Principal Economist: Lead in Competition & Regulation

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC); Adelaide; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) invites applications for the Principal Economist, EL2, Specialist Advice and Services. The role leads a small team of economists and delivers expert economic advice to support competition law enforcement, merger assessments and market studies.

You will analyse trends, forecast impacts, and prepare written papers and submissions, collaborating across teams to apply rigorous economic frameworks in investigations and regulatory work.

Qualifications

• Strong conceptual and analytical skills with practical experience in economics.
• Experience guiding an economics team in fast-paced, large organisations.
• Knowledge of competition economics and relevant economic frameworks.
• Ability to produce high-quality, tailored documents.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of economists and model leadership behaviours.
• Provide expert economic advice and quantitative/qualitative analysis to ACCC.
• Analyse trends and forecast impacts of economic changes.
• Prepare papers, reports, presentations and submissions on economic issues.
• Collaborate across teams to apply economic frameworks in investigations.

Skills

Competition economics

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Written & verbal communication

Data analysis

Education

Post-graduate degree in Economics

Job description

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) invites applications for the Principal Economist, EL2, Specialist Advice and Services. The role leads a small team of economists and delivers expert economic advice to support competition law enforcement, merger assessments and market studies.

You will analyse trends, forecast impacts, and prepare written papers and submissions, collaborating across teams to apply rigorous economic frameworks in investigations and regulatory work.