Assistant Economist – Analytical Projects Unit

Do you have excellent analytical skills and are looking for a varied and stretching portfolio of responsibilities and enjoy working collaboratively with a range of partners? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Macroeconomic Assessment and Projects (MAP) team is at the core of the Treasury’s function as an economics Ministry, providing economic analysis, briefing and policy advice on the issues facing the UK economy. As a team, we play a central role in analysing developments in the economy and risks to the outlook. We aspire to excellence in producing high quality and influential analysis and working collaboratively with colleagues across the department.

The Analytical Projects Unit’s high-priority projects often sit alongside the important analytical questions other branches in the team are working through to support policy development across the department. It is a friendly and inclusive team, aiming to provide all members with opportunities to further develop their analysis and modelling expertise, their project management skills and clearer routes to deliver impactful and timely analysis to inform and influence policy making across the department.

In this role, you will be:

• Integrating in a new team and becoming abreast of the policy area quickly. This will include understanding who key stakeholders are, proactively developing an understanding of the area, and setting the project’s scope within this.
• Scoping out and planning analytical projects, including by identifying the best analytical techniques, the key outputs, and prioritising work streams with the greatest impact to improve HMT’s understanding of an issue and inform policy advice.
• Delivering high quality analytical projects at pace, working collaboratively with policy teams across HM Treasury and other Government departments. There may also be opportunities to task-manage staff on projects.
• Communicating the conclusions of the project to Senior Officials, Ministers, and other partners, influencing the strategic direction of HMT policy.
• Representing the team across the organisation, helping to burnish the APU’s reputation as a key part of the HMT architecture which influences HMT policy.
• Support wider corporate work of the branch, team and group. For instance, contribute to one of the group’s corporate objectives (which include diversity, inclusion and wellbeing; management excellence; openness, etc.). If not already, you will become a full member of the Government Economic Service (GES) upon successful application.

You will be able to support, develop and build a large network across the department and get up to speed on new issues quickly. You will be able to scope out a project from start to finish and deliver under pressure, while balancing competing priorities; communicate clearly in written and verbal communications, influence others, and bring technical analysis to life for non-specialists and build and maintain relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders, working together for a shared objective/outcome.

• Generous Annual Leave – 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King’s birthday.
• Outstanding Pension Scheme – Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28%.
• Parental Leave Packages – Including 6 months’ occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working – Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working (where business needs allow).
• Advance Schemes & Discounts – Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, Smart Tech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal for a wide range of discount codes.

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at hrr