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Form of workAssistant Director (EL1)
As an Assistant Director, you will analyse and advise on macroeconomic trends, macroeconomic policy settings and the impact of policy on the Australian economy.
The EL1 Assistant Director position may be placed in one of the Fiscal Policy Analysis, Fiscal Policy Strategy or Monetary and Macroprudential Policy Units. A merit pool may be created to fill future vacancies within Treasury.
We are interested in hearing about your strengths and what you would like to achieve in the role. We value a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. The following list of attributes is instructive only, and we encourage you to apply if you don’t meet all the criteria.
- You can draw on and develop economic and public policy frameworks to provide expert advice and solve complex problems.
- You have experience communicating complex issues and can make policy recommendations in a compelling manner to a variety of audiences.
- You can develop and manage a range of stakeholder relationships, and establish and maintain internal and external networks.
- You engage positively with team members and build team capability through coaching others, providing performance feedback, conflict resolution and encouraging career development.
- You have experience setting the strategic direction, can effectively manage conflicting priorities and manage workstreams within the unit to deliver results.
- You can manage a small team when required.
Senior Adviser – Modelling (EL2)
As our Senior Adviser – Modelling, you will have the opportunity to work with our executive team, providing deep insights to support better policy that improves the wellbeing of all Australians.
In this role you will analyse and advise on macroeconomic trends, macroeconomic policy settings and the impact of policy on the Australian economy. You will do this by drawing on a range of data science and econometric tools, and structural macroeconomic models.
You will have the opportunity to share your insights across Treasury, the Australian Public Service, academia and the broader macroeconomic and modelling community.
- Oversee the development, maintenance and use of economic models (including for example, overlapping generations models and structural vector autoregression models) and data analysis tools to help understand a range of complex macroeconomic policy issues.
- Contribute to shaping the strategic direction of the Branch, including engaging with the Executive to identify priorities and to ensure alignment with modelling projects and staff development needs.
- Develop staff capability (junior and senior) in the use of models and understanding and communicating modelling results, including training staff in the areas of economic theory, economic modelling, econometrics and computational techniques.
- Forge strong working relationships with stakeholders within and outside Treasury, particularly the Macroeconomic Conditions Division, Revenue Group, Fiscal Group, key Government agencies, and the broader academic and modelling community.
We are interested in hearing about your strengths and what you would like to achieve in the role. We value a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. The following list of attributes is instructive only, and we encourage you to apply if you don’t meet all the criteria.
- You have experience leading small technical project teams, including developing and mentoring staff.
- You can develop, maintain and use economic models and econometric tools to understand macroeconomic trends and the impact of policy changes on the macroeconomy.
- You have sound judgement and the ability to manage and engage with risk, including understanding the strengths and limitations on how different tools and models can be used to support policy advice.
- You can manage priorities, and balance longer-term projects with shorter-terms requests.
- You have well-developed communication skills, including the ability to explain how a model works, how the analysis would vary with different inputs and assumptions, and what your insights mean for policy.
- You cultivate productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders within and outside of government.
Desirable Qualifications / Experience
- Tertiary qualification(s) in a relevant field, including, but not limited to, economics, mathematics, or public policy.
- Ideally, we are looking for candidates with at least four to 10 years’ relevant work experience in economic research and analysis, including in government, the private sector or academia.
Applications close at 11.30pm on Sunday, 31 March 2024.
For further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Riki Polygenis (Macroeconomic Group) on 02 6263 4*** or *************@treasury.gov.au.
