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Location: Hub based! Bristol or London ideally, 

But you have the flexibility to work wherever suits you best

Team: Energy Strategy

Salary banding: £45,760 - £71,380

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Elizabeth Allkins, Head of Energy Strategy

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Pioneering. Ownership. Strategic

Top 3 qualities for this role: Value-driven. Autonomous. Resilient

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“You will be pioneering the decarbonisation agenda for households in the UK”

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to tackle one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need a diverse set of people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

Energy Strategy team (within the wider Energy team) drives the development of the medium and long term commercial strategy for OVO’s Energy business.  You’ll be leading the Flexibility strand, working closely with the other Energy Strategy strands (Market Insight and Energy Innovation), and with stakeholders across the wider Energy Team and beyond. As a member of a lean and strategic function, you’ll be working with senior stakeholders within and outside of OVO.

Domestic consumer engagement with flexibility - or, enabling households to be more flexible with their energy usage - is a crucial part of the decarbonisation of the energy system, and a key enabler of everyone’s pathway to a zero carbon living. OVO has a history of challenging the status quo, and we are bringing this entrepreneurial spirit to the decarbonisation challenge to find cheaper, simpler ways to put consumers at the heart of the energy transition. This is a really exciting, emerging area of the energy sector and OVO is at the leading edge of this revolution. 

This role in a nutshell:

The overarching goal of this role is the development of strategies, business models and internal capabilities to enable OVO to maximise the potential value of Flexibility. Domestic flexibility capabilities and demand-side-response markets are a nascent, and rapidly evolving part of the energy system. This role will need to be agile to the changing activities required to deliver the overarching goal.  Key activities will include;

• Flex Propositions: Working with teams across OVO and Kaluza to develop simple and compelling ways to engage consumers in flexible energy use.
• Flex Optimisation: Lead the coordination of activities to optimise Energy value from smart tech connected to the Kaluza Flex platform (e.g. Electric Vehicles and Heat Pumps). 
• Flex Markets: Analyse flexibility markets and lead OVO’s participation strategies. Contribute to industry working groups and regulatory meetings to ensure market design works for domestic consumers.
• Flex Valuation: Develop and improve approaches to measuring the current and forecast future value of flexibility, including reporting on achieved, and forecasting potential future value of customer- and asset- led engagement in flexibility.

You’ll be a successful Flexibility Strategy Lead here at OVO if you have…

• A commercial and strategic mindset able to interpret policy and market design into business impacts. 
• Strong attention to detail with expert, technical knowledge of UK energy markets.
• Strong commercial analytical and modelling skills 
• Strong and broad communication skills, including the ability to synthesise and disseminate key messages from technical and non-technical literature to senior stakeholders
• Strong prioritisation skills with a flexible, “find a way” mentality
• Good stakeholder management, forming strong relationships internally and externally. A team player, open communicator and collaborator.
• Deep understanding of the regulatory environment in UK Energy and working knowledge of other markets. Deep knowledge of energy trading, ancillary services and renewable energy generation and storage.
• Passion for setting the future agenda for the energy industry, and being on the leading edge of change with a proven track record for bringing people on the journey with you.
• A degree with a mathematics focus such as maths, science or engineering

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £45,760 and £71,380, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits. Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..