Chief Economic Strategist

1 day ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeEconomist Full time $100,000 - $130,000

About Our Department

The department provides economic, financial, and resource management advice to help the government deliver its policies. We strive for excellence in financial and economic management to improve the lives of all Victorians.

Our Economic Division

The Economic Division leads the development of advice to the government on key economic priorities, including material living standards, jobs, productivity, economic equity, and reducing the emissions intensity of the Victorian economy.

We collaborate with other divisions and government agencies to pursue our objectives.

The Macroeconomic Strategy Team

The Macroeconomic Strategy team provides advice on Victoria's economic conditions and outlook, developments in the economy, and the latest economic and financial market data, and on strategic macroeconomic policy issues, including Victoria's population, employment, and productivity growth.

This includes forecasting future economic prospects and providing strategic macroeconomic insights across the department and broader public sector.

About The Role

As an economist in the Macroeconomic Strategy team, you will work as part of a high-performing and highly collaborative team of economists to provide robust economic forecasts and insightful economic commentary that support evidence-based decision-making by the government.

You will deliver insights and advice on current economic conditions, the economic outlook, and risks to the government and senior management to help improve the living standards of all Victorians.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work independently and as part of a team to produce advice on complex issues, including current and future macroeconomic conditions.
  • Prepare high-quality advice on the economy and the latest economic data to key stakeholders, often under tight deadlines.
  • Use modern data visualisation tools and mapping techniques to enhance economic data presentations.
  • Use quantitative and qualitative techniques to undertake research on the economy, and to update and maintain economic forecasting models.
  • Maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Selection Criteria:

  • Well-developed research, problem-solving, and analytical skills, with demonstrated experience using statistical packages such as EViews, R, or Stata to analyse economic data.
  • Demonstrated capability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with team members and a range of stakeholders, while managing competing priorities and contributing to delivery of team outputs and goals.
  • Attention to detail and experience preparing high-quality advice under tight deadlines.
  • Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate findings from research, problem-solving, and analysis in a clear and engaging way, and to present sound economic arguments to managers.
  • An understanding of the major developments impacting the Victorian economy.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Appropriate tertiary qualification in economics, econometrics, statistics, or a related field are required.
  • Experience using EViews, R, Stata, or a similar program would be beneficial.

Our Culture:

We aim to create an inclusive workplace that is understanding and respectful of differences such as gender, identity, race, disability, or age. In addition, we are committed to supporting Aboriginal pathways between education and employment.

The department strives to create an environment that supports a flexible and adaptive workforce. All requests for flexible working arrangements will be considered in line with operational requirements.

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