Low Carbon Contracts Company

General Counsel

• Provide general legal advice relating to the CfD contracts, Capacity Market matters, new schemes (e.g. Carbon Capture and Storage, Low Carbon Hydrogen), contract management issues, regulatory matters, business operations, procurement, public procurement, compliance, FOI and general legal issues.
• Review complex contractual and project documentation.
• Review and provide input into draft consultations, draft regulations and other documentation.
• Develop and review processes, guidance documents and standards applicable to contracts and business operations.
• Provide ad hoc advice and support around contractual claims and disputes, the dispute resolution processes and dispute resolution strategies.
• Work with and manage external legal advisors where needed, with a view to minimising overall cost and risk to LCCC and ESC.
• Identify legal issues and ensure that the Legal team is kept informed.
• Work with other teams on the delivery of company projects and responsibilities.

Legal Advisor

People Operations

• Manage Employee Relations cases, including absence, performance, disciplinary, grievance, and investigations, supported by the People Advisor.
• Coordinate cyclical people activities, including workforce planning, performance and reward cycles, and engagement, in partnership with Talent Acquisition ( TA) and Learning & Development (L&D)
• Maintain oversight of policies, procedures, and processes, ensuring legal compliance, market best practice, and alignment with organisational culture.
• Support People Operations in embedding robust frameworks and processes to drive consistency, compliance, and fairness.
• Use people data to inform priorities, measure impact, and demonstrate value of People initiatives.
• Lead organisational design reviews, functional alignment, and role evaluations.
• Partner with the TA team to drive advocacy for our employer brand and talent opportunities.
• Support embedding organisational values, ensuring clarity of expectations and a fair, consistent culture.
• Partner with Internal Communications to review engagement insights, facilitate follow-up sessions, and support leaders in creating and delivering engagement action plans.
• Ensure all people practices are viewed through a DEI lens to maintain a positive and inclusive culture.
• Partner with (L&D) to understand development needs, build line manager capability, and identify and retain high-potential talent.
• Support the design and facilitation of targeted capability-building training programs.
• Contribute to building and maintaining a strong succession pipeline for critical roles.
• Drive a high-performance culture through effective feedback, talent development, and robust management of underperformance and behaviour misalignment with values.
• Support the Rewards Partner and business leaders to ensure fair and competitive pay decisions that support equity, talent attraction and retention, and reward the right behaviours.
• Champion and embed a culture of ongoing recognition that drives engagement, supports retention and aligns with organisational values

People Business Partner

Communications

• The External Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Officer will work as part of a team to drive the delivery of the company’s external communications strategy through an outcomes-focused stakeholder engagement programme including strategic stakeholder management, workshops, webinars, PR, survey development, public affairs and media relations.
• The postholder will coordinate our stakeholder engagement programme, tracking meetings with our key stakeholders, and ensuring insight is collected and added to our Stakeholder Relationship Management (SRM) system.
• The postholder will work with the business to ensure the SRM system is up-to-date, accurate and user-friendly, providing support and guidance with the preparation of reports and analysis to deliver valuable insight into our stakeholder engagement programme.
• The postholder will work with the business to develop compelling communications collateral (articles, press releases, presentations, campaign materials etc) and build relationships with internal/external stakeholders to shape and influence the external reputation and raise awareness of the business.
• This role will also support the team as required for event planning and delivery, media relations and public affairs.
• The role will also require working with stakeholder liaison teams in the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and our delivery partner organisations, Ofgem, NESO and our settlement agent, EMRS.

Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Officer

Analyst

• Assist in reviewing metering documentation submitted by generators, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
• Help maintain trackers and dashboards to monitor contract compliance.
• Support Scheme Delivery colleagues with metering-related queries to help ensure contractual milestones are met on time
• Collaborate with technical advisory services to conduct thorough reviews of technical documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with contractual and regulatory standards.
• Maintain accurate records/dashboards to support compliance tracking and reporting, regularly updating stakeholders on compliance status and escalating issues as needed.
• Process and review technical documentation for CfD sites, escalating more complex issues to the Operational Assurance Manager where required.
• Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of internal and external guidance materials, ensuring clarity and consistency.
• Act as a go-to contact for Contract Managers, providing support on metering and milestone-related matters.
• Contribute to the development of metering assurance processes and documentation, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Engage with stakeholders across Scheme Delivery and Technical Advisory teams to ensure metering obligations are understood and met.

