Senior Economic Analyst

2 months ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £45,585 to £54,395 with potential progression once in post to £61,198. Grade: 8

Closes: 8th September 2024

The City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI) is recruiting a Senior Economic Analyst - Business Case Projects Lead who will be based at the Birmingham Business School to support economic analysis activities. City-REDI is an evidence-based and policy-focused academic research institute focusing on finding solutions to place-based inclusive economic, social, and environmental development. We work in partnership with people and places to facilitate local, regional, and responsible growth for the benefit of all. You would be joining an inter-disciplinary team including academics and consultancy services staff with a place-based approach to inclusive economic growth. The post will lead business case development activities and support wider research, evaluation and appraisal of economic interventions and programmes to support socially inclusive economic growth, innovation, development of new industrial clusters, enterprise, employment, and skills.

City-REDI in the College of Social Sciences is seeking to recruit a Senior Economic Analyst – with a focus on Business Case Design and Development, with particular expertise in relation to the efficacy and assessment of evidence for the development of business cases that will support securing funding for strategic investments by the university and its partners and as a service we can offer externally.

Role Summary

The post holder will be part of City-REDI, which is the Business School team delivering a wide range of research and consultancy services, local authorities and the Combined Authority working together to develop policies and programmes to support inclusive growth with the region. The successful candidate will be expected to have experience of developing business cases, evidence on economic impact and monitoring local economies.

Main Duties

Research

The Senior Economic Analyst will contribute at a senior level on a sustained basis across the whole of City-REDI's range of research, teaching and public engagement activities Research duties will include pursuing sustained policy-oriented research activity across City-REDI themes and future project development through original research, scholarship, and rigorous reflection-on-practice including:

  • Providing expertise in relation to evidence and the assessment of evidence; applying public service evaluation and improvement strategies to business cases.
  • Creating and disseminating knowledge at a senior level through initiating policy and practice-oriented research
  • Generating research and consultancy income around City-REDI themes and with regard to business case development and economic assessment.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

  • Educated to degree level (or equivalent qualifications) plus substantial work experience in a relevant technical/scientific and/or management/supervisory role in a specialist area, plus higher degree where appropriate.
  • Significant project management experience and formal qualifications such as APMP, Prince2 or MSP
  • Authoritative expertise in a relevant technical, professional or functional specialism - Appropriate Better Business Case qualifications and experience
  • Demonstrable ability to bridge evaluative research, impact assessment and policy and practice to apply to business cases and economic assessment
  • Successful record within academia, government, civil society, the private or third sectors

Informal enquiries to George Bramley, email:

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£45,585 to £54,395. Grade 8

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