Economist at UK Research and Innovation
London, England, United Kingdom -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Sep, 25

Salary

45272.0

Posted On

29 Jul, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Norway

Industry

Civil Engineering

Description

PERSON SPECIFICATION

  • Degree in Economics (with at least 50% of course modules in Economics) or equivalent work experience
  • Experience carrying out public sector Green Book compliant value for money analysis
  • Knowledge of and experience in Applied Econometrics
  • Highly proficient in Excel
  • Experience in building strong relationships with technical and non-technical users of analysis at varying seniority levels
  • Drawing on a broad range of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods to deliver high quality pieces of analytical work at pace
  • Clearly communicating analytical findings, limitations, and uncertainty
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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Leading on business case analysis, with a focus on economic cases. This would usually require ex-ante value for money analysis with a quantitative component developed in Excel
  • Mentoring junior analysts to deliver economic appraisal projects
  • Supporting evaluation, policy, and science teams in the delivery of the economic component of their evaluation projects. This includes reviewing invitation to tender documents, bids, and early drafts.
  • Supporting analysis for fiscal events and spending reviews
  • Engaging with internal and external analysts to develop robust methodologies and analysis for evaluation of UKRI investments
  • Developing guidance and training for both analysts and non-analytical audiences
  • Supporting the Lead Analyst on the conception and development of key ex-ante and ex-post economic appraisal projects. This would typically require modelling in Excel or R.
  • Running literature and evidence reviews assessing their robustness and relevance. This would require finding and analysing relevant sources and data sets to fill knowledge gaps, summarising the key findings for users;
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