Innovation Insights Analyst

Overview

Identify, document, and share best practices to drive innovation and improvement in energy projects.

Key Responsibilities

• innovation identification
• best practices
• challenges assessment
• training delivery
• performance tracking
• stakeholder engagement

Tasks

-Identify potential for Innovation: Communicate and escalate unresolved problems or opportunities to the Innovation team that are not covered by existing solutions. -Identify Best Practices: Capture and document best practices throughout the major projects governance process, and across other processes in various teams within Strategic Infrastructure. -Identify Challenges and Opportunities: Work closely with SI teams to identify and assess challenges/opportunities during all phases of the major projects development and governance processes. -Business Support: Develop and deliver training programmes for relevant teams to ensure understanding and application of best practices. Determine the value of services provided by the Innovation team and communicate to relevant stakeholders. -Performance Management: Track the effectiveness of implemented best practices and overall performance. Gather feedback to provide insights on the effectiveness of best practices and make necessary adjustments. -Disseminate Insights: Assist in the creation and maintenance of a catalogue of actionable best practices elicited by the Innovation team. -Engage with Stakeholders: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders to enhance collaboration and enable the Innovation Insights team to maximise value for the SI business unit. -Support Innovation Governance: Support the management and decision making processes across the lifecycle of innovation projects

Requirements

• analytical
• collaboration
• knowledge management
• communication
• project management
• process improvement

What You Bring

-Excellent analytical skills with the ability to assess complex problems and develop effective solutions. -Able to comfortably work both in tight collaboration with a team and independently where needed. -Experience in organisational knowledge management and dissemination desirable. -Strong communication and interpersonal skills. -A strong understanding of project management principles and best practices. This is ideally within the utility or energy sector, with transmission capital projects exposure beneficial. -Proven experience in identifying and implementing process improvements and best practices across large organisations.

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About National Grid

-Plays a critical role in delivering electricity and gas to millions of homes and businesses. -Operates in both the UK and US, ensuring safe and reliable energy distribution. -Deeply involved in the development of renewable energy infrastructure, including wind and solar projects. -Key projects include cross-border power links to improve energy security and integrating low-carbon solutions. -Continually innovates to meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impact. -Operates in both electricity and natural gas distribution across a vast geographical area in the US. -Invests in sustainability initiatives and clean energy infrastructure.

Sector Specialisms

Interview Process

-interviews scheduled week of dec 8