Government Economic Service Fast Stream 2023

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

- 255075**Salary**:

- £28,000 - £32,000**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Fast Stream**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 81Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Remote working (anywhere in the UK)About the job

**Job summary**:

- On the Government Economic Service Fast Stream you’ll embark on a career path in economics that influences policy, shaping the government’s response to some of the essential issues of the day and helping influence the economic future of the country.**Job description**:

- Being a Government Economist is not just about analysing data. As a Government Economic Service (GES) Fast Streamer you will be involved in important current issues, helping to shape government policy.- As the UK’s largest recruiter of economists, you won’t be alone. You will join a vibrant and growing community of c.300 professionals across government, operating in more than 50 departments and agencies across the UK.
- Promotion and successful completion of the scheme will see you earn around £45k to £55k. The scheme is designed so that, wherever you find yourself working in government beyond the GES Fast Stream scheme, you will have the skills that allow you to be a professional leader within government, helping ensure that economics and analysis sit at the heart of the policy-making and delivery process.-
**Person specification**:

- You need to be eligible to work in the UK
- For mixed degrees, at least 50% should be in economics
- Modules must have covered both micro and macroeconomics to qualify
- If you graduated more than five years ago then you must have examples of how you have maintained your economic knowledge

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

- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others

**Benefits**:

- The GES Fast Stream offers a unique and fantastic opportunity to begin your career as a government economist on the strongest possible footing. You will have the opportunity to work on issues that really matter, learn how government works, and gain the skills and experience that will allow you to be a future leader within the UK Civil Service.
- In addition you will also have access to the benefits available to all UK Civil Servants, including the Civil Service pension scheme, professional qualifications, flexible working, season ticket loans, sports and social activities, childcare assistance and more.- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service pension.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours.The Fast Stream Assessment Centre (FSAC) reflects some of the key elements of a Fast Stream role and will consist of a leadership scenario, a team scenario exercise and and a written scenario. Information will be presented via an app that you will be able to access remotely. Most schemes will then require a final selection stage (with the exception of the Generalist, Human Resources, Cyber Security and Finance schemes). We will ask you to attend this final assessment if you reach the required standard at the assessment centre

**Please note there are no roles available in Northern Ireland**

**Further Information**

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

**Reasonable Adjustment**

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter.- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recrui