Economic Advisor


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£60,732 to £71,296 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Oct 2026
Closing date:	16 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Economy & Strategic Analysis (ESA) team sits in the central analysis function of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade (BIST) and leads on economic growth and productivity analysis to shape and deliver the Good Growth agenda.

We deliver cutting-edge multidisciplinary analysis on economic growth, productivity, and industrial policy; provide insight into economic developments for the UK economy and BIST policy; and collaborate with experts outside government. The team provides day-to-day analytical support for the Industrial Strategy Unit and the Growth Policy Unit, as well as undertaking analytical projects and briefing for the Director of Analysis, Permanent Secretary, and Ministers.

Within ESA, this team functions flexibly to support the department to design policy in the context of immediate priorities and longer-term economic trends. It works both directly with policy teams on priority policy design, and indirectly as a consultant and think tank to provide critical analysis to support decision-makers. The team combines multiple analytical approaches and methodologies to support better decision making, including evidence synthesis, novel analysis and futures and foresight techniques.

This role offers the opportunity to work on a varied and evolving portfolio of analytical priorities that shape and align with the Good Growth agenda. In the near term, we anticipate this will involve projects to support the UK’s evolving economic geography, in light of the structural transitions that the UK is experiencing and the Prime Minister’s vision for growth in every postcode. In the longer term, we anticipate this will involve analysis to support at major decision points such as the Spending Review. More generally, this team flexes to the immediate demands of the department, and so should expect to work on a range of future economic priorities of the department.

The postholder will both help shape the team’s work programme through their own ideas, expertise and interests, alongside delivering analysis and projects that contribute to some of the most important economic and policy debates facing BIST and the wider government.

The postholder will:

Partner with key policy stakeholders to influence and shape policy design in the context of immediate priorities and longer-term economic trends.
Maintain and advocate a BIST view on ‘good growth’ and its key trade-offs, including at major decision points e.g. Spending Reviews.
Lead and deliver high-quality analytical projects that inform policy development and implementation across a range of departmental and cross-government priorities.
Work collaboratively with policy, strategy and delivery teams to co-design evidence-based policy interventions, ensuring analysis directly informs decision-making and implementation.
Respond flexibly and proactively to changing priorities, providing rapid analytical support where required.
Apply and advise on the most appropriate analytical approaches and methodologies to support decision making.
Translate complex analysis and techniques for a range of stakeholders to influence outcomes.
Help shape the team's programme of work by identifying knowledge gaps, emerging challenges and opportunities for further analysis.
One of the two roles will include line management responsibilities.

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