Lead Investment Analyst

Role overview

Available locations

• Available locations are Liverpool, Newport, Norwich, Glasgow and Birmingham.
• London, Bristol, Manchester and York are restricted to contracted GCA staff already based at those offices; external applicants are not eligible for those sites.

Key accountabilities

• Lead economic advice and analytical strategy for the Investment Analysis team, ensuring professional standards.
• Manage and develop a multidisciplinary team, including Government Economic Service and Government Social Research Fast Streamers.
• Review and support economic business cases and evaluation strategies as GCA custodian for the Green and Magenta Books.
• Lead business case and evaluation design and appraisal for complex projects and programmes.
• Co-design process, impact and value-for-money evaluation frameworks, analysis and metrics.
• Supervise monetisation, discounting, sensitivity analysis and cost-benefit analysis.
• Partner with senior responsible owners and internal directorates to identify information needs and design effective analysis.
• Integrate diverse information into clear conclusions and actionable implications for senior non-specialists.
• Develop the Investment Analysis Team strategy in line with government missions and organisational objectives.
• Lead AQuA Book-aligned quality assurance and act as a final technical signatory for economic inputs to business cases.

Essential criteria

• Must be a badged member of the Government Economic Service.

Salary and contract

• Salary is £59,877–£69,457; no pay cadence is stated.
• The role is permanent and full-time.
• The pension includes an employer contribution of 28.97%.