Economist (Inside Ir35) - London, United Kingdom - Public Sector Resourcing

Public Sector Resourcing

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Economist (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 6 months

Contracting Authority:
DEFRA

Location:
Hybrid 2 days a week in London, Bristol, York or Newcastle
In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people's lives.

We are responsible for England's environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards.

We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives.

These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.

Our objectives are:

To pass on to the next generation a natural environment protected and enhanced for the future.
To lead the world in food, farming, and fisheries with a sustainable model of food production.
To be an outstanding organisation focused on making a difference, with world class delivery capability.

Defra's Northern Ireland (NI) Directorate was formed in January 2021. It consolidates Defra's strategy, policy and delivery workstreams around the Windsor Framework into one team.

This includes delivery responsibility for the agri-food requirements agreed with the EU and a support package for agri-food businesses to facilitate the new arrangements.

This role will support the delivery of the Windsor Framework through the development of business cases and impact assessments.

This will include leading on the development of the analytical framework and drafting in line with HMT Green Book and the Better Regulation management.

The exact responsibilities will be determined by the business need and agreed with your line manager.

As a Economist your main responsibilities would be:

Be part of a team providing the evidence base and analytical products to deliver the Windsor Framework.
Develop and implement analytical approaches to inform policy development and delivery of the Windsor Framework
Draft relevant sections of Business Cases and Impact Assessments where needed
Ensure that the analysis is fitforpurpose, sufficiently quality assured and follows the HMT Green Book and the Better Regulation Framework
Due to the high paced nature of the programme, you may be asked to contribute flexibly across other areas of analysis according to business need.

You'll have relevant experience in:

A strong background in economics with a strong track record of working as part of projects and teams
Substantial experience working with incomplete and ambiguous data, ideally in the context of trade, competition or market analysis
Strong communication skills, ideally with experience working with public policymakers
Proven ability to deliver to tight deadlines
Experienced economist (with quantitative experience) to be part of a small team to deliver in short

- timeframes in a complex environment.

Selfstarter, comfortable with uncertainty, driven, and focussed to deliver to tight timescales.
You must be good at communicating, across a wide range of stakeholders, using influencing where necessary to achieve deadlines.
Experience in the public sector, specifically national governments, OECD,
Competition Commission or other market regulation/competition authority would be advantageous.

You will also have these Qualifications/Skills:

Public sector preferred but not essential
Experience on BREXIT projects would be beneficial

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._