Head of Renewables

Are you looking for a rewarding career, creating a 21st century net zero energy system, ensuring long term energy security for the nation and keeping energy affordable and competitive? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

HM Treasury's Energy Team deals with some of the biggest economic opportunities and challenges facing the UK. Our work covers developing major new infrastructure sectors of hydrogen and CCS (carbon capture and storage) and rapidly expanding our world-leading offshore wind sector and other renewables. We are at the heart of maintaining the UK’s energy security and decarbonising our energy supply. Our work centres round working with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and across Whitehall and industry to develop policy and remove barriers to deployment in ways that are both affordable and value for money.

About the role

We are looking for a Head of Renewables, to join us in the Delivery and Infrastructure branch. In this role, you will help steward the huge growth in renewables that is currently underway, in a way that is value for money for the Exchequer and consumers. We believe this is an excellent opportunity to work in an encouraging team with a high degree of independence to advance the Chancellor’s agenda and make a real world difference.

Key accountabilities

• Lead HMT’s input into cross-Whitehall renewable support mechanisms: You will lead for HMT on setting the budget, parameters, support costs and design of future Contract for Difference auction rounds. You will lead for HMT on any commercial negotiations for tailored projects and policy development.
• Leading on renewables strategy and interface into broader energy and net zero policy: You will lead for HMT on renewables strategy, what role they at a macro level and as individual technologies can play in the electricity, security and wider decarbonisation strategies and how this can be achieved in value for money ways.
• Leading cross-team work to capture the growth potential of our sectors: developing the policy and taking the £960M Green Industry Growth Accelerator announced at Autumn Statement 2023 through approvals and letting contracts, working with other Government Departments on supply chain strategies and inward investment for renewables, coordinating the £160m Floating Offshore Manufacturing Scheme
• Supporting and developing one range D (Renewables Policy Advisor): as well as managing the workloads of range D policy advisor you will prioritise their professional development, seeking opportunities to stretch and mentor your direct reports as well as supporting colleagues in the wider team. We are a friendly team at the heart of some key economic and finance issues in the Treasury. While working in a fast-paced policy environment, we support a diverse range of working patterns.

About you

Our successful candidate will have prior experience in energy and/or project finance either in the public or private sector or public policy making. You’ll be skilled at evaluating complex and unfamiliar information to form judgements and decide courses of action, as well as balancing economic and political factors to adjust plans based on an understanding of the big picture. Lastly, you’ll have a clear track record of building positive relationships with colleagues, particularly with competing or conflicting priorities.

About us

HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us a stronger organisation, better at developing policy that is reflective of the communities we serve. We embrace different views and experiences and value the fresh perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status. 

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month 
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours) 
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages 
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 27% 
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances  
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network)  For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link. 

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