At a Glance
- Tasks: Analyse energy system resilience and translate insights into actionable strategies.
- Company: Join a leading organisation focused on improving the UK's energy system.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus potential, generous leave, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for continuous learning and growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on energy resilience while developing your analytical skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in analysis, strategy, or policy with strong problem-solving abilities.
The predicted salary is between 56000 - 62000 £ per year.
About the Role
The Whole Energy System Resilience (WESR) directorate strengthens whole‑energy‑system resilience by transforming insight into coordinated, prioritised action that reduces risk and builds capability across the system. WESR delivers this through analysis, assessments, reviews, emergency exercises, and plans that drive tangible improvements with our partners.
WESR operates through a continuous improvement cycle that includes:
- Learning systematically about energy system risks and resilience
- Conducting prioritised assessments to generate insights and advice
- Translating insights into actions that drive tangible improvements
WESR is building its capability to maintain a strategic, system‑wide view that integrates insights across all teams in the directorate and translates them into prioritised risks, workplans, and engagement strategies. This enables each team to focus on developing deep expertise and excellence in a specialist area. The role can be based from Wokingham, Warwick, or Glasgow and offers hybrid working from office and home. It is open to full‑time, part‑time, and flexible working arrangements.
Key Accountabilities
- Bring together insights on energy system resilience and risk from across WESR, NESO, government, industry, and research partners.
- Draw together evidence and perspectives from across WESR’s specialist teams, identifying connections, emerging themes, and potential gaps in understanding.
- Support the development of a coherent resilience narrative by connecting insights from across WESR, NESO, and the wider energy landscape.
- Analyse external developments, emerging trends, and risk information to identify implications for energy system resilience and strategic priorities.
- Apply systems thinking to understand how technical, operational, policy, and external factors interact across the energy system.
- Contribute to strategic assessments, briefings, intelligence products, and recommendations for senior decision‑makers.
- Work collaboratively with specialist teams to translate technical analysis into clear insights and practical implications.
- Support the development of approaches, frameworks, and measures that improve understanding of energy system resilience and WESR’s impact.
- Produce high‑quality analysis, insight summaries, and briefing materials that inform planning, prioritisation, engagement, and decision‑making.
- Contribute to maintaining high analytical standards, quality assurance, and continuous improvement within the team.
About You
Experienced in analytical, strategy, foresight, risk, resilience, policy, or system‑planning work that requires synthesising complex information into clear findings and recommendations. Able to connect evidence from multiple sources, identifying patterns, trends, interdependencies, and emerging issues. Skilled at analysing complex problems and drawing out the implications for decision‑makers. Strong critical thinking and problem‑structuring abilities, with a curious and evidence‑led approach.
Confident communicator who can explain complex issues clearly through written products, presentations, and discussions. Collaborative and proactive, building effective working relationships across teams and disciplines. Motivated by improving the resilience of the UK’s energy system through focused, evidence‑based analysis and insight. Knowledgeable of the GB energy system, with relevant engineering, energy, policy, resilience, or analytical experience – or a willingness to learn and develop this expertise.
What You’ll Get
- Competitive salary of £56,000 – £62,000 pa, dependent on experience and capability.
- Bonus based on company performance.
- 26 days annual leave as standard.
- Competitive contributory pension scheme with double match up to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
- Annual enrollment to the NESO Savings Plan – a 50% matching contribution when you save between £20–£500 a month from your take‑home pay.
- Flexible benefits programme, including:
- Flexible Bank Holidays & Holiday Trading
- Additional Birthday Day Off
- Cycle to Work Scheme, Retail and Gym Discounts
- Private Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance and Personal Accident Insurance
Additional Information
The role closes at 23:59 on the date displayed on the top of this advert. Interviews will be held during the week commencing 3rd August 2026.
Strategic Insights Senior Analyst employer: National Energy System Operator Limited
Join a forward-thinking organisation dedicated to enhancing the UK's energy system resilience. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, we offer competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, and a supportive work culture that values collaboration and innovation. Our locations in Wokingham, Warwick, and Glasgow provide unique opportunities for professional development while contributing to meaningful projects that impact the energy landscape.
Contact Details:
National Energy System Operator Limited Recruitment Team
