Why BT Group

Joining BT means being part of a company with a rich history of innovation and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. From supporting critical services to delivering cutting-edge technology, we offer unrivalled personal development opportunities and a supportive culture where you can unleash your potential.

Why this job matters

Our Regulatory Affairs team is fundamental to delivering BT's strategy and achieving the best for its customers. The team partners across the whole of BT, providing individuals with the opportunity to work on projects across multiple aspects of the business. We perform an important role in shaping the regulatory framework and supporting the business in understanding and implementing regulatory requirements, managing both risk and opportunity for the business. This helps enable the business to innovate, compete fairly and deliver better services for our customers and wider society.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage the internal process for preparing and submitting responses to Statutory Information Requests from Ofcom.
• Coordinate regulatory projects and programmes and create detailed project plans.
• Draft and input to BT's submissions to public consultations.
• Prepare presentations and briefings for internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide BT's businesses with advice on regulatory topics.
• Identify key regulatory opportunities and risks, and champion informed risk taking and innovation.

The skills you'll need to succeed

• Communication – able to develop different kinds of communications (visual, written and verbal) that represent Regulatory Affairs to a range of different audiences.
• Influencing skills – able to build effective networks and collaborate with others within the company, with Ofcom and across the industry.
• Problem solving – able to understand the complex subject matter, identify potential risks and opportunities and present logical evidenced arguments/solutions.
• Organisation skills – able to ensure that things are robustly delivered on time.
• Improvement focus - you question and challenge the way things are done and work with others to make improvements.
• Curiosity – have a genuine interest in the wider political and regulatory environment and desire to learn more. You know when to look at the big picture and gather new perspectives.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

Benefits of working for BT include:

• Up to 10% bonus
• 25 days’ annual leave (not including bank holidays)
• Pension scheme - you contribute 5%, BT contributes 10%
• Family Healthcare
• Discounted broadband, and EE Mobile
• Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work schemes and many more flexible benefits to fit around you
• Access and involvement with our incredible 11 People Networks including Able2 network, Carers network, Ethnic diversity network, Gender equality network, and Pride network
• Volunteering days, so you can give back to your local community

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding. 

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.  

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.