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Head of Regulatory Affairs

R0063630

Specific Purpose Contract

Legal, Regulation, Compliance & Corporate Affairs – Dublin

Reporting to: General Counsel – Bord Gáis Energy

Bord Gáis Energy generates, sells, and trades energy for use in the Republic of Ireland. We’ve been in operation since 1976 and today we supply over 750,000 customers with energy in Ireland. In 2014 we became part of Centrica plc. We are a progressive company with a reputation for experience and expertise in the energy market and are committed to ensuring that all of our activity is aimed at benefiting and serving our customers.

The Head of Regulatory Affairs is a senior leadership role in Bord Gáis Energy, responsible for ensuring that the company strategy is delivered in line with our regulatory requirements. In this role you’ll shape, implement and monitor policy and regulatory requirements relating to the gas and electricity markets in Ireland. We’re looking for a strong communicator who will represent Bord Gáis Energy and its customers with regulators, government departments and other relevant policy makers. You will seek to influence policy in line with Bord Gáis Energy’s purpose of energising a greener, fairer future.

You will report into the Bord Gáis Energy General Counsel and will lead a team of 8 permanent staff in addition to temporary/project staff and consultancy firms as needed. You’ll provide regular briefings to the Executive Management of Bord Gáis Energy on impending regulatory change. Aligned to Centrica’s Legal, Regulatory, Ethics, Compliance and Secretariat function, you will also collaborate with colleagues across the Centrica Group.

About the Role

• Leading the Regulatory Affairs team, ensuring a proactive and positive approach to the delivery of regulatory objectives.
• Shaping Bord Gáis Energy’s regulatory strategy and ensuring its implementation.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Communicating regulatory and policy change to the Executive Leadership team and proactively assisting various business units to adapt to major regulatory changes.
• Developing and representing a Bord Gáis Energy position on all key policy matters. Lobbying and negotiating with senior regulatory, policymakers and industry counterparts.
• Representing the business at industry forums at a domestic and European level.
• Overseeing and ensuring compliance by Bord Gáis Energy with energy sectoral compliance requirements.  
• Budgeting and reporting for the business unit.

About You

• Significant previous experience (10 years) in the energy industry or other regulated industry.
• Relevant third level qualification
• Skills in monitoring Regulatory and Policy development and understanding the commercial implications and impact.
• Deep understanding of the complex gas and electricity wholesale and retail markets in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK, as well as developments across Europe.
• Strategic thinker with excellent commercial acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
• Effective team leadership and people management skills.
• Ability to effectively prioritise and organise a diverse and time constrained workload.
• Ability to understand and communicate complex policy matters in a clear and concise way

Bord Gáis Energy are committed to placing equality, diversity, care and respect at the heart of our policies and everyday practices. We encourage everyone to take part in our active employee networks, including the Women's network, Neurodiversity network, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) network, and BRÓD, our LGBTQ+ network. We're proud of the work our networks and allies do to help us promote a culture of inclusion, empowering our colleagues to be themselves and do their best work. Our vision is to employ a diverse mix of people who reflect the societies we work in and the customers we serve, so we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives.

Our Flexible First working model empowers our people to find a better balance between home and office working. You can enjoy the convenience of working from home combined with time spent onsite in a way that works for you, our customers, and our business. Our office is used as a place to connect and collaborate with colleagues, rather than your default place of work each day.

Here in Bord Gáis Energy we’re helping to create a more sustainable and inclusive future that supports our communities, our planet – and each other. The prevention of family homelessness in Ireland is an area where we believe we can make a real difference and through our partnership with Focus Ireland, we have been working on making this a reality since 2015. We encourage all colleagues to get involved in the partnership, with everyone receiving 2 days' volunteering leave to participate in initiatives or events supporting Focus Ireland.

Our Values

care | delivery | collaboration | agility | courage

The closing date for applications is 21 August 2024.

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.