Description
Economic Analyst - (Benefits Modelling/Cost Benefit/Business Case/Public Sector)6 month contract
Inside IR35 - £450 - £500 per day
Remote working with onsite visits to London, Bristol or Manchester
Jumar require the services of an Economic Analyst, you will be responsible for the production and provisions of high-quality economic analysis, evidencing the viability of new projects and programmes through benefits modelling to evaluating the benefits realisation for existing programmes of work. You will work across different government departments to inform your analysis and modelling and support it with accurate, reliable data.
In this role you'll:
- Perform functions of cost-benefit analysis, evaluation and benefits modelling to support the production of a full business case for a large digital programme in the heart of government.
- Build strong working relationships across multiple government departments to access key data for analysis as part of building a strong business case
- Lead and own the analysis for reporting to the central government body responsible for monitoring central government major projects, evidencing the benefits for the programme
- Report your findings to senior leadership, as well as to senior decisions makers in central government.
- You will have strong analytical and interpersonal skills and enjoy working in a collaborative manner.
- You will be experienced in dealing and communicating with stakeholders of varying levels of seniority, and in adapting their analysis and communication for different audiences.
- Experience in performing high quality economic analysis swiftly in a fast-moving, high-profile environment
- Ability to communicate expert economic advice in a simple and understandable way and adapt communication for various types of audiences
- Experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships across external organisations, and operating successfully in a complex stakeholder environment with competing interests
- Experience of balancing changing priorities and dealing with ambiguity, prioritising resources even where hard choices are required
- Previous experience working in economics roles and/or qualification in economics
- Desirably, knowledge of the government green book principles and experience in applying them in practice