Senior Economic Advisor

Posting date:	16 June 2025
Salary:	£54,857 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	11 July 2025
Location:	Leeds
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	402479/2

Summary

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.  

Are you highly analytical, with experience of working flexibly across teams.

Do you have experience of demand forecasting, and could you confidently explain and present findings to a variety of audiences.

If so, this is an exciting time to join the Maritime and Aviation Appraisal and Modelling (MavAM) team, and we would love to hear from you! 

MAvAM play a pivotal role in providing robust and influential modelling and appraisal outputs to shape aviation and maritime policy and support wider transport policy.

AMBA (Aviation, Maritime and Borders Analysis) is a multi-disciplinary analytical division with around 50 high-performing team members who provide expertise on modelling, economic analysis, statistical analysis, operation research, social research and advice on appraisal and evaluation to shape strategic thinking and policy development.

Team members are required to work flexibly across team boundaries, supporting each other to deliver against the priorities for the Aviation, Maritime and Security Group. Roles in AMBA provide the opportunity to work closely alongside other analytical colleagues and internal and external industry partners. AMBA is at the heart of some of DfT’s priority policy areas, including:

This role will manage the National Air Passenger Demand Model (NAPDM) which is used to forecast unconstrained demand and feeds into other aviation models run within the team.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Managing the National Air Passenger Demand Model (NAPDM) which is used to forecast unconstrained demand and feeds into other aviation models run within the team.
• Take the lead on the demand estimation element of updating and publishing aviation forecasts and work alongside fellow aviation modellers to produce these forecasts.
• Represent the department at the Multi-disciplinary Working Group on Long-term Traffic Forecasts (MDWG-LTF) within the ICAO

For further information, please see the attached Role Profile  

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