Address- undertaking research and analysis on budget and fiscal issues
- developing costings for policy proposals
- building and using models and data visualisation tools to underpin evidenced based advice and briefing material on fiscal issues
- writing reports and publications, such as the triennial election commitments report and educationally focused Budget Explainers .
- To deliver on our mandate, we rely on professionals with diverse skills and experience who are curious and rigorous in their approach.
There are also regular opportunities to work on organisation-wide projects that allow staff to contribute to and lead organisational change and have significant exposure to the PBO's Executive and agency head. Around each general election, the whole of the PBO works to deliver the report of election commitments.
The key duties of the position include
The duties of the position include:
- supervising, guiding, and mentoring staff and providing effective leadership to small project teams
- managing projects from the early stages through to completion
- leading the preparation of products for external release, including costings and research reports
- analysing data to provide insights into budget and fiscal policy settings, and communicating these insights
- analysing large datasets using tools such as Excel or other statistical or programming packages and finding creative ways to visualise insights from data
- building and/or adapting models and frameworks to analyse the budget in effective and efficient ways
- applying strong written communication skills to ensure that all written products are accurate and accessible to a wide audience
- working across the PBO and with other organisations to obtain data, test the findings of our research and enhance our understanding of the budget
- contributing to implementing the PBO's annual work plan, including leading organisation-wide initiatives.
- other duties as directed.