Operational Assurance Analyst

Manager

• Getting out and meeting people face-to-face. Taking a proactive approach to building strong, professional relationships is the most important part of the role. It’s essential that you’re the type of person who will pick up the phone, or go to visit a site, rather than always relying on email.
• Working as part of a close-knit team and learning from your colleagues (see section on Learning Contracts for Difference processes).
• Collaborating and building trust with stakeholders as you support them to meet all contractual requirements.
• Articulating technical requirements for a variety of people, including those without much technical knowledge, via email, phone calls and face-to-face meetings.
• Responding to queries and concisely summarising key messages and salient points.
• Presenting papers to Lead or Senior Contract Managers in order to get approval papers signed off.
• Managing and communicating information in a timely and accurate way, and raising potential issues before they become problematic.
• Presenting high-quality, reliable data using the appropriate templates.
• Keeping abreast of policy, process and procedural changes, and alerting counterparties to any that may affect them.
• Using a solution based approach to help counterparties identify and solve specific project issues, such as contractor delays. You are always guided by the confines of the contract and the best outcome for the project.
• Thinking about project problems creatively and flexibly, on a case-by-case basis. Acting as a trusted advisor and making sure counterparties feel they can come to you as soon as an issue arises.
• Applying critical thinking and an engineering mindset to offer counterparties a range of pragmatic, workable solutions.
• Pro-actively sharing ideas for improvements to processes and procedures.
• Breaking down lengthy consultation documents into succinct, comprehensible text.
• Understanding contractual terms and conditions.
• Applying LCCC processes to bring contracts to fruition; all the way from allocation rounds to power generation.
• Receiving coaching from Senior Contract Managers and support from Contract Managers.
• Shadowing and assisting Contract Managers across various contractual milestones.
• Learning how to review information and notice subtle nuances in contracts, documents and processing claims.

Assistant Contract Manager

• Manage documentation, ongoing audit and review of all People processes to enable efficiency and business continuity
• Identify opportunities for automation and scalability across people processes
• Day-to-day management and optimisation of People Team tools (HRIS - People First, ATS - PinPoint) and troubleshoot system issues
• Translate People operational needs into system requirements and process flows; partner with Data Protection to ensure GDPR compliance
• Lead selection and implementation of new People Team tools, define business requirements, data migration, system testing, transition and change management
• Serve as key point of contact for ATS, updating workflows, automations and templates
• Review People processes through a risk and compliance lens and act as team representative for internal/external audits
• Own and produce People Team data and analysis, build and evolve People Dashboard with Performance Team
• Establish measures to maintain data integrity and reduce manual error; analyse helpdesk queries and process communications
• Produce internal MI (Monthly Information Pack, Annual Report) and external reporting (pay gap, ONS, Home Office)
• Support People Operations Manager and CPO with budget setting, tracking spend vs budget and supplier/contract management with Procurement

People, Process & Systems Specialist

Accountant

• Manage daily settlement activities, including payments and reconciliations, ensuring strict adherence to deadlines.
• Approve and oversee high-value transactions, such as credit cover drawdowns and returns, in line with organisational procedures.
• Respond promptly and effectively to settlement-related inquiries from internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain strong controls over payment processes and notices to ensure accuracy and compliance with LCCC/ESC policies.
• Be familiar with and understand the policies and regulations surrounding the CfD, CM, and upcoming new schemes operations of LCCC. Stay informed about forthcoming changes and provide input on necessary adjustments for settlement sources.
• Prepare and review journal entries, monthly reconciliations, and settlement-related reports from the outsourced provider. Reflect settlements activity internally for new upcoming schemes from our newly developed in-house systems.
• Monitor settlement costs and provide forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses.
• Assist with the preparation of annual financial statements, audit queries and regulatory filings.
• Review, reconcile, and transfer termination/drawdown funds to Treasury.
• Oversee credit cover processes, including approvals, rejections, drawdowns, and returns for CfD, CM, and emerging schemes.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly reconciliations for CfD Generator/Supplier, CM settlements, and upcoming new schemes.
• Prepare monthly Treasury forecasts and liaise with the Analytics team.
• Collaborate with Treasury to manage daily and monthly cash flows, as well as credit cover fluctuations during high-volume periods.
• Assist in testing and transitioning manual reconciliations to automated ones.
• Work with Data Engineering, Analytics, and Treasury on automation initiatives.
• Take ownership of identifying and implementing process improvements, leveraging assistance from the team, process improvement specialists, and/or other business units as needed.
• Train team members on new systems and integrate changes into BAU operations.
• Ensure effective collaboration with the settlements team on finance-related settlement issues to provide a seamless experience to all stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for finance-related settlement issues, queries, and escalations.
• Build strong relationships with Contract Management, Scheme Operations, Legal, Treasury, and outsourced service providers to ensure seamless operations.
• Liaise with appropriate departments to address compliance and reporting requirements.
• Manage a diverse workload, adapting to changing priorities and urgent tasks.
• Proactively address operational challenges and resolve settlement discrepancies.
• Contribute to a culture of curiosity and innovation by identifying and implementing best practices.
• Ensure proper documentation and tracking of payments, settlements, and financial records, maintaining a comprehensive audit trail for all transactions.
• Provide operational finance team support and cover roles as needed to ensure seamless execution of tasks.
• Assist in bank account management, including setup, approvals, and limits, in collaboration with Treasury & Banks.
• Maintain a tracker for companies in any type of insolvency event, managing the proof of debt submission process and follow-ups.