Job summary
We are looking for an experienced economist to join our growing Economics team at Companies House. This role provides an opportunity to support and influence decision-making across the entire organisation, delivering real impact through analysis.
This is a great time to join Companies House. In October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (now Act) achieved Royal Assent, one of the most significant moments in Companies House�s history. The powers within the Act enable Companies House to play a much greater role in disrupting economic crime and preventing abuse of the register, while supporting economic growth and ease of doing business in the UK. Companies House is in the process of implementing the full suite of reforms, and the Economics team is at the forefront of ensuring this is done in a way that provides value for money and achieves the policy intent.
This is a fast-paced role with significant senior visibility, leading on the delivery of economic analysis to support Companies House�s most important and high-profile work. Economics is a relatively new function within Companies House (established two years ago). The postholder will have a critical leadership role in continuing to establish Economics across the organisation and advocate for the profession. The economist team sits within the wider Finance and Commercial group at Companies House, reflecting our strong focus on ensuring expenditure provides value for money.
The Principal Economists report to the Grade 6 Head of Economics. The team�s positioning provides a great opportunity to work alongside specialist cost estimators within Finance, and a range of Commercial professionals. The team have strong links with analysts from the Department for Business and Trade, and other analytical professions across Companies House (statisticians, social researchers, and data scientists in particular)
We offer an excellent benefits package that includes a generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day, and enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%. �To find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work visit�
Job description
This post offers you the opportunity to:
Play a leading role in driving value for money and evidence-based decision-making across Companies House. -
Lead on shaping a portfolio of analytical outputs, and their delivery and dissemination.
Play a critical leadership role in continuing to establish Economics within Companies House, demonstrating analytical leadership and being an advocate for the profession.
Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships, to align goals, understand complex policy and implementation issues and support delivery of high-profile projects.
You will lead delivery of economic analysis to assess the value for money of Companies House projects and investments, including broader societal impacts.
You will build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the analysis has impact and guides decision-making at all levels.
Responsibilities: Key deliverables
Lead on delivery of economic chapters and analysis for high-value business cases, for scrutiny by DBT�s Investment Committee, HMT, and internal Companies House governance boards.
Work alongside DBT analysts to estimate broader business impacts of primary and secondary legislation that Companies House will implement.
Lead on the delivery of analysis to support broader strategic, operational, and planning decisions
Work collaboratively with cross-government partners to undertake and support research to develop the evidence base on the value of Companies House�s products and services to society. Other responsibilities
Deputise for the Grade 6 Head of Economics as required, including covering attendance at internal Companies House investment board meetings and scrutinising proposals. This provides senior corporate experience not generally available at Grade 7 level.
Play a key �thought leadership� role across the organisation,, contributing to the benefits understanding, identification and measurement for key policies and investments, and highlighting areas for future work and investigation.
Play a critical leadership role in establishing Economics as a profession within Companies House and developing our longer-term strategy and business plan as a team.�
Work collaboratively with internal customers such as Finance, Strategy & Planning, Policy development, Portfolio (benefits) and service owners. Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders as outlined above.
Person specification
We are looking for someone who has:
Excellent drafting and data analysis/interpretation skills
Excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills, at all levels of seniority
Excellent communication skills, in particular, the ability to explain complex concepts and empirical methodologies/findings to non-economists.
Qualifications
Applicants must be able to meet the requirements for the Government Economic Service (GES). This includes a degree in economics, specifically a first or upper second-class honours degree with at least 50% of the modules in economics, or a masters in economics. Modules must have covered both micro and macroeconomics to qualify.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
1. Working Together
2. Making Effective Decisions
3. Developing Self and Others
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
4. GES - Application of knowledge
5. GES - Analysis of data
6. GES - Effective communication
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �50,932, Companies House contributes �14,755 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Please note that the minimum salary does not reflect the 2023/24 pay deal and we are therefore expecting this to increase in the near future.
We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we�re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.�
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We celebrate diversity...�
As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we�re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.�
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Where will you be working?�
We offer hybrid homeworking-office contracts, based around our HQ in Cardiff or our regional offices in Edinburgh and Belfast. At Companies House, hybrid working is about achieving an effective balance between working in the office and working from other appropriate locations. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. We currently expect people to attend their base office (in Cardiff, Edinburgh, or Belfast) a minimum of one day a week.