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DotEcon Ltd
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London, Greater London
Economic consultants
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £32,000 per annum |
Overview
DotEcon is an economic consultancy that assists governments, regulators and private firms around the world. We provide advice on high-profile public policy, competition and regulatory issues, design and implementation of auctions and other market mechanisms, demand modelling and forecasting, cost-benefit analysis and business strategy. We are looking to fill a number of positions at the levels of Junior Consultant and Consultant. Main duties Consultants and Junior Consultants will form part of project teams, undertaking research and analysis at the direction of more experience staff. Tasks to be undertaken may include: literature review; gathering data; econometric and statistical analysis; building spreadsheet models; software testing; drafting sections of reports and presentations; assistance in preparation of tender responses. The work requires a good knowledge of microeconomics (industrial organisation, game theory and auction theory are particularly relevant to our work). Some work may require good mathematical skills and some programming experience would be advantageous. Successful candidates will receive on-the-job training to broaden their skills, develop specialisms and move towards a greater role in project management and client engagement over time. Minimum qualifications and professional experience required For the position at the Consultant level Successful candidates will ideally have a postgraduate degree in Economics with a specialism in Microeconomics and/or quantitative methods, and one to two years relevant experience working as professional economists. Candidates should demonstrate in-depth knowledge in an applicable field of microeconomic consultancy. Evidence of concrete involvement across a range of consultancy projects with some client facing experience is ideally required. For the position at the Junior Consultant level Degree (Master's or Bachelor's) in Economics with a specialism in Microeconomics and/or quantitative methods. Candidates with only a first degree in Economics or a strongly mathematical subject (e.g. mathematics, statistics or econometrics) may be acceptable, but they need strong academic performance and to demonstrate commitment to on-the-job training to boost their microeconomic skills. For more details about our work, please visit our website at www.dotecon.com. Location: London, UK Closing date for applications: 30 April 2020