Economists

In return, you'll join an inclusive and collaborative organisation where your expertise will help shape decisions affecting households across the country. Alongside flexible working, an excellent pension and generous annual leave, you'll work with experts from across policy, regulation, law and economics while contributing to work that delivers meaningful benefits for consumers and the wider energy sector. Join us in supporting fair competition, protecting consumers and enabling a secure, affordable and sustainable transition to Net Zero.,

• Undertake robust quantitative and qualitative analysis informing sound advice on key policy decisions.
• Assess the reliability of evidence and give objective advice.
• Provide clear and concise drafting for external and internal audiences, including contributions to briefings, internal decision documents, and consultations. Ensure robust project management and quality assurance processes are in place to deliver high-quality and timely behavioural science and research outputs.
• Ensure effective project planning and timely delivery of outputs.
• Constructive working relationships established with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively across team boundaries.
• Contribute to building the team's capability and reputation, for example through knowledge sharing, building strong relationships with stakeholders across Ofgem, or providing input into colleagues' projects.
Key Outputs and Deliverables
• Provide expert economic advice and analysis in support of regulatory and policy issues across the Markets Group, helping senior leaders to understand market developments and ensuring that policy decisions are underpinned by high-quality evidence.
• Embed economic analysis in Ofgem's policy and decision-making processes, working effectively with other analytical and policy functions.
• Ensure that the economic analysis is delivered to a high standard. Critically assess and interpret the evidence available and the weight that can be attached to it; identify economic risks and propose mitigations for them. Present the analysis clearly and accurately both orally and in writing.
• Work in close partnership with the other technical experts to ensure a coherent work programme that supports delivery of stronger analytical best practice, standards and building of expertise.
• Represent Ofgem at external events, conferences etc to showcase Ofgem's work in this area and help shape the debate on regulatory economics to help increase our reputation as a leader in the field.
• Contributing to other strategic and reactive work undertaken by the team as it arises., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
• Please note that, as part of the interview process, you will be asked to complete a written assessment on the day alongside your interview. The assessment is designed to test your technical skills and capabilities.
  
  We're looking for individuals with strong economic and analytical expertise, excellent project delivery skills and the ability to translate complex evidence into clear, practical insights. You'll be an effective communicator who builds collaborative relationships, works confidently across multidisciplinary teams and enjoys solving complex problems., Post-graduate degree or undergraduate degree in economics. [LEAD]
• Practical work experience in the economic analysis of markets or quantitative economics. [LEAD]
• Ability to distil complex subject matter into relevant messages for different audiences - both orally and in writing, combined with excellent drafting skills.
• Experience of the design, development, management and timely delivery of economic analysis.
• Skilled at developing strategic relationships and working collaboratively across a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels to shape the debate., Post-graduate degree or undergraduate degree in economics.
  
  Ofgem is Great Britain's independent energy regulator. We are working to create a fairer, more resilient and more competitive energy market, helping combat the challenges facing consumers while shaping the policies that will power the transition to Net Zero. We're looking for Senior Economists to join us and provide the analytical expertise that will influence major regulatory decisions across Great Britain's energy sector.
We're offering four permanent opportunities to join our newly established Markets Cluster, where you'll be providing economic expertise to priority projects across the Markets Group, to help deliver our vision and strategy for energy markets.