Assistant Economist

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

- 389333

**Salary**:

- £33,450 - £39,000
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- HMT - Economics

**Type of role**:

- Analytical

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This post is based in Darlington (Feethams House).

About the job

**Job summary**:
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.

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**:
**Economics 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.

**About the Job**

This role is an exciting opportunity to take on a high-profile role in the Economics group The Supply branch plays a key role in the Government’s Growth Mission. It leads HM Treasury’s assessment of the supply-side of the economy. Our work includes analysis of trends in potential output, its drivers, as well as analysis to inform growth policy development.

As an economist in the Supply Branch, you will support the branch’s work on the supply outlook, working closely with the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the Bank of England, and other external bodies. You will also lead projects on growth policy analysis: assessing the growth impacts of individual policies and the trade-offs between them. Your work will play a key role in developing the analysis underpinning the department’s work on the Growth Mission.

**Core responsibilities**:

- Delivering robust and timely analytical projects for ministers and senior officials on:

- the drivers of potential output, including trends in ONS data on employment, hours worked, productivity and sectoral and regional breakdowns, helping to form an assessment of the output gap;
- the growth impacts of different policies; and
- the trade-offs between different policies
- Effectively communicating complex analysis. You should be comfortable digesting large amounts of information, summarising key points, risks and uncertainties and then communicating the results to a wide audience either in writing or verbally.
- Building positive working relationships across HMT and external stakeholders (such as the Office for Budget Responsibility and other departments) to support the branch’s work monitoring the delivery of growth policies and evaluating their impacts, andwith the coordination of quarterly assessments of the supply-side of the economy.
- Independently develop and deliver analytical and research projects on growth-related topics that would benefit the branch, with the opportunity to work on projects in other areas of the team’s work, if desir