Role impact & contribution The Productivity Reform Branch and the Property & Revenue Initiatives Branch are recruiting for Senior Economists to join their dynamic teams.

A typical day at work involves providing high-quality analysis and advice to government and NSW Treasury executives. This includes addressing long-term opportunities and challenges, supporting decision-making, and developing policy. Your day might involve independent research, project management, quantitative analysis, economic or financial modelling, or providing public policy advice. You manage projects by scoping, planning, and mitigating risks, while advising on emerging issues. You develop qualitative and quantitative analysis, applying economic concepts to create actionable recommendations. Preparing reports, briefings, presentations, and other content is a key part of your role, ensuring alignment with Treasury requirements.

You maintain strong relationships through effective communication and negotiation with stakeholders across Treasury and the NSW Government. Additionally, you undertake various assignments, lead or participate in cross-divisional teams, and contribute to the broader goals of the Branch and NSW Treasury.  You will be joining our Economic Strategy and Productivity Group and will be working within the Markets & Regulation Division or Revenue Division. Read more about your future Group and Division.  You can read more about the role in the role description here.   About the teams - Productivity Reform Branch; Property & Revenue Initiatives Branch

Within the ESP Group, the Markets and Regulation Division (MRD) advises on microeconomic and regulatory reforms that enhance productivity, market sustainability, public services, and community wellbeing. MRD supports best practice regulation, evidenced-based decisions, and the application of competition policy principles. MRD provides advice to the NSW Treasurer and delivers the work programme of the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission. The Commission supports productivity and regulatory reform by conducting reviews and inquiries commissioned by the Government, engaging with stakeholders, and publishing economic research. Within MRD, the Productivity Reform Branch advises the Treasurer on public and private sector productivity reform opportunities and delivers part of the NSW Productivity and Equality Commission’s work program. The Branch advises on microeconomic reform opportunities across diverse areas like skills, education, water, energy, climate change, planning, housing supply, health, social policy, infrastructure, transport, innovation, and the future of work. 

The Revenue Division, within the ESP Group, advises on a sustainable, efficient and equitable revenue system for NSW by providing policy advice on the State’s tax system, revenue measures, reform opportunities and related economic issues; developing revenue forecasts and analysis; and influencing the direction of federal financial relations. The Property & Revenue Initiatives Branch within Revenue Division has strategic oversight of major parts of the State’s revenue base through taxes such as stamp duty on property, land tax and emergency services levy contributions. Key objectives of the Branch are to support the efficient and sustainable funding of NSW’s spending and to use taxation as a policy lever to support economic growth or achieve other policy objectives where appropriate, while adhering to the principles of a good taxation system. The Branch also provides advice on related economic issues such as housing market policy and infrastructure contributions.   What you can bring to the role. In this integral role there are a few things we would like for you to have to best support yourself and add value to the people of NSW. 

You will be successful in this role if you have: 

• Knowledge or professional experience in economics, econometrics, statistics, actuarial studies, tax policy or a relevant field using quantitative methods (e.g., science, data science, engineering). Tertiary qualifications are highly regarded but not essential if you can demonstrate this knowledge or experience.
• Ability to apply quantitative methods to data for problem-solving and policy advice, with experience in areas such as:
• Economic or financial modelling, tax policy, forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, regulatory evaluation, and economic policy advice.
• Data analysis and familiarity with packages such as RStudio, Stata, Python, and GIS software.
• Capability to work across diverse issues to support economic and/or policy advice, with experience in microeconomic reform, tax policy, market analysis, or policy/program evaluation being highly regarded.