Assistant Economist

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 329252**Salary**:

- £31,710 - £37,800-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer
- Senior Executive Officer- Range D**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Economics**Type of role**:

- Economist**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This post will be based in Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

**Job summary**:
**About HM Treasury**

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.
- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you

**Job description**:
**About the Group**

The **Economics Group **leads HM Treasury’s analysis of developments in the UK economy and advises ministers on the implications for the Government’s economic strategy. It provides expert economic analysis and advice for Ministers. The Group’s data hub is transforming how the Treasury uses data across its entire business. The Group collaborates with external experts on the UK economy, including the Bank of England, Office for Budget Responsibility and leading academics. Economics Group provides support for the UK Government’s economics and social research professions, including running centralised recruitment and the annual conferences.

**About the Team**

The **Labour Markets, Human Capital, Supply and Regions (LHSR) team** is at the centre of the Treasury’s function as an economics Ministry, providing economic analysis, briefing and policy advice on key trends in the UK economy. We lead analysis of the latest developments in supply, labour markets, population, regions and human capital, and deliver high-quality analysis to inform policy advice. The team works flexibly across branches and priorities. We are a friendly, inclusive and supportive team, and work closely and collaboratively with colleagues across the department and across government.

The team leads on:

- Providing our latest assessment of supply potential, labour market, population, regions and human capital, drawing on the range of new indicators and established sources to provide regular assessments of the conjuncture and the outlook for supply
- Delivering high-quality analysis to shape the direction of the Government’s strategy on levelling-up, human capital and labour market interventions, working collaboratively with policy teams and the external community
- Leading the Group’s analysis of structural change, overseeing the assessment of the impact of long-term structural forces on the composition and size of the economy
- Delivering the latest analysis of migration and population, including the impact of the pandemic on migration and macroeconomic assessment of underlying drivers
- Working closely with the ONS and other institutions to identify and drive forward improvements in statistics on regions, labour market, population and human capital

This post sits in the Regional Analysis branch. The branch is currently comprised of one Range E2, one Range E, one Range D (this post) and an apprentice economist.

**About the Role**

This role offers the opportunity to bring insightful economic analysis to bear on some of the most important policy decisions at a crucial time for UK economy policy. The postholder will work on and deliver high quality analytical work, working closely with other economists and policy colleagues. As well as strong economics and data analysis skills, the post also requires someone with excellent collaboration and team working skills. The post also provides the opportunity to shape the direction of economic analysis and build excellent relationships both within and outside of the department an