Research Economist

Role Overview
Nest Insight is a public-benefit research and innovation centre that works to find ways to support low and moderate income workers to be financially secure, both today and into retirement. Ourdata research programme is growing in scope and complexity. Reportingto the Director of Analysis and Governance, the **Research economist - Senior Analyst**will work across a range of these projects, maximising the research value of Nest’s own extensive data assets, along with third party data sets.
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**Flexible and agile working**
- reduce or vary working hours
- reduce or vary the days worked
- work from home (or a different location)
- work compressed hours
- job share

Directorate/Department Overview
- Nest Insight was set up by Nest Corporation in 2016 to find ways to support low and moderate income workers to be financially secure, both today and into retirement.
- We conduct rigorous, cutting-edge research, working collaboratively with industry and academic partners to understand the needs and behaviours of the new generation of savers created by the UK’s pensions auto enrolment system. We also consider how self-employedworkers and others at risk of missing out on pension saving can be brought in. We use our data-driven insights into this wide range of financial challenges to identify and test practical, real-world solutions. Our findings are shared widely and freely to helpinform industry and policymakers so that people around the world can benefit from our work.
- Our work builds on Nest’s well-established research programme and access to a unique body of data. Together our team of 11 deliver an ambitious programme of research, publications and events, sharing best practice, both nationally and abroad.
- Whilst Nest Insight is a business unit of Nest Corporation, we are responsible for raising our own operating budget through sponsorships, grants and in-kind support from organisations with similar research interests, goals and values.
- By working in partnership with industry, academics, innovators and policymakers, and sharing our research widely and freely, we’re generating insights that could improve the retirement outcomes of millions of savers worldwide.
With lots of exciting projects ongoing and in the pipeline, and plans to expand our reach significantly, this is an exciting time to join Nest Insight.
Organisational Overview
Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.
Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you’d expect to find in a thriving business. We’re committedto creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.
**Diversity and Inclusion**
We are a level 2 Disability Confident Leader under the Disability Confident Scheme. As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the guaranteed interview scheme.