Electrify Britain - Policy & Advocacy Manager
Octopus EnergyLondon, United Kingdom
Temporary
Posted November 11, 2026
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- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed November 12, 2026
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Job Description
Electrify Britain is the national campaign for electrifying the UK's homes and businesses.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the evidence base behind Electrify Britain's asks, including bills and tariffs, Warm Homes Plan spend and delivery, heat pump, EV, solar and battery uptake, and industrial electricity costs.
- Work with public datasets (DESNZ energy prices and statistics, Ofgem price cap data, MCS installation data, DfT and SMMT vehicle data, ONS business and regional data, Eurostat) to produce clear numbers, charts and short analytical notes.
- Help keep Electrify Britain's State of Electrification tracker up to date and accurate, and spot the stories in it.
- Run simple bill and cost models (for example, what a levy change or tariff design means for a typical household or a mid-sized manufacturer) and stress-test numbers from partners and commissioned work.
- Scan international practice and turn it into usable lessons for UK policy.
- Draft briefings, consultation responses, select committee evidence, ministerial and SpAd notes, and sections of flagship reports.
- Track the parliamentary, regulatory and political calendar (fiscal events, Ofgem decisions, government consultations, select committee inquiries) and flag where Electrify Britain should intervene through our campaigns.
- Turn complex analysis into plain-English arguments that work for ministers, officials, journalists and business leaders.
- Support meetings with officials, advisers, MPs and partner organisations, and write up clear readouts and follow-ups.
- Build a network of policy contacts across organisations working on aligned policy areas.
- Provide policy support to the Electrify Business coalition, including briefings for member companies and roundtables.
- Provide analysis-led ideas for creative comms and engagement.
- Work with our Head of Press to give media and social content a solid, sourced evidence base.
- Help organise roundtables, working groups and events.
Requirements
- Three to five years' experience in a policy, research or public affairs role.
- A working understanding of how policy gets made in the UK: the roles of HM Treasury, departments, regulators, No10 and Parliament, and how fiscal events and consultations work.
- A campaign mindset, creative and tenacious about delivering outcomes.
- Confident with data. You can find, clean and analyse public datasets in Excel or Google Sheets, build a simple model, and present the results in a clear chart.
- Excellent writing. You can produce a tight, accurate two-page brief at short notice and a longer report section that holds up to expert scrutiny.
- Good judgement about evidence: you know a robust source from a weak one and say so when a number is shakier than it looks.
- Organised and able to run several pieces of work at once in a small, fast-moving team.
- Interest in energy, industrial or economic policy and in the politics of how change happens.
- Knowledge of the UK energy system: how bills are built up, the price cap, network and policy costs, the Warm Homes Plan, or industrial electricity support schemes.
- Experience with R, Python, SQL or Stata, or with data visualisation tools such as Datawrapper, Flourish or Tableau.
- Experience of economic modelling, survey or polling analysis.
- Experience working with businesses or coalitions, or supporting stakeholder engagement at senior level.
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