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About the role

Great Britain's electricity system is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system, one that protects the planet and serves generations to come.

The Zero Carbon Operation team will determine the operational requirements of the GB electricity system beyond 2025, when it will regularly have no fossil fuelled generation running. Two technologies that will be essential for achieving this are electric vehicles (EV) and long duration storage. The EV & Storage team has been created to lead the ESO’s work to understand and define the role of these two technologies in operating a zero-carbon system.

The role is being created to increase the capacity and scope of the team. The role is mainly to understand, explain, and help the ESO to make decisions about these technologies. Often the roles will be seeking to understand issues that are not yet part of our routine analysis but could become more important in the future. This will require working with other teams and developing novel ways to quickly explore the issue, typically with the goal being to estimate the likely value or risk and recommend what the ESO should do next.

If you are excited about change and comfortable with shaping and delivering fast-paced projects, if you care about making our customers and stakeholders’ experience of working with the ESO a great experience, and if you believe that good communication, collaboration, and inquisitiveness drive better results, then please reach out! We would love to hear from you.

This role can be based from Wokingham, Warwick or Glasgow, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.

About us

Our mission is to facilitate the decarbonisation of Great Britain’s energy network and ensure the delivery of reliable, affordable, and green electricity for consumers. We work with stakeholders across the whole energy industry to plan for future network needs, using insight to make sure we can balance the system today and find opportunities to transform the way it operates tomorrow.

Becoming the National Energy System Operator

In Summer of 2024, the ESO will transition to becoming the National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator will be the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.

The ESO, including all of its existing roles, will be at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.

The organisation will be set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As the ESO are today, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.

The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

About you

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

• Ability to drive analysis with data, including thinking creatively about potential new data sources, and how to access, adapt, combine them.

• Ability to convert complex analysis into simple insights, using frameworks, graphics, concepts and analogies to support clearer explanations.

• Ability to think conceptually about issues that are not yet well defined and to help to define them.

• Ability to represent the ESO in external meetings with energy industry companies, DESNZ, Ofgem etc.

• Understanding or interest in power system flexibility and how EV and storage can contribute to this.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £49000 – £71000 – dependent on experience and capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on company performance, 26 days annual leave as standard 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 comprehensive benefits package tailored to support your well-being and professional success. From a competitive salary to flexible work arrangements, we promote your work-life balance. Enjoy fit for purpose wellbeing and lifestyle offerings, ongoing skill development aligned to our Purpose and Values, and be part of a supportive community that values your individuality and where you can belong.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead or support analysis to improve the ESOs understanding of the role of EVs and storage in a zero-carbon electricity system.

• Work with external stakeholders on issues relating to EVs and storage.

• Develop ESO policy positions.

• Work closely with DESNZ and other government departments on the interactions between EVs and storage and electricity system resilience.

• The scope of the role may expand beyond EVs and storage, in particular to other smart appliances, and potentially to any technologies relevant to zero carbon operation.

More information

This role closes on 24th May 2024 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 in the w.c. 3rd June 2024.

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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