Principal Economic Analyst/Associate Director

at  NSW Treasury

ROLE IMPACT & CONTRIBUTION

The Performance Budgeting Framework & State Revenue Policy teams are recruiting for the following roles:

• Principal Economist/ Associate Director, Performance Budgeting Framework - Clerk Grade 11/12

  Please click here to access the role description.

• Principal Economic Analyst, State Revenue Policy - Clerk Grade 11/12

  Please click here to access the role description.
  In Performance Budgeting Framework team:
  Your work will include leading and managing a highly collaborative team in the development, transition and implementation of the NSW Performance and Wellbeing Framework (the Framework) announced in the 2023 24 Budget. The Framework will build on Outcome Budgeting and the broader NSW Government investment framework (including NSW Business Case Guidelines, the NSW Government Guide to Cost Benefit Analysis and the Guide to Program Evaluation), which will guide policy advice and development.
  This role will work closely with Treasury’s Leadership Team, the Treasurer’s Office, and colleagues across the full breadth of Treasury’s Budget and economic functions, and external stakeholder facing roles.
  In State Revenue Policy team:
  This is a role that requires strategic planning, innovative thinking and effective stakeholder management to successfully navigate and make progress towards complex reform. A strong team focus, the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and to lead team members in achieving the team’s objectives are important.
  In this role, you will develop expertise in taxation policy — bringing together principles from economics, accounting, and law. As part of this, you will develop a strong understanding of how to assess tax policy, including the policy framework for assessing what should be taxed and how tax should be applied. Central to this is understanding the economic costs of taxation, the split of taxation powers between the Commonwealth and state governments, and the legislative framework that underpins each of the State’s taxes. This role provides a unique opportunity to shape tax policy settings, drive tax reforms, and design tax law; within the context of the State’s fiscal and demographic challenges and evolving economic and societal trends
  You will be joining our Economic, Strategy & Productivity Group and will be working within the Revenue or Centre for Economic Evidence Division. Read more about your future Group and Division.
  You can read more about the role in the role descriptions listed above.

WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO THE ROLE.

In this integral role there are a few things we would like for you to have to best support yourself and add value to the people of NSW.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• Strong experience in public economics and public policy analysis evidence-based decision making.
• Professional experience in providing policy advice and/or economic analysis in a data-driven environment with strong customer focus.
• Experience in economic modelling & quantitative analysis.