Description
The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) is seeking three exceptional leaders for Director General level roles. These roles are at the heart of one of the most complex and consequential transformations facing the UK today.
Job Summary: DESNZ leads on the government's mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. We are responsible for UK energy security, protecting billpayers, supporting economic growth and protecting jobs, and reducing the UK's emissions.
Roles:
- Director General Net Zero, Climate & Energy System Strategy
Accountable for DESNZ's strategic coherence across the energy system, ensuring the department can translate ministerial ambition into a clear, evidence-led and deliverable long-term direction.
- Director General Energy Market Reform
Accountable for the coordinated transformation of the UK electricity system, ensuring DESNZ can translate its clean energy ambitions into sector-level delivery at the pace and scale required.
- Director General Household Consumers & Energy Retail
Accountable for ensuring that households and consumers are at the centre of DESNZ's mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower.
Person Specification: Core criteria for all three roles include:
- Whole-System Leadership and Judgement
- Delivery of Complex Outcomes
- Influencing and Stakeholder Leadership
- People Leadership and Organisational Stewardship
Benefits: Alongside a salary of £150,000, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £43,455 towards being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Other benefits include learning and development tailored to your role, flexible working options, a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, and a Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.