Economic Advisor/Economic Modelling Advisor

Ofcom
London - United Kingdom
S: Competitive

Economic Advisor/Economic Modelling Advisor
Senior Associate/Associate Level
London

Ofcom is the UK regulator for the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobile, postal services and the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Our Competition Group identifies and responds to competition issues in these sectors, allowing markets and competitive forces to determine outcomes whenever possible, but intervening with regulation where necessary.

The influential roles of Economic Advisor and Economic Modelling Advisor will help to ensure that our policies have a sound economic foundation – and that they deliver a real, long-term impact in what is an increasingly important and dynamic sector for consumers and companies. Both roles focus on identifying the key economic issues, helping to develop the analytical framework for addressing them, considering what information is needed and providing high quality economic input, including anticipating and considering counter arguments.

Working collaboratively with other economists - plus lawyers, technical experts, accountants and policy specialists - you will get to grips with a wide variety of challenging issues across all the communication markets we regulate. Ranging in size and complexity, past projects have included: promoting competition through the setting up of BT's separate Openreach business unit; examining the impacts of EE's early 4G launch; making it easier for consumers to switch telecoms provider; recommending substantial changes to the scope of the BBC's iPlayer.

Both Senior Associate and Associate opportunities are available, reporting to a Principal Economist and involving different levels of experience and leadership. In each case, we are looking for experience of applying economics, preferably in regulation or competition policy, and ideally with previous exposure to the communications industry. Typically this will have been gained at a consultancy, at another regulator or competition authority, or even at a regulated company.

In particular, you should be able to demonstrate:

Excellent knowledge of microeconomics: preferably with training in industrial organisation, public economics and/or financial economics; typically gained through a degree or ideally a postgraduate qualification with relevant specialisms.

Ability to apply economic concepts: often requiring creative solutions, the problems we face in our dynamic markets are novel and complex; you will need to identify the key economic issues and the best framework for considering them.

Communication skills: good verbal and listening abilities are essential for our culture of group discussion; it is also essential that you can communicate arguments effectively and capture insights in written documents.

Strong quantitative analysis: since this supports most of our decisions, you must be skilled in interpreting information, with a good attention to detail; experience of using or developing spreadsheet models is essential for Economic Modelling Advisor candidates and desirable for the Economic Advisor role.

Ofcom offers competitive salaries, pension contributions and a flexible benefits package.

To find out more information and to apply please click on the following link:
https://jobs-ofcom.icims.com/jobs/1180/economic-advisor---economic-modelling-advisor/job

Closing date: 18th May 2015

Ofcom is an equal opportunity employer. It wishes to reflect the diversity of contemporary UK society and is therefore actively seeking to recruit colleagues from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, as well as those who have a disability.

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