Policy & Advocacy Manager

About Electrify Britain

Electrify Britain is the national campaign for electrifying the UK's homes and businesses. We make the case that running our country on cheaper, home-grown electricity is the route to lower bills, a more secure country and a more productive economy. Electrify Britain is backed by EDF, Octopus Energy and E.ON, and works with a growing coalition of businesses through Electrify Business.

Our work runs from household bills and the Warm Homes Plan to industrial electricity costs, EVs and reindustrialisation, and the rules that decide how fast heat pumps, solar, batteries and chargers get installed. We publish our own State of Electrification tracker, commission independent economic analysis, deliver high impact stunts and creative comms, and brief ministers, special advisers, officials and MPs directly. We get out of the bubble and talk to people, industry and communities about their experience of electrification, making this massive opportunity tangible for the media and politicians.

The next twelve months are busy. The government is writing a ten-year plan, consulting on the ZEV mandate, scaling up Warm Homes Plan delivery and changing the way we pay energy bills. We are hiring a Policy and Advocacy Manager to help us turn evidence into arguments and campaigns that move those decisions.

About the role

The Policy and Advocacy Manager will do much of the core analytical work in Electrify Britain's policy team: researching, modelling and drafting the briefings, consultation responses and reports that carry our asks into government. You will own pieces of work end to end, from pulling the data to writing the note that lands on a minister's desk. You will collaborate with communications and campaign colleagues to fuel our campaigns with analysis that packs a punch. This is a role for someone who already knows how Whitehall works and wants to sharpen their skills on one of the biggest economic questions facing the country. Critically you will be tenacious, committed and unrelenting in your drive for a campaign win.

What you'll do

Research and analysis

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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.

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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.

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Help keep Electrify Britain's State of Electrification tracker up to date and accurate, and spot the stories in it.

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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.

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Scan international practice and turn it into usable lessons for UK policy.

Policy development and writing

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Draft briefings, consultation responses, select committee evidence, ministerial and SpAd notes, and sections of flagship reports.

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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.

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Turn complex analysis into plain-English arguments that work for ministers, officials, journalists and business leaders.

Engagement

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Support meetings with officials, advisers, MPs and partner organisations, and write up clear readouts and follow-ups.

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Build a network of policy contacts across organisations working on aligned policy areas.

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Provide policy support to the Electrify Business coalition, including briefings for member companies and roundtables.

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Provide analysis-led ideas for creative comms and engagement.

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Work with our Head of Press to give media and social content a solid, sourced evidence base.

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Help organise roundtables, working groups and events.

Who you are

We care more about what you can do than where you have done it. You might come from a think tank, a trade body, a consultancy, a regulator, a campaign, the civil service, Parliament or an energy company.

Essential

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Three to five years' experience in a policy, research or public affairs role.

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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.

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A campaign mindset, creative and tenacious about delivering outcomes.

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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.

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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.

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Good judgement about evidence: you know a robust source from a weak one and say so when a number is shakier than it looks.

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Organised and able to run several pieces of work at once in a small, fast-moving team.

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Interest in energy, industrial or economic policy and in the politics of how change happens.

Desirable

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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.

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Experience with R, Python, SQL or Stata, or with data visualisation tools such as Datawrapper, Flourish or Tableau.

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Experience of economic modelling, survey or polling analysis.

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Experience working with businesses or coalitions, or supporting stakeholder engagement at senior level.

Why else you'll love it here

Wondering what the salary for this role is? Once you're in the interview process with one of our recruiters, it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!

25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.

Employer pension contribution of 7.5%.

A learning and development budget, including support for data and analytical training.

Flexible and hybrid working, with a central London office.

Real responsibility early: direct exposure to ministers, senior officials and the CEOs of major energy companies.

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P.S. Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but we’ll always do our best to flex around what works for you. Along the way, you’ll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages. Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at talent@octoenergy.com and we’d love to help!

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