Role Overview
Nest Insight's data research programme is growing in scope and complexity. Reporting to the Head of Research, the Senior Research Economist will play a central role on a new programme of research into financial resilience.
They will have a particular focus on evaluating the impact of savings interventions and connecting these to a wider economic growth agenda. They will design, manage and lead quantitative research on this programme, as well as working across a range of other Nest Insight projects. They will maximise the research value of Nest's own extensive data assets, along with third party data sets, in addressing research questions. They will apply a range of analytic methods to understand the interactions between different financial factors on low-to-middle-income households, and evaluate the impacts of policy changes and other interventions on financial outcomes. They will contextualise and illuminate their findings through written reports, presentations and blog posts, and engage internal and external stakeholders in the insights.
They will collaborate with academic partners and others in our network of collaborators, and act as the subject-matter expert across the Nest Insight team in economic analysis. Working with third-party data owners, they will identify and construct data sets for further analysis, and support our research collaborators in interpreting and analysing Nest's data. They will contribute at all times to good data stewardship, to ensure that the rights of data subjects are prioritised and protected at all times.
The role-holder's work will directly contribute to building a more robust understanding of the macro-economic context , products and services that can help or hinder improved financial outcomes for traditionally underserved sections of society, in line with Nest's overarching purpose to build financial peace of mind for all.
We are open to discussing working patterns.
We welcome all internal applicants to apply for our roles, regardless of your current working pattern or hours. We will aim to accommodate your request and match your current working arrangements.
Don't worry if you think you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we're good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.
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Flexible and agile working
Everyone's personal situation is different.
To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):
- hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once a week, or more, as required)
- reduce or vary working hours
- reduce or vary the days worked
- work compressed hours
- job share
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Directorate/Department Overview
Nest Insight is a public-benefit research and innovation centre set up by Nest Corporation in 2016. Our work is about finding better ways to support people's lifelong financial wellbeing. We focus on understanding the lived experience of people on low, moderate and volatile incomes, learning about their financial needs, challenges and goals through rigorous and thoughtful analysis. We work with employers, product providers, academics and policymakers in the UK and around the world to identify, invent, test and evolve practical solutions and see what works best for people in the real world. This builds the case for systems-level change.
You can find more information about us on our website
www.nestinsight.org.uk
Organisational Overview
Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.
Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you'd expect to find in a thriving business. We're committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnicity, LGBTQ+, and disabled candidates.
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status.
We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
Nest is a Disability Confident Leader, which is the highest level of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have disability, declare that you're applying through the scheme and meet the minimum criteria for this role, we aim to invite you to an interview. However, there may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
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