The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 19 agencies and public bodies.
The advertised roles are in the Renewable Energy Sector team which sits within a ‘Construction, Infrastructure and Energy’ cluster, which is part of larger team called ‘Business Group’. We support investment, growth and exports in low carbon technologies, and are the department’s experts in these sectors. Our work is central to supporting the government’s net zero ambitions, by attracting investment and developing UK capability and supply chains.
We are a mixed team of experienced civil servants and industry specialists. The team has a broad remit and provides knowledge and expertise to investors, government, and overseas colleagues promoting these sectors. We also support policy development by working with other government departments, shaping and influencing policy to enable investment and economic growth.
DBT welcomes and values diverse backgrounds, thinking, skills and experience. We promote and encourage a range of flexible working patterns enabling staff to balance home and work responsibilities.
The roles
We are recruiting two sector managers. One will lead on the ‘low-carbon hydrogen’ sector, and the other will cover the ‘circular economy and waste-to-value’ sectors (including energy from waste, recycling, and sustainable aviation fuels. These areas are part of the government’s commitment to making the UK a ‘Clean Energy Superpower.’
Hydrogen:
The Climate Change Committee and the UK government expect Low Carbon Hydrogen to play a crucial role in decarbonising the UK. Hydrogen can be used as an energy store and a clean fuel. It will be needed to decarbonise sectors of the economy which are hard to abate or electrify using renewable electricity, for example power generation, transport fuel, industrial process heating. The UK is in a strong position to develop a world-leading hydrogen sector, with significant renewable electricity, progressive policy and regulation, existing industrial and innovation capacity, and established engineering expertise.
Circular Economy & Waste-2-Value:
The government is committed to establishing a UK circular economy, where waste is minimised, and resources are reused or recycled with a long-term goal of eliminating avoidable waste by 2050. With robust regulation, effective collection/management systems, policies such as landfill tax, and a clear path to market for new solutions, the UK has a strong foundation from which to establish a new circular approach. The shift presents opportunities for investment and innovation, and is critical to emissions reduction and reducing biodiversity loss. Where waste is unavoidable, innovative models can recover value — from sustainable aviation fuel, power or heat — create jobs, and increase domestic energy security.
Job description
In each role, you will become a sector expert, with a comprehensive knowledge of the latest developments in the UK and overseas markets, policies and funding programmes, important companies, technologies, capabilities and projects. You will confidently articulate a comprehensive pitch about the UK’s offer, to internal and external audiences. The network of business contacts that you develop will enable you to gather market intelligence, and you will use this to distil key messages within government on how to drive growth through policies and funding schemes.
As part of your role, you can expect to:
* Act as the sector lead, with objectives including, sector promotion, investment delivery, influencing policy, programme development.
* Manage a pipeline of major investment projects, working with investors to support their projects, as well as leading work to identify and support new investors.
* Build relationships at senior levels with UK and overseas companies, to encourage and support inward investment projects. You will act as account manager for a selection of the important companies.
* Develop evidence-based analysis of the commercial and regulatory barriers that shape the investment environment, using this to spot opportunities to improve the investment proposition.
* Collaborate and influence across Whitehall to address the underpinning policies, barriers and enablers that shape the investment environment for your sector. You will develop carefully balanced recommendations, find routes to influence and work with others to build consensus, with a focus on growth in UK capabilities creating jobs and enhancing the export offer.
* Maintain an awareness of the global opportunity in the sectors, support UK companies to export, and support overseas colleagues to position the UK's export offer to emerging opportunities across different markets.
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