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On behalf of DSIT, we are looking for a Economist - (Inside IR35) for a 4-month contract based remotely and with possible occasional office attendance

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) brings together the relevant parts of the former Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the former Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

The responsibilities for the DSIT are:

• Positioning the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological advancement.
• Driving innovations that change lives and sustain economic growth.
• Delivering talent programmes, physical and digital infrastructure, and regulation to support our economy, security, and public services.
• R&D funding.

DSIT offers stimulating, challenging, and engaging work that makes a difference and that has a direct impact on the quality of people's lives, as well as the opportunity to progress your career.

As a Economist - (Inside IR35), your main responsibilities will be:

• Leading economic analysis to understand the impacts of policy interventions on the cyber security of technology.
• Leading market analyses to better understand the markets affected by policy decisions.
• Leading analysis and research to evaluate cyber security risks to technology, and the costs, benefits, and impacts of policy proposals ensuring evidence-based decision-making.
• Responsibility for delivery of monitoring and evaluation, and post implementation review, of the cyber security elements of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2024.
• Supporting Call for Views through analysis and analytical assurance
• Supporting commissioned research on the cyber security risks to emerging technology including Space Tech, Quantum Computing, AI, to better understand the rationale for intervention in the cyber security of technology.
• Line management of fast stream analyst.
• Collaboration with policy teams, technical experts, and external stakeholders, including private sector partners and research providers to support effective, market-informed interventions.
• Preparation of briefings, reports, and presentations to communicate analytical insights to senior policy makers.

• This role also assists CSDI’s ‘Ecosystem’ policy teams which support the improvement of cyber security skills in the economy and support the growth and innovation of cyber security companies.
• Leading development of business cases in this area.
• Supporting value for money assessments of commissioned evaluations.
• Finally, the role is responsible for analysis to support CSDI’s Strategy and International team. Primarily, this involves coordinating analytical requirements for cross-cutting projects such as the spending review across the directorate.

Essential:

• Research knowledge
• Degree in Economics
• Public Sector experience
• Experience of economic analysis to underpin legislation
• Experience of commissioned research projects
• Experience of using Excel to advanced level

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DSIT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DSIT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".