Senior Data & Digital Business Adviser

Senior Data & Digital Business Adviser
Full time, Permanent
Location: Aberdeen
Salary: Competitive + benefits

Working together with our members, we are a driving force supporting the UK in ensuring security of energy supply while helping to meet its net zero ambitions. We work on behalf of the sector and our members to inform understanding with facts, evidence, and data, engage on a range of key issues and support the broader value of this industry in a changing energy landscape.

To support the delivery of OEUK’s Data & Digital member offering we are looking for a subject matter expert to join our Supply Chain and People team as our

Senior Data & Digital Business Adviser . Reporting to the Business Transformation and Growth Manager you will work with our members and stakeholders to understand the data & digital needs and requirements of the energy sector for today and the future. You will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop the data and digital strategy for the offshore energy sector, including oil, gas, wind, hydrogen, and carbon storage.

At a critical time for the UK’s energy industry as we approach a General Election with energy policy at the centre of political debate, this is an exciting opportunity to join a high pace environment working with industry experts and thought leaders.

Key Accountabilities

Develop and deliver OEUK’s data & digital offering
Curate and deliver OEUK’s events on data and digital issues
Drive policies and engage with members and regulators to deliver a regulatory environment that supports effective exploitation of data & digital, and cross-company digital collaboration.
Determine sector priority areas in data & digital
Manage and respond to government consultations relevant to data & digital
Develop and maintain high-quality working relationships with key stakeholders
Act as data & digital subject matter expert to LOGIC
Drive the value of OEUK’s data assets in collaboration with the Market Intelligence team

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes

Knowledge

A college level education, in industry related subjects or a degree in Information Technology, GIS, Information Management, Data Analytics, Data Science or equivalent qualifications E.G. HND, apprenticeship. Experience in other industry related subjects will be advantageous
Advanced level Microsoft suite skills are essential, with an understanding of data modelling and visualisation tools e.g. Power BI, considered an advantage

Skills

Demonstratable skills and experience in data & digital, with specific understanding of:
E&P information types, and their current and legacy data formats and standards
How E&P data and information types are acquired, processed, and used
National Data Repository (NDR) operations and operational procedures
UKCS petroleum licensing processes and practices
UKCS regulations and legislation applicable to information and samples
Research skills, spanning qualitative and quantitative methods will be advantageous

Attributes

Good experience in acquiring, processing, using, or managing E&P information and GIS applications.
An understanding of the key drivers of company and stakeholder decision making
A disposition towards keeping up to date with information technology and its application to the digitalisation and automation of upstream oil and gas industry systems and processes
Good relationship management skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels
Ability to prepare, analyse and present complex information and data in an effective and timely manner
Strong interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and in writing, with specific expertise in meeting facilitation, project management, minute taking and external communications and the ability to deliver results through others.
Energy and ability to work within and across teams, to facilitate effective decision-making and issues-management across OEUK
Evidence of strong work ethic and awareness of discretion and need to observe confidentiality in all matters.

Why work at OEUK?

The global energy industry is in transition so at OEUK you will get the opportunity to contribute to the progress the UK offshore energy industry is making to meet our net zero targets, supporting our members, developing key skills, being able to participate and make a difference.

The development of our employees is the key to our success, and we support this by offering the following benefits:
Flexible / hybrid working
Learning and development opportunities
27 days annual leave
Competitive pension scheme
Private medical insurance
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to work scheme
Purchase / sell leave
Life cover 4 x salary

In return this position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits package for the right individual.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please apply by sending a detailed CV and a personal statement confirming your interest to the HR Team at [email protected] . To view the full job description, you can access by clicking on the link here or visiting the OEUK website’s careers area.