Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Zenobē is on a mission to make clean power accessible by designing, financing, building, and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems. We enable the uptake of renewable power, electrify fleets for cleaner air, and provide clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. With over £2.7 billion raised in funding and more than 1.2GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract, we are the UK’s leading owner and operator of battery storage and a major player in the electric bus market in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Policy and Regulation Manager will report to the Director of Business Development – Network Infrastructure and collaborate closely with Marketing, Strategic Communications, Legal, and other internal teams. The role involves managing day-to-day policy tracking and development, leading political outreach, and advocating for policy frameworks that support the growth of battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Key responsibilities include monitoring and analysing policy and regulatory developments, engaging with stakeholders such as Government, Ofgem, NESO, trade associations, and consultants, and representing Zenobē at industry forums and political events. The role also supports cross-business collaboration on energy and transport policy, drafts consultation responses, and contributes to internal and external communications on battery storage policy.

Health, safety, wellbeing, and sustainability are integral to this role, with an expectation to embed these principles into daily responsibilities and promote a safe, supportive, and environmentally conscious work environment.

Experience
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in energy policy.
- Strong understanding of UK clean energy and transport policy, including electricity market arrangements, Reformed National Pricing, Long Duration Energy Storage policy, Capacity Market reform, and Balancing Mechanism reform.
- Proven experience researching and writing long-form policy documents such as consultation responses and policy reports.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
- Established network within the energy policy sector.
- Good understanding of the UK political landscape and processes including policy consultations, parliamentary questions, and select committees.
- Understanding of finance and investment in energy.
- Desirable: Experience working with or within Government, Ofgem, or National Grid ESO.
- Desirable: Knowledge of business models for energy storage.
- Desirable: Experience convening stakeholders across organisations.
- Desirable: Experience writing short-form content such as articles, press releases, and letters to MPs.
- Desirable: Proven track record of influencing policy through advocacy and campaigning.

About you
- Passionate about climate policy.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Strong verbal communication and presentation skills with confidence to represent Zenobē externally.
- Ability to manage relationships across industry, public sector, media, and trade associations.
- Thrives in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment.
- Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Good IT skills.
- Desirable: Quantitative skills, including basic data science to model policy proposals.

Qualifications
No specific qualifications required; emphasis is on relevant experience, skills, and a collaborative, flexible, and empathetic approach aligned with Zenobē’s mission to create practical routes to a zero carbon world.