Ges Sandwich Student Placement 2026

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

- 431290

**Salary**:

- £22,699
- National Minimum - £22,699 / London minimum - £26,235. Please see attached job description pack for specific departmental salary information.

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer
Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Fixed term

**Length of employment**:

- 12 months

**Business area**:

- Economics

**Type of role**:

- Analytical
Economist

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 43

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Buxton, Darlington, Edinburgh, Fareham, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newport (Gwent), Pontypridd, Sheffield, Wolverhampton

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
Are you an economics undergraduate in your penultimate year? Do you want to see the theory you have learned come to life? Join the UK Government for a paid student placement that connects your skills to meaningful change.

The Government Economic Service (GES) offers the opportunity to spend a year collaborating with experienced economists in a government department before returning to your studies. You'll be doing work that shapes real policies, supporting decisions that will touch millions of lives, and preparing briefings that reach the highest levels of government. Your insights and understanding will genuinely matter.

**Job description**:
On the GES sandwich student placement scheme, you will gain hands-on professional experience working on the economic issues that matter most - climate change, levelling up, healthcare funding, and social mobility. It’s a chance to see how economic theory transforms into practical solutions for society's most pressing issues.

We offer:

- Meaningful work where you can directly improve people's lives, from addressing inequality to building sustainable growth.
- An early-access interview for a permanent graduate role, which will enable you to focus on developing your skills and knowledge, reassured that your future is supported.
- An inclusive workplace that celebrates different perspectives and backgrounds, with flexible working arrangements that fit around your life.

Interested in finding out more about the scheme?

Attend our** Q&A Session**:
**Date: Thursday 9 October 2025**

**Time: 16:30 - 17:30**

**Place: Virtual, on Microsoft Teams.**Join the meeting here**

This will be a chance for you to learn about the Government Economic Service, to hear from those who have recently completed the scheme, to get an overview of the recruitment process, and ask any questions you may have.

**Person specification**:
This scheme is only open to students in their **penultimate year of undergraduate study** (i.e. the year before their final year).

You must be on course for a **2:1 or 1st class outcome**, as indicated by your results so far.

You must be studying one of the following:

- An undergraduate honours degree in economics
- An undergraduate economics joint honours degree, where economics **must** comprise at least 50% of the credit value of modules studied and to be studied over the full course of your degree (typically 3 years in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 4 years in Scotland).
- An undergraduate Philosophy Politics and Economics (PPE) honours degree where at least 50% of the credit value of modules studied and to be studied over the full course of your degree must be in economics.

**Nationality requirements**

**Applicants must also**:

- Meet the Civil Service Nationality Rules: this means you must be a UK or Irish citizen, a citizen of a Commonwealth country, or a European Union (EU) / European Economic Area (EEA) citizen eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme.
- Have the right to live and work in the UK, without the need for employer sponsorship.
- If a holder of a student visa - be allowed under the conditions of the visa to undertake a full-time paid sandwich placement in the UK without a work permit.

If successful, you may be required to undergo security vetting. You therefore must hold, or be willing to obtain, security clearance to CTC/SC/DV level depending on the department you are allocated to. More information about the vetting process can be found at: United Kingdom Security Vetting - GOV.UK

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

**Things you need to know**:
**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Ability and Technical skills.

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