need to be an organised and inquisitive self starter.

If you have all the above we’d love to hear from you.

Some of this would be beneficial but isn’t essential:

• Understanding of electricity market operation, of GB electricity market arrangements, the GB transmission system and the services required to keep the system secure -
• Experience of working alongside highly technical teams in an operational and commercial environment
• Ability to work to challenging deadlines, creating plans and mobilising virtual teams to ensure delivery
• Experience in creating KPIs and using metrics to drive performance to deliver business goals

What You'll Do

You’ll help coordinate the development of an optimised operational strategy for in season, season ahead, 2 seasons ahead and 3 seasons ahead (we can explain at interview)
You’ll support with horizon scanning and managing the interface with the long term operability strategy team to ensure an effective handover of operability planning through to real-time operations.
You’ll also assist business planning across Market Requirements, enabling the co-ordination and efficient delivery of strategic projects within the team.

Your other activities will include:

• Responding to urgent, unforeseen, operational queries and issues as required as part of a virtual team
• Driving and owning Market Requirements performance framework to provide transparency across the team on purpose, accountabilities, critical KPIs, critical priorities and risks
• Briefing senior leadership on solutions to short-term operability challenges
• Contributing to the development of the Winter and Summer Outlooks
• Coordinating interfaces with teams across Markets and National Control.

What You'll Get

A competitive starting salary between £45,000 – £56,000 dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About Us

As Great Britain’s electricity system operator (ESO), we sit at the heart of the electricity system, using our outstanding engineering and commercial expertise to balance electricity supply and demand. Ultimately, we keep the electricity flowing directly to where it’s needed, second by second.

Becoming the Energy Future System Operator

As you may have seen the Government and Ofgem have asked the ESO to take on new roles and responsibilities to help deliver net-zero.

Becoming the Energy Future System Operator is a critical step to help deliver a reliable and clean energy transition for all. The ESO, including all of its existing roles, will be at the heart of the new Future System Operator, taking on additional roles with a whole energy system mindset to drive progress towards net zero while maintaining energy security and minimising costs for consumers.

The new organisation will be set up as a public corporation with operational independence from government – bringing parties together to support optimised decision making and action. As now, it will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem but funded by consumers through price control agreements. It is anticipated that the new organisation will be up and running by or in 2024.

More Information

This role closes on March 26th 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.

Interviews will be held w/c April 3rd via MS Teams .

At National Grid ESO, 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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