Flexibility Markets Specialist

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of SSEN Distribution offices, including but not limited to - Aberdeen, Inverness, Perth, Glasgow, Reading and Portsmouth Salary: £44,000 - £65,900 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family. Working Pattern: Permanent | Flexible First options available The role Flexibility services are critical to unlocking network capacity, managing constraints, and accelerating the transition to Net Zero. By maximising existing assets, supporting future infrastructure, and enabling faster customer connections, flexibility delivers cost-effective solutions while creating opportunities for consumers and businesses to participate in energy markets. So far, flexibility has helped defer or optimise more than £200 million of network investment. As we expand its use to support connections, planned outages and low-carbon technology uptake, we're looking for a motivated individual
to help shape the next phase of this exciting and rapidly evolving area of the energy sector. You will Support the procurement and promotion of flexibility services, driving market participation and competition. Engage with flexibility providers to grow market liquidity and expand programme reach. Monitor industry and regulatory changes, ensuring compliance with licence obligations and market requirements. Support the delivery and continuous improvement of flexibility services across the business. Help shape long-term flexibility strategy, working with stakeholders to unlock new opportunities and support the energy transition. You have An understanding of economic principles as a foundation for supporting and understanding market design, preferably having experience of operating in an electricity market. Experience of Microsoft Excel with basic data analysis skills and the ability to provide reporting results in a clear and accurate way. The ability to present complex concepts to
different internal and external audiences with a range of backgrounds and understanding. Experience building relationships with a range of stakeholders and gathering information on a range of different jobs with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Enthusiasm for learning new skills and concepts and being able to adapt as this changes. About SSE SSE's purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030. SSEN Distribution, part of the wider SSE group, powers 3.9 million UK homes and businesses. Our team of more than 4,200 skilled engineers, customer service advisors and energy experts keep customers connected to a safe, reliable supply of