Economist - Economic Impact Consulting - Sydney

Oxford Economics Australia is the country’s leading economic advisory firm, combining deep local expertise with the global reach of Oxford Economics’ international network.
- For more than 50 years, we’ve helped clients understand and navigate Australia’s economy within the context of global trends, delivering insights across more than 100 industries — from local markets to the world stage.
- We’re now looking for a talented Economist to join our expanding Economic Impact Consultancy team in Sydney. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-profile projects shaping policy and business decisions, while enjoying outstanding career development prospects both within Australia and across Oxford Economics’ global network.

**About the Role**
We are looking to hire an Economist with approximately one to three years experience to play a key role in our Economic Impact consulting team. The role is ideally suited to someone with a strong foundation in applied economic analysis or strategy consultancy and demonstrated experience delivering complex client-facing projects.
- The team works closely with both private and public sector clients. We demonstrate the social, environmental and economic impact of clients’ activities and help communicate these to key stakeholders. Our work ranges from in-depth modelling and quantification of the effects of economic policy changes for governments to detailed quantification of the impacts of companies, industries and technologies. You will enjoy access to a wide range of clients, from some of Australia’s largest ASX 100 companies to governments and emerging start-ups. You will have the opportunity to tackle important and engaging commercial and public policy challenges, and high levels of interaction with senior staff, allowing you to learn from our diverse and talented team.Key Responsibilities
- Lead the analysis of consultancy projects with a high standard of rigour, ensuring analytical robustness and clarity of insight;
- Design and conduct advanced economic impact assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and applied microeconomic research;
- Support engagement with senior clients, translating economic findings into actionable insights for decision-makers;
- Contribute to and lead the development of consultancy proposals, reports, and high-quality presentations;

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

**Person Specification**Essential**:

- One to three years of professional experience in economic consulting, strategy consulting, state or federal government, policy advisory, or related roles;
- Undergraduate degree in economics, public policy, statistics, data science or finance with strong academic performance;
- Experience in applied economic or data analysis;
- Demonstrated ability to lead the analysis of high-quality projects;
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly to non-technical audiences;
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and conceptual problem-solving skills

**Desirable**:

- Familiarity with cost-benefit analysis, CGE and/or input-output analysis;
- Proficiency in quantitative tools such as R or Python;
- Postgraduate degree in economics and related fields
- This is an exciting opportunity for a capable and driven economist to step into a senior-level consultancy role with significant scope for impact and professional growth.Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- Oxford Economics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws._

About Oxford Economics
- Oxford Economics was founded in 1981 as a commercial venture with Oxford University’s business college to provide economic forecasting and modelling to UK companies and financial institutions expanding abroad. Since then, we have become one of the world’s foremost independent global advisory firms, providing reports, forecasts and analytical tools on more than 200 countries, 250 industrial sectors, and 7,000 cities and regions. Our best-of-class global economic and industry models and analytical tools give us an unparalleled ability to forecast external market trends and assess their economic, social and business impact.

Headquartered in Oxford, England, with regional centres in London, New York, and Singapore, Oxford Economics has offices across the globe in more than 15 cities. We employ more than 400 professional economists, industry experts and business editors—one of the largest teams of macroeconomists and thought leadership specialists. Our global team is highly skilled in a full range of research techniques and thought leadership capabilities, from econometric modelling, scenario framing, and economic impact analysis to market surveys, case studies, exper