Research Economist (109992-0325)

For informal enquiries, please contact Beverley Morris (Centre Manager - CenTax) at Beverley.Morris@warwick.ac.uk.

Due to secured funding, we are now able to recruit another Research Economist to join the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) team. As a Research Economist, you will undertake research in order to contribute to and support the work of CenTax. This role will be based full-time in London and you will join a team of CenTax researchers that primarily work out of the HMRC Datalab at 14 Westfield Avenue, London, E20 1HZ, using secure-access administrative data.

CenTax is a new centre dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of taxation policies and practices. Led by Dr Arun Advani (Warwick) and Dr Andy Summers (LSE), research will be undertaken to generate rigorous quantitative evidence on tax at the top, develop targeted and feasible reforms, and communicate findings transparently to policy, media and civil society stakeholders.

The job will include a variety of tasks providing excellent preparation for doctoral programmes in public economics or a career in quantitative analysis of public policy. As well as data cleaning, validation and analysis, you will contribute to research designs, prepare and deliver presentations to academic and policy audiences, and edit academic papers. There will also be opportunities for co-authorship of papers and reports where this is merited by significant independent intellectual contribution.

You will have completed a Master’s degree in Economics (by the start date – September 2025) and have excellent quantitative data analysis skills.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

The Department of Economics at Warwick is consistently ranked among the top economics departments both in Europe and globally. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, 99% of the Department’s research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent - placing us 2nd in the UK for economics.

The base location will be the HMRC Datalab, 14 Westfield Avenue, London, E20 1HZ and a London weighting of £4,500 per year will be provided.

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**. 

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

*QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

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CLOSING DATE: Thursday 20 March 2025 at 11.55pm

Please note there are two applications options. You may submit your full application through the Warwick careers portal. You may also apply through econjobmarket.org (EJM), in which case you must still submit an application via Warwick but do not need to resubmit your supporting documents.

1. Warwick submission – please submit a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification detailed in the job description CLOSING DATE Thursday 20 March (11:55 GMT)

2. EJM submission - please submit a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification detailed in the job description CLOSING DATE (Monday 17 March 11:55 GMT) If you apply via EJM you will also have to submit an application to Warwick but will not need to resubmit your supporting documents.

Longlisted candidates will be asked to complete a data analysis/coding test lasting 2 hours. Candidates who are then shortlisted will be invited to interview.

Coding Test Date: week commencing 24 March 2025

Interview Date: week commencing 31 March 2025

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. 

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here. 

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

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We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here. 

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance. 

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In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).

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