Strategic Policy Manager

Join our Group Policy and Public Affairs team as a Strategic Policy Manager, where you'll play a key role in shaping SSE's approach to crucial policy issues across Corporate Affairs, Regulation, and Strategy (CARS). This is a manager-level position that involves interpreting and communicating the impact of evolving government policies and influencing their direction to help SSE drive positive societal change. This position offers a fantastic opportunity to grow your skills and develop into a future leader within SSE, with clear pathways for career advancement in CARS and beyond. The main responsibilities of this role include:

- Working closely with our Group Strategy function to deliver valuable insights on emerging policy issues, helping guide SSE's strategy and support the Net Zero Acceleration Programme (NZAP+).

- Focusing primarily on UK energy policy related to decarbonisation, such as electricity market design, offshore transmission, and carbon pricing.

- Contributing to our work on Irish and EU policy developments and collaborating with policy and regulation teams across SSE, coordinating our input into policy development processes.

- Engaging with external stakeholders, helping to shape the wider stakeholder community's views on key priority areas.

Educated to Degree, preferably with Masters level in a related subject such as Energy Policy, Environmental Policy, Politics or Law.

- Ability to demonstrate the achievement of business objectives through excellence in engagement and communications.

- Extensive experience of working in the energy sector or National Government department, Regulator and/or working in UK policy for a business, trade association or consultancy.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey arguments that persuade and influence others, as well as being able to work collaboratively across a broad range of teams and stakeholders.

- Strong intellectual capability and numeracy skills, must be able to quickly understand and judge the relevance and commercial value of complex policy and regulation and how this interacts with policy and regulation across the markets SSE operates.

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £20.5 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come., Our Corporate Affairs, Regulation & Strategy (CARS) function combines three quite separate but intrinsically linked businesses, with a shared focus on advising, influencing and communicating SSE's strategy and interests with key stakeholders. This involves the interpretation of complex political and regulatory changes, skilled lobbying to inform the future energy ecosystem, and innovative communication techniques to ensure SSE's story is reached by a broad range of audiences including investors, competitors, governments, partners, suppliers, communities, and both current and prospective employees.

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.