Assistant Economist

Office for National Statistics
Nationwide - United Kingdom
S: £30,317 - £35,286

As an assistant economist, you will be joining The Government Economic Service (GES) community of over 3,500 economists across more than 30 organisations, putting your economic learning to direct use by influencing high profile public policies with the best possible economic analysis. This is an exciting time to be joining the civil service, and with continuous support you'll prepare vital briefings for ministers or the public, provide advice on policy options, and ensure the quality and appropriate use of economic statistics.

We are recruiting assistant economists to play a vital role in a wide range of areas, perhaps in negotiating new trade deals, building vital infrastructure, supporting regional growth or monitoring changes in the labour market. Assistant Economists play a key role in the growth of our Economist Community and contribute to our vision of being widely respected for informing debate and improving decision making through high quality, easy to use statistics and analysis of the UK economy and society.

The roles on offer will present opportunities to work with the best data sources in the UK and enable successful candidates to take part in cutting-edge research and production of key economic statistics. These key economic indicators are vital to every area of our ever-changing society and are becoming more important than ever before, we have an increased demand for our information with key stakeholders keen to better understand how the economy is performing. These roles will allow you to build your economics expertise within different areas of UK economic data, as well as developing a range of analytical skills which you can deploy in your future career.

We want you to take your skills and ambitions further so whilst you earn a competitive salary, you will also get plenty of support to develop as an Economist.

You will broaden your subject knowledge and personal skills through time dedicated to your continuous professional development. the GES offers an excellent range of learning opportunities to help you develop key skills which include:

• Strong quantitative skills: you'll become an expert in working with and presenting data
• Writing and presentation techniques: communicating economics clearly and succinctly to senior officials and ministers
• Applied economics skills: using economic insights and techniques to inform policy on anything from the environment to transport.

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