Economist Analyst

Economist Analyst

Closing Date: 2/3/2025

Interviews will take place week commencing 10/3/2025

A bit about the role...

You will be joining a friendly, highly skilled and experienced team of 12 economists, managed by the Head, Jo Brotherhood, who are committed to making a positive change in delivering our Strategic Objectives.  

The team is hugely collaborative, dedicated to problem solving and adding value, committed to diversity in experience and perspective.  

This is a rare chance to be involved in implementing housing and regeneration policy in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will add value in an efficient and effective way to solve problems and enable investments for maximum impact and value for money.   

You will be responsible for assisting with the development and economic appraisal of exciting and ambitious housing and regeneration projects that will transform places and change people's lives. You will play a critical role in supporting the developing project business cases, particularly estimating the Value for Money as part of the Economic Cases. You will support the development of processes and tools that the team use in cost benefit analysis. This is an excellent opportunity to be involved in day to day delivery across Homes England whilst also being able to undertake research and demonstrate strategic, innovative and creative thinking to further our intelligence, evidence and continued learning of what works where.   

A bit about you…

We are looking for someone with analytical skills who is intellectually curious and keen to learn, jump on to projects, share insight, build networks and manage stakeholders in a collaborative, inclusive way. Preferably this will be someone with an interest and previous experience in housing, regeneration or economic development, together with some experience of business case development.

This will include some experience of undertaking economic analysis or if not, a demonstrable record in data analysis or modelling. Preferably this would include economic appraisal, but the role offers the opportunity to develop these skills. 

We are looking for someone with a degree level (minimum 2:1) or postgraduate qualification. Or if a career change, working towards obtaining these qualifications with demonstrable numeracy and understanding of economics.

Who are we? 

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market. 

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

What we offer... 

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you. 

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names. 

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future. 

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go. 

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We were all working from home during the pandemic and have since moved to a hybrid model, moving back into our office environments (50:50 office:home) and utilising our space and time together in the most conducive way. 

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme. 

If your application is shortlisted to interview, we will require you to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage.