About Us

Britain’s energy industry currently stands on the cusp of great change, and Ofgem has a key role as industry regulator to help deliver a low-carbon future.

While energy policy is set by government, Ofgem – as energy regulator – will play a key role in the changes taking place in the energy industry.

Ofgem’s priority is to protect the interests of current and future consumers. For example, over the last few years we have taken the following actions to protect consumers:

• In 2008 we completed a major probe into the retail energy market, followed by a package of reforms to make the market work better for customers. These removed £500 million of unjustified price differentials from consumers bills and introduced clearer bills and annual statements.
• In 2009 Ofgem launched Project Discovery, which identified the need to invest £200 billion in Britain’s energy industry in order to deliver secure and sustainable energy supplies. Its key findings fed into the government’s review of the energy market and the subsequent electricity market reforms.
• In 2010 we created a new regulation model for the monopoly companies who own and run the networks of gas pipes and electricity wires, RIIO (Incentives+Innovation+Outputs). This is the biggest change to the regulatory framework for 20 years. It will deliver over £30 billion of investment needed over the next 10 years. And it will save customers £1 billion, compared to the old way of regulation.
• In 2010 we launched a new enquiry into the retail energy market, on behalf of consumers, to see if further reforms are needed. We will report back with our findings in March 2011.

Plus, in 2009 we created a separate business unit: Ofgem E-Serve. It focuses on the delivery of government sustainability projects such as offshore electricity transmission, as well as a growing range of environmental programmes which we administer for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

These programmes are essential in helping the government beat climate change and meet the UK’s carbon emissions reductions targets. They include:

• The Renewables Obligation (RO)
• The Feed-in Tariff Scheme (FITs)
• Climate Change Levy (CCL)

The number of government environmental programmes we have been asked to administer is growing. So we need to recruit more staff to help us administer these programmes effectively. For example, the government will be introducing its Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

We work efficiently, delivering around £4 billion of environmental programmes for just £8 million. Typically, we administer environmental schemes for less than 1 per cent of the total programme cost.

If you are ready to help tackle some of the most important changes that we face, then now is the time to join us.

Whether in an administrative, economic or policy role, you will have a chance to play your part in influencing Britain’s energy future.

We have some exciting opportunities for you. And by joining us now, you’ll be helping us carry out both our regulatory and Ofgem E-Serve’s environmental duties in the most efficient way possible, for all consumers: now and in the future.

The Vacancies

You will see from this website that we have a number of vacancies across each division of Ofgem. The roles vary in content and grade – there are highly technical, specialist, legal, economist, policy maker and administrative roles available and the grade structure explains what type of work you would typically be responsible for at each grade.

All of our vacancies are advertised on this site so please regularly check the  vacancy timetable at the top of this page to see where the vacancies are. The closing dates, sifting dates and interview dates can also be found on that page. If you are interested in applying for more than one role a separate application will be needed for each

Thank you for taking the time to think about these roles and a career at Ofgem. You can find out how to apply here and we look forward to receiving your application.