Senior Economist - Reading, United Kingdom - Thames Water

Thames Water
Thames Water
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Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company.

We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.

At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.

What makes this role unique?

This post is a pivotal new role providing high quality, impactful economic analysis to support strategic thinking in Thames Water, alongside leading and coordinating the business' work on behavioural insights.


What you will be doing?:


  • Provide economic thought leadership across the range of Thames Water's strategic priorities, delivering high quality influential advice to senior audiences.
  • Build a new function in Thames Water to coordinate the range of behavioural insights analysis, becoming the authoritative voice on such issues throughout the business.
  • Establish an external network of behavioural experts and practitioners, helping position Thames Water as a leading innovator in behavioural insights, and bringing together expertise from the range of relevant disciplines
  • Support and influence the wider economic work of the team in achieving positive regulatory outcomes to the benefit of both consumers and the business

What you will bring to the role?:

  • Ability to think innovatively, communicate ideas confidently, and challenge orthodoxthinking. Enthusiasm for building networks, reaching out, and bringing people together.
  • An understanding of regulatory issues is desirable but not essential.

What's in it for you?

Our competitive salary and package include a bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, an excellent contributory pension and 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service.

Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner.

If you join our team, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packedfull of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers.

As part of your role, you'll be required to participate in a rota to provideCustomer Incident Support, as requested by the Company from time to time.

This may be by supporting our customers on the frontline as an Ambassador or being part of the team managing the incident as a Control Tower Lead.

This is incredibly rewarding, and you'llbe given full training - it's also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

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