Economic Adviser in Leeds

Job description

Do you possess the expertise to shape early policy thinking and engagement, delivering impactful economic analysis in a dynamic environment? Can you lead a team to effectively prioritise and shape economic policies, ensuring high-quality analysis and evidence-based decisions? If so, we'd love to hear from you! This is an exciting time to join a multi-disciplinary team in roads. Recent well publicised debates such as e-scooters, smart motorways, the driver shortage, costs of living, road safety, have brought roads economics policy areas into sharp focus, and these areas are now a key priority for our Ministers. Analysis is at the core of this and is highly sought after by policy and Ministers to ensure effective evidence-based decisions. Job description

This is a highly visible role across DfT and cross-government, that will suit a motivated individual who thrives on leading a team and delivering high profile analytical programmes in a fast-paced policy environment. This role faces the Traffic and Technology division which is a large, varied and interesting area including parking policy, street works, traffic digitisation, traffic management and signage. Responsibilities include: Provide leadership for a portfolio of economic analysis for Traffic and Technology policies, including appraisal and cost-benefit analysis to inform Impact Assessments (IAs), De Minimis Assessments (DMAs) and business cases, as well as strategic and reactive analysis to shape policy. Support and lead your team to effectively scope out policy requirements, provide support and judgement to ensure proportionately, and lead and inform prioritisation decisions to ensure your portfolio has maximum impact. Promote and champion the use of evidence and analysis in policy, as a visible analytical leader. Support effective decisions through your advice, even where the evidence is uncertain. Communicate with impact to senior policy colleagues and senior analysts, using the best available evidence and analysis. Forward plan to identify future evidence needs. Develop, manage and lead your team, creating a supportive environment in which all can thrive. Collaborate with other analytical professions to deliver the best possible evidence and advice. Maintain and develop leading approaches for analysing the impact of regulatory decisions, using transport analysis guidance (TAG) and the Green Book appraisal guidance. Support the wider team in providing quality assurance to ensure economic analysis remains fit for purpose. Person specification

We are looking for someone with strong technical and leadership skills to take ownership of their area, and effectively manage a complex programme of research and analysis. You will need to work closely with policy to understand priorities and ensure evidence feeds into the right decisions at the right time. You will line-manage two assistant economists, and task manage others. You will be passionate about supporting and developing junior analysts in their development and careers, and creating a supportive team setting which all can thrive in. You will need the following experience: Scoping, designing and delivering economic analysis to influence decisions. Building and managing effective working relationships with people from a range of disciplines and across organisational boundaries. Communicating complex technical subjects to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders. Developing and delivering a programme of work, ensuring appropriate resources are available and are reassessed to ensure performance can be maintained.

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Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Leeds

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Profession type

Scientific Services

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English