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£150,000 a year
Gross, as stated in the ad.
About £7,610 a month after tax.
Full-time
Per the ad.
Apply by Sunday 25 October
The date the employer’s listing closes.
Work on-site in London
No relocation package mentioned.
Have senior-level experience
Director-level role.
28.97% employer pension
Paid in by the employer, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.
£150,000
External candidates can expect a salary of c. £150k per annum. Existing civil servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Alongside your salary of £150,000, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £43,455 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
We are seeking three exceptional leaders for the following SCS 3 director general level roles:
1. Director General Net Zero, Climate & Energy System Strategy
Accountable for DESNZ's strategic coherence across the energy system, ensuring the department can translate ministerial ambition into a clear, evidence-led and deliverable long-term direction. The postholder provides the strategic grip that connects long-term priorities to real-world delivery, helping ministers to navigate the most material choices, risks and trade-offs involved in securing clean power and the wider Net Zero transition.
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 25th October 2026
482405
SCS Pay Band 3
Permanent
Senior leadership
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share
3
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
DESNZ leads on the government's mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. We are responsible for UK energy security, protecting billpayers, supporting economic growth and protecting jobs, and reducing the UK's emissions. We are a ministerial department, supported by 15 agencies and public bodies and employing around 4,500 staff.
We have an ambitious agenda to deliver that our new Secretary of State has set out. Affordability is rightly at the heart of our work, alongside the need to accelerate delivery across the energy system and deliver growth. To do this well, we are transitioning towards operating through seven new director general groups, designed to provide clearer leadership accountabilities, strengthen alignment between policy and delivery and support collaboration across organisational boundaries. Please click here to learn more about us and our priorities.
Accountable for the coordinated transformation of the UK electricity system, ensuring DESNZ can translate its clean energy ambitions into sector-level delivery at the pace and scale required. The postholder leads the five directorates responsible for renewable electricity generation, electricity systems and networks, energy development planning, offshore petroleum regulation, and electricity security, AI and market reform, bringing together responsibility for the full electricity value chain and associated regulatory and planning delivery.
Accountable for ensuring that households and consumers are at the centre of DESNZ's mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower. The role brings together responsibility for household energy affordability, fuel poverty, retail market design, consumer protection, warm homes and building decarbonisation, and the smart metering programme, providing a single senior owner for the household and consumer agenda.
These are nationally significant leadership roles at the heart of one of the most complex and consequential transformations facing the UK today.
In addition to role-specific criteria outlined in the candidate brief, the following core criteria are essential for all three roles:
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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