Phone number removed) Economic Advisor
Active Travel England
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 16th November 2025
đź“Ť Location: York (Hybrid)
đź’· Salary: ÂŁ57,515 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
🕒 Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the economics function in ATE, engaging with and supporting the wider active travel analyst community across the department. It is a broad and varied role that will involve technical analysis, programme design and management, and building effective, collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders working in active travel and related fields.
The analysis that you will provide is critical to ensuring that ATE understands what initiatives to invest in and where to focus investment to meet its statutory responsibilities, achieve its strategic objectives, and optimise value for money to the taxpayer. It will also be pivotal in making the case for future investment in active travel and demonstrating the contribution active travel makes to the UK economy, society, and the environment. It will have a prominent role in advice to Ministers and in negotiations with His Majesty’s Treasury and No.10.
Top Responsibilities
* Strengthen links between appraisal and evaluation, working closely with ATE’s research and evaluation leads to ensure relevant appraisal data is available to feed into planned evaluation projects and providing professional input into the design, delivery and quality assurance of evaluations.
* Build the evidence base and improve the availability of data on the impact and value for money of active travel investments in England, working closely with colleagues from across the Digital, Data and Analysis Directorate.
* Champion value for money in investment decision-making, ensuring it is a key consideration and highlighting any risks and uncertainties that should be accounted for by decision-makers. This will include helping to embed knowledge and capability within delivery partners such as Local Transport Authorities (LTAs).
* Lead analytical input into Ministerial briefings, external comms, strategy development, and business case development. This includes ensuring evidence informing and underpinning the case for investment is fit-for-purpose; undertaking options assessment and economic appraisal of preferred options; and drafting the economic case.
* Monitor performance of the value for money of ATE’s investment portfolio. This includes using existing data and evidence to determine the typical costs, benefits and value for money of different types of active travel interventions and how this varies by context.
Benefits
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
* 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
* Access to the staff discount portal.
* Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
* Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
* 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
About you
* You are an experienced economist with a strong track record of designing and leading timely delivery of complex analytical programmes.
* You have demonstrable experience of developing robust and proportionate approaches to appraise and assess value for money of investment proposals, including expertise in leading cost benefit analysis and application of techniques detailed in the Green Book and supplementary guidance.
* You have strong analytical skills and demonstrable experience of using analysis to influence strategic and operational decision-making.
* You can build and manage effective working relationships with people from a range of disciplines and across organisational boundaries.
* You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, changeable environment and able to adapt quickly and easily to change.
* You have demonstrable experience of scoping, designing and delivering economic analysis to influence policy decisions.
* You have experience of communicating complex technical subjects to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders.
* You have experience of designing and leading the delivery of value for money evaluation utilising guidance in the Magenta Book and Green Book.
Qualifications
GES Entry requirements:
• First or upper second-class honours degree in economics (or international equivalent)
• OR a postgraduate degree in economics
• If it is a joint degree, at least 50% of the course modules must be in economics
• The degree(s) must have included both macroeconomics and microeconomics
See the GES Membership webpage for more details.
How to Apply
👉 Read the full job description and apply at CS Jobs using the link provided
This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 16th November 2025