Operational Assurance Analyst - Sustainability Standards & Compliance

Department: Assurance & Risk

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom; Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Description

Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 / week

Salary: circa £45,000

Location: Leeds city centre OR Birmingham city centre

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Lead Operational Assurance Manager - Sustainability Standards & Compliance
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary:
The Sustainability, Standards & Compliance (SS&C) team plays an important role in managing multiple assurance services that apply to a range of strategic schemes across the business, including Contracts for Difference (CfD), Hydrogen (HPBM), Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and other emerging schemes. The assurance services are pivotal to ensuring compliance with contractual sustainability standards and maintaining value for money for the business.As an Assurance Analyst within this team, you will contribute to the successful delivery, service operations and continuous improvement of these assurance services.

Key Responsibilities

Developing technical skillset relating to industry best practice on verification/auditing as well as schemes compliance requirements (CfD, LCHA etc)
Ensuring assurance services meet industry standards to achieve/maintain UKAS accreditation. This includes maintaining critical documentation, risk management & process improvement.
Conducting planning and support of verification activities; interacting with producers, emitters and generators (PEGs) to establish measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) procedures and reviewing compliance data.
Working with internal teams to provide MRV guidance on upcoming schemes.
Maintain & improve team documentation including ensuring process, quality management systems and confluence pages are up to date & effective.
Planning activities & support for Managers in verification of compliance against scheme requirements (Biomass Sustainability, Low Carbon Hydrogen Standards, Hydrogen & CCS Metering)
Review assurance services against appropriate ISO standards and work with SME to implement process changes to ensure compliance.
Supporting Data Collection team by providing SME information on the standards to ensure HES is fit for purpose.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

1-12+ months experience working in Risk, Compliance Change Analyst roles, Sustainability standards or Governance (e.g. documentation or process management) And/Or Bachelors Degree in a STEM subject or alternative showing analytical thinking, problem-solving, or technical understanding relevant to the role.
Organisational Skills: this role will manage metering obligations for multiple different contracts at once as well as multiple different stakeholders. Maintaining an organised system is key to being an effective service to the business.
Ability to understand complex concepts and discuss with stakeholders at different levels of understanding.
Ambition to deliver excellence across government support schemes.
Be a team player, with strong interpersonal skills, working collaboratively towards a shared vision for the future.

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
Up to 8% pension contribution
Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
Three paid volunteering days a year
Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
Employee resource groups

Online Test

Shortlisting

First Stage Interview

Second Stage Interview

Hired