Senior Economist

4 days ago

York, United Kingdom NFER Full time

Senior Economist - Education and Labour market.

Want to use your economic and quantitative analysis skills to answer the important education and labour market questions? If so, grow your career with NFER as Senior Economist and make a positive, lasting impact in a leading independent charity with a worldwide reputation.

**Salary**: £45,000 to £50,000

Location: UK, Hybrid

**Job Type**: Full or part-time, Permanent

Working alongside some of the UK’s leading educational economists, researchers and education professionals you’ll develop insightful research on issues such as the role of the education system in facilitating movement into employment, social mobility and equity.

As a Senior Economist you’ll contribute to the shape and design of research and evaluation projects, assisting in securing the funding and then be a lead in managing the life-cycle of the project through to delivery. You’ll also share findings, contributing to raising NFER’s visibility and ensuring a positive impact is made by all of its research by.

**REQUIREMENTS**:
To be a Senior Economist you’ll;
- have a first degree or higher degree in economics, with a strong microeconomics and evaluation element, or an equivalent combination of qualifications and professional experience.
- be an effective communicator both verbally and written, with experience of drafting research reports and/or publications as an author.
- be able to work with a considerable degree of autonomy and to consistently meet deadlines.
- be an experienced user of statistical software e.g. STATA, R, SQL, Python, MPlus and MLWin.

If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.

WHY NFER?

We put impact before profit to improve outcomes for future generations everywhere, supporting positive change across education systems worldwide.

We are an independent charity and a trusted destination for education research evidence and insights.

We embrace agility and flexibility to enable you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments.

We place equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

We offer our Senior Economist,
- Competitive salary £45,000 - £50,000 depending on experience and reviewed annually
- Generous pension scheme
- 42 days’ holiday per year including Bank Holidays + additional discretionary days
- Excellent support for continued professional development
- Hybrid flexible working meaning you can choose where you do your best work
- Open to the role being worked part-time
- Lots of well-being and social activities
- Skilled Worker visa sponsorship
- And the opportunity to help children around the world have a better life.

Other roles you may have experience of include: Economist, Principle Economist, Senior Quantitative Researcher.

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