Contract type: Permanent
Working Pattern: This post is available on a Full Time basis (Flexible working hours can be accommodated)
Location: Darlington (Feethams House)
Are you looking to join a friendly team, working to provide analytical support on the impacts of policies on the labour market? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
About the Team
The Labour Markets and Distributional Analysis team is a small group of outstanding analysts and policy makers. We seek to bring together an understanding of households’ living standards and position in the labour market, with key labour market policies, such as DWP’s unemployment regime and tax-free childcare.
About the Role
By joining us as an Assistant Economist, you'll work closely with policy teams across HM Treasury to provide analytical support on the impacts of policies on the labour market. You’ll contribute to microeconomic analysis of earnings and employment, as well as analysis of work incentives in the tax and welfare system, and National Living and Minimum Wage analysis.
Key accountabilities
1. Conduct microeconomic analysis to drive the policy debate. Analytical conclusions have to be presented, clearly and succinctly, including to non-economists.
2. Provide advice and briefing to HM Treasury seniors and ministers. You will work on the analysis to support the annual uprating deci...