Key Responsibilities:
Delivery of set of team deliverables, and managing and co-ordinating successful outcomes across team members and collaborating teams
Key Outputs and Deliverables
Work with operators of essential services to guide and monitor their continued compliance with security and resilience obligations, within a flexible and dynamic energy system, providing guidance and facilitating sharing of best practice.
Set-up and lead a high-performing team based on effective resource management, ongoing support and professional development
- Providing ongoing coaching and identification of development opportunities in regular performance conversations.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
Desirable Criteria
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £58,520, OFGEM contributes £16,953 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but is in review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , 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 'personal 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.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) .
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .
Delivery of set of team deliverables, and managing and co-ordinating successful outcomes across team members and collaborating teams
- Sets clear and transparent work objectives, milestones and success metrics at team and individual level to oversee and co-ordinate successful team outcomes.
- Collaborates closely with other teams to manage interdependencies, risks and resourcing to support portfolio delivery.
- Jointly responsible with the PDL on welfare and pastoral care of all colleagues.
- Demonstrates effective diversity and inclusive team management within their team and the wider organisation.
Key Outputs and Deliverables
Work with operators of essential services to guide and monitor their continued compliance with security and resilience obligations, within a flexible and dynamic energy system, providing guidance and facilitating sharing of best practice.
- Establish a high performing team of Cyber experts.
- Develop and maintain working relations with the industry and provide guidance on the interpretation and applicability of the regulatory framework for the Operators, to ensure an effective and balanced journey for compliance, managing risk and opportunities, with continual improvement to withstand against cyber threats.
- Oversee the development of guidance for the sector, in a consultative manner with industry, DESNZ, NCSC and other governmental departments.
- Working alongside operators identifying and optioneering complex problems faced within industry.
- Facilitate appropriate sharing of best practice amongst operators of essential services.
- Work across teams within the Cyber Directorate to gather and disseminate Regulatory Intelligence to communicate consistent expectations to the industry.
- Be a role model for the security and data privacy community, modelling Civil Service values, to foster and develop the profession across government.
Set-up and lead a high-performing team based on effective resource management, ongoing support and professional development
- Plan, oversee and deliver a set of work deliverables on time and to a high standard through effective project management and oversight of a multidisciplinary team.
- Provide inclusive team leadership by supporting and developing team members and demonstrating commitment to Ofgem values.
- Takes ownership for own and team members' professional development by:
- Providing ongoing coaching and identification of development opportunities in regular performance conversations.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- (Lead criteria) Proven aptitude for inclusive leadership, with an ability to build effective working relationships with teams and a wide range of stakeholders.
- Lead Criteria) Recent and relevant technical skills and experience in any of the fo llowing areas:
Operating or architecting in an Operational Technology (OT, ICS, IACS) environment, specifically related to managing the security of critical systems.
Developing strategic plans for managing cyber security in a rapidly evolving risk landscape.
Understanding of cyber security risks affecting Industrial Control Systems, and duly considering appropriate and proportionate security controls to mitigate such risks.
Managing security and/or performing risk assessments associate Operational Technology.
Working knowledge of IEC62443 series in critical infrastructure and challenges faced with introducing security controls. - Experience of engaging, guiding and influencing at all levels of an organisation including senior managers, whilst projecting credibility and self-assurance
- An effective and engaging communicator (verbal and in writing), working with senior stakeholders who have the ability to distil complex subject matter into relevant messages.
- Experience of delivering guidance at a large corporate, sector or national level.
- Able to achieve and maintain SC clearance.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience within Critical National Infrastructure.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £58,520, OFGEM contributes £16,953 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but is in review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , 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 'personal 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.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) .
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
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) (opens in a new window)
- 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
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .
