Job Description
Who are we?
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Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company with over £2 billion in annual revenues and over £1 billion per annum invested in our network. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
What you will be doing?
This a challenging and interesting opportunity for a Regulation Delivery Analyst to deliver policy support and expertise to the business on current and future regulatory requirements. You will work with the business area to produce high-quality regulatory and stakeholder submissions that advance Thames' strategic priorities.
As a member of the wider Strategy and External Affairs team, this role will be expected to develop and maintain proactive, supportive and positive relationships with key internal and external contacts
- Work cross-functionally in the Thames to lead on the delivery of our policy priorities both internally and externally.
- Lead on aspects of our PR24 price review submission to Ofwat, creating a plan that is high quality, timely and tells a compelling story of Thames' ambitions
- Develop strong relationships across Thames Water ensuring that colleagues fully understand all regulatory requirements for their area
- Project management of cross-departmental initiatives that are key deliverables in our PR24 price review submission, ensuring that we meet both our Quality and Ambition aspirations at our Final Determination
- Translate and lead the policy agenda for the business areas into a joined-up delivery programme, ensuring consistency with regulatory stakeholder engagement and wider strategic agenda.
- Partner with the functional areas to deliver high quality, impactful and on-time formal and informal regulatory submissions (functionally focussed and business-wide), taking full ownership and leadership of specialist regulatory submissions
- Ideally you will have some previous experience in utility regulation, obtained in the water industry or a similar asset management industry
- Strong project management skills, and experience in operating a system of project controls, in a project management environment.
- Highly effective communication skills to engage effectively with key internal and external stakeholders, manage others and gain cooperation, where necessary, to deliver strategic commercial and regulatory outcomes.
- High levels of influencing and collaborative skills in working with a wide variety of personnel from different backgrounds and with diverse roles within the business, including at senior levels.
- Able to demonstrate that you can deliver on time within tight deadlines and to budget, and work within corporate governance procedures
- Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised.
- Expertise in some or all Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your well-being.
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.
We're also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, when a crisis happens, we all rally round to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you'll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an Ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and a earn bit of extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can't consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.