Head of Policy & Strategy (London)

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Company Description

Job Description

Shape the Future of UK Energy

Location: London, hybrid working arrangements office 2-3 days per week

Employment Type : Permanent, Full-Time

Salary: Competitive salary, plus 10% bonus, 28 days holiday, market-leading pension (7.5% employee contribution and company contribution of 15%) and other benefits.

Closing Date: Monday 21st July 2025

At Sizewell C (SZC), we're building more than a power station – we're shaping the future of clean energy in the UK. As our Head of Policy & Strategy, you'll be at the forefront of this transformation, influencing the policy environment that underpins one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects.

This is a rare opportunity to lead the development of SZC's public policy approach from the ground up. You'll work at the heart of the project, engaging with senior government and industry stakeholders.

This role requires strong collaboration across SZC, the development and integration of a unified company-wide position, and the ability to communicate that position effectively on behalf of the entire organisation.

Your Impact

• Lead Policy Influence: Drive strategic policy campaigns aligned with SZC's business goals, ensuring our perspectives shape national energy policy.
• Build Strategic Relationships: Cultivate and maintain high-level relationships with government departments (DESNZ, GBN), regulators, and industry leaders.
• Mitigate Strategic Risk: Anticipate and respond to policy developments that could impact SZC's delivery, investment appeal, or public perception.

What You'll Bring

Knowledge & Experience:

• Deep understanding of the UK energy landscape, including nuclear, hydrogen, and emerging technologies.
• Expertise in regulatory models and support mechanisms for large infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience in government policy development or advising regulated businesses, ideally in the energy sector.
• Strong grasp of stakeholder dynamics in major infrastructure delivery.

Skills:

• Strategic thinker with exceptional communication and negotiation skills.
• Confident operating autonomously in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
• Skilled in managing complex stakeholder relationships and navigating political landscapes.
• Proven ability to lead teams and deliver results under pressure.

Why Join Us?

This is more than a policy role – it's a chance to shape the legacy of a nationally critical project. You'll be part of a passionate, mission-driven team working to secure a low-carbon future for the UK. If you're ready to lead with purpose and influence at the highest levels, we want to hear from you.

We'll do the right thing by you

You'll be a valued member of an enterprise that's helping tackle one of the world's biggest challenges – in a team that does the right thing by each other.

That commitment from us includes a flexible rewards package designed to give you the wellbeing and financial security to enjoy your life, providing:

• Flexible working built around a hybrid approach

• Ongoing professional development where you can fulfil your potential

• An inclusive environment where your voice is heard

• A competitive salary

• Market-leading pension scheme

• Incentive bonus plan

• Health cover

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Discounts

• Employee pricing.

If that sounds like the team and mega project for you, come and shape the future

of energy in the UK – apply right now.

A full job description is available on application.

Power in Diversity

Sizewell C is a great place to work, where everyone is welcome.

To fulfil our commitment of doing the power of good for Britain, our ambition is to have a workforce which reflects and benefits the society we are part of and serve. Every worker on SZC, wherever they are, should help to create and experience the right environment where everyone on the team understands, respects and embraces diversity with a culture where everyone is treated with equal respect and are all given equal access to opportunities. By valuing the different points of view and experiences that having a diverse team brings, and by fostering an inclusive climate, we will create a great place to work and a more successful project.

We create the right environment where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work. Whilst working together there is mutual trust and appreciation created through the building of meaningful relationships with one another, aligned with our key values:

Respect: Value the rules and environment in which we operate

Positivity: Positively challenge poor quality and performance

Humility: Be open to other's points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise

Solidarity: One team, working closely together and helping each other

Clarity: Communicate clearly and consistently

Everyone is able to get the most from their work and the workplace, and in return, give their best.

Sizewell C Limited (Sizewell C) is nuclear site licensed company whose business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Sizewell C was formerly under the majority ownership of the EDF Group but is currently majority owned by HM Government and operates as an independent company. EDF remains a key shareholder in Sizewell C and the business therefore maintains close links to EDF as a part of its 'nuclear family'.

As a Sizewell C employee, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email, or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.

Qualifications

Additional Information

Join the team at Sizewell C. The power of good for Britain.

It's not every day you get the opportunity to shape the working culture of what will be one of Europe's largest construction projects, while also helping Britain to reach its target of Net Zero emissions by 2050. That's one of the reasons Sizewell C will be unlike anything you've ever experienced before, and you'll need to be an exceptional professional to reach the high standards this critical infrastructure project demands.

The UK is experiencing a nuclear renaissance and Sizewell C – along with its sister project at Hinkley Point C in Somerset – is powering the change. We're ramping up at pace as we look ahead to the Financial Investment Decision in early 2025, and the start of construction soon after. With government fully on board and public opinion shifting significantly in favour of nuclear, there's never been a better time to join our project.

By submitting an application to this role, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sizewell C's employee privacy policy and EDF's employee privacy policy. Just to let you know, EDF will be processing and sharing information about your application on behalf of Sizewell C.

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