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This is opportunity is open to students who have recently finished their second year and due to go into their third year in the new academic year.
Ofgem works on behalf of energy consumers to ensure that every household and business in the UK can rely on a safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy supply. We are playing a vital part in accelerating the transition to Net Zero and a carbon neutral energy system - a goal that everyone wants to achieve. Whatever your role, you’ll be playing your part in creating new energy solutions that are great for customers, and great for the environment.
We offer a diverse range of flexible working career opportunities: roles that are stimulating and rewarding, where you can get involved in ground-breaking work. And it’s important to us that we recruit from a wide range of professional and personal backgrounds – bringing different perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job description
A student placement at Ofgem is a fantastic opportunity to see how your analytical thinking and insight can make a real difference to energy consumers, and our work to decarbonise our energy supply. We currently have an opportunity to be part of our Retail Monitoring team, which monitors new developments and trends in the energy retail market to consider how they might impact on consumers and establish a sound evidence base for policy development. You can make a valuable contribution to this work – monitoring and reporting on competition and consumer protection indicators, and you can expect plenty of contact with industry stakeholders, consumer bodies and the wider Ofgem team. It’s a fantastic platform to build your understanding of the energy sector and develop your professional skills and experience.
We expect that you’ll currently be studying for a qualification in a relevant discipline – one that is numerical, analytical, energy or business related. In order to undertake effective market analysis, you’ll need to be comfortable working with quantitative data and really know your way around an Excel spreadsheet. Good communication skills (in writing and in person) will be vital and you should be someone who enjoys working within a team environment while taking personal responsibility for the quality of your own work.
Ofgem is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of open and fair competition, merit and business need.
Responsibilities
- Support the processes needed to do regularly monitor and analyse market evidence, including liaising with industry stakeholders and other data providers
- Contribute to the regular publication of competition and customer protection indicators (these may fall under the following areas: number of suppliers, market shares, switching, pricing, social reporting obligations, satisfaction and complaints)
- Contribute to assessing the impacts of retail policies and regulation on the market
- Manage the team’s (internal and external) requests management tool
- Support colleagues across Ofgem in understanding datasets owned by the team and how they contribute to the team’s understanding of the retail markets
- Support the team’s routine data management and analytical processes, liaising with ongoing data projects in Ofgem, including use of coding to manage large data sets
- Contribute to written deliverables (internal and external) such as analytical reports and regulatory decisions
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Please refer to the Candidate Pack attached for full details.
Benefits
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; up to 30 days annual leave. Excellent training and development opportunities. The opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements which include a valuable range of benefits. Flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Restaurant and subsidise gym (London only). Interest free season ticket loan.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.
You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘supporting statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities as this will form a key part of your evidence when the panel is scoring your application against the required skills for the role
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
