Senior Associate Enforcement

Join Ofwat's Casework and Enforcement Team as a Senior Associate Enforcement

We have 4 roles available for this position.

* Office

Location:

London (E14 4HD
) or Birmingham (B5 4UA
) with hybrid working*

We are Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority, a non-ministerial government department responsible for regulating the water sector in England and Wales.

The water sector is entering a new chapter. The government has set out a bold new direction, bringing together expertise from across the sector to deliver better outcomes for customers and the environment. We are collaborating with fellow regulators to respond to recommendations in The Independent Water Commission Report, the Welsh Government’s response to the Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Water Governance in Wales, and the Government’s White Paper, A new vision for water.

Ofwat is working with the government and other regulators to help create a new body for England, bringing together our strengths with those of the Drinking Water Inspectorate, the Environment Agency and Natural England. We are also continuing to work with the Welsh Government to support decisions on the future arrangements for Wales.

While these changes take shape, our mission remains the same: to hold water companies to account, drive performance, and ensure the sector delivers real value for customers, communities, and the environment. If you're passionate about making a difference, this is a unique moment to join us and help shape the future of water, and together we can continue to make a positive impact.

These Senior Associate roles have an important and valuable contribution to enable us to delivery on our goals and regulatory commitments.

The roles will particularly focus on the delivery of the team's enforcement activities. This will include supporting the effective and efficient delivery of enforcement investigations and action, to hold water companies to account where they have failed on obligations Ofwat is responsible for enforcing. Successful candidates will lead the delivery of small-scale investigations delivered by our team, including where we have legal powers to determine a dispute between a customer and their water company.

The successful candidates will have strong analytical skills, being able to collate and assess large volumes of complex information and data to identify what is relevant to our investigation and why. They will be able to quickly get to grips with new and varied subject areas, including the relevant legal obligations, policy expectations, data sources and the strategic context in which they sit.

They will be proactive in asking questions of other team members, subject matter experts and the companies we investigate, to build the case team's understanding of what has happened and why; how that fits with the legal obligations water companies have; and the steps companies must take to put things right.

The successful candidates will have strong organisational skills that enable them to plan, prioritise and deliver their work effectively to enable the swift progress of investigations. Being able to collaborate effectively will be essential, as you will work as part of multi-disciplinary teams, bringing together case leads, lawyers, technical and communications specialists and where appropriate external consultants.

It will be essential that candidates can clearly structure and present their analysis to demonstrate evidence-based conclusions and recommendations. This will include preparing materials appropriate for senior management, board members, and non-technical and public audiences.

The successful candidates will be expected to take strong ownership of the work they are responsible for, demonstrating Ofwat's…