Long Term Strategy Manager

Long Term Strategy Manager

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

Salary up to £85,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Location hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Regulation and Assurance team as a Long Term Strategy Manager, working with your colleagues to deliver Northumbrian Water Group’s Long Term Strategy to meet the future needs of our customers, communities and the environment, preparing the business for the challenges and expectations of the future.

Our current Long Term Strategy takes a long term view up to 2050, setting out the investments and activities we need to undertake to deliver reliable services, care for the environment, maintain affordability for customers, and protect sustainability and resilience – all in a changing and uncertain world. More details of our Long Term Strategy can be found here: https://www.nwg.co.uk/globalassets/corporate/about-us-pdfs/long-term-delivery-strategy-final.pdf 

As Long Term Strategy Manager, you will provide oversight of the Long Term Strategy itself, ensuring it remains coordinated with other key strategies. This will involve being the lead on the NWL Economic Regulation team for understanding, influencing and contributing to the planning frameworks that will form the basis of future price review business plans, including the statutory Water Resources Management Plan, the Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan and local strategies and plans in relation to the environment, net zero, asset health, affordability and customer service. With the overall aim being the development of a high quality business plan/meeting the evidential requirements of our regulators.

About you

If you have experience of developing plans and strategies in asset heavy organisations, we want to hear from you. You will have an understanding of the general pressures and trends in the water sector, as well as experience working in a regulated environment. Ideally, you will also have an understanding of Defra, the Environment Agency, OFWAT and DWI.

You will have the people skills to engender a collaborative and cross team approach to development of the Long Term Strategy, as well as the ability to engage and influence at all levels of the organisation.

You will understand option development, option appraisal and cost-benefit principles that will drive decision making. You will be adept at interpreting complex concepts and datasets, synthesising them and presenting them back to key stakeholders in a simplified form.

You will have experience in scenario analysis and developing strategies that are robust to different futures and flexible to respond to different pressures and outcomes. You are highly numerate and able to undertake and understand simple financial modelling to be able, for example, to consider future investment requirements and bill impacts.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. 

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment.

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG at a glance

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come. We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business. Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.