Senior Economist

HISTORIC ENGLAND; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Historic England seeks a Senior Economist based in London with a hybrid working option. In this role, you will lead economic analysis and innovation in measuring the economic value of historic environments, while engaging with key stakeholders to disseminate evidence and uphold best practices. This full-time permanent position offers a competitive benefits package including generous holidays and pension contributions.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme (28.97% employer contributions)

28 days holiday

Corporate discounts

Free entry into heritage sites

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• A graduate qualification in economics is required.
• Substantial experience in economic appraisals and impact assessments.
• Excellent knowledge of econometric tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in economic analysis across the organisation.
• Develop robust evidence for understanding the economic value of the historic environment.
• Contribute to evidence dissemination with key stakeholders.

Skills

Economic analysis

Communication

Econometric research

Technical leadership

Education

Graduate qualification in economics

Tools

Excel

R Studio

Stata

SPSS

Job description

Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Senior Economist.

This is a Full Time, Permanent position.

The location of this role is based in London, inclusive with hybrid working.

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitivepension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contributions,a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

To view our full range of benefits please follow the linkhere.

What you will be doing

Historic England is the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s historic environment.The historic environment is intrinsically linked to economic activity, attracting investment, driving tourism, supporting local economies and improving quality of life.

As our Senior Economist, you will provide technical leadership in economic analysis across the organisation and the wider heritage sector.You will have a creative mind to help us innovate and develop new approaches to economic measurement.You will use your excellent economic and econometric research skills to develop robust evidence that progresses our understanding and articulation of the economic value of the historic environment.

As an excellent communicator, you will contribute to sector-wide evidence dissemination working with key stakeholders, including government departments, academics and a wide range sector stakeholders.You will play a key role in preparing for fiscal events and championing value for money across Historic England’s investments.You will ensure our evidence base is aligned with the HM Treasury’s Green Book and the DCMS Culture and Heritage Capital Framework, and other best practice guidance.

Who we are looking for

• A graduate qualification in economics or a related field.
• Substantial experience undertaking, delivering and commissioning economic appraisals, impact assessments, valuation studies, evidence based business cases and evaluations.
• Excellent knowledge of the application of economic and econometric tools and techniques.
• Excellent writing skills, producing reports or briefings tailored to specific audiences, both specialist and non-technical.
• Proficiency in using Excel, statistical packages (e.g. R Studio, Stata, SPSS), and more general IT skills including Word and Outlook.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently and as part of a cross-disciplinary team.

Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email [e-mail] you have any recruitment queries.

At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Provisional interview dates: 17th July 2025.

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/gw1fqzjt/senior-economist.odt