Analyst

Job title: Analyst

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Hybrid working: Minimum three days a week in the office, near London Bridge (Tuesdays to Thursdays). A full-time remote position will not be offered.

Responsible for: Managing and delivering research and policy projects on the performance of UK cities and their economies.

Responsible to: Director of Policy & Research

Matching pension scheme: up to 10 per cent

Annual leave: 28 days plus eight bank holidays, leave allowance rising to 30 days after four years' service. Additionally, the office is closed between Christmas and New Year.

Start Date: flexible - January 2026.

Application deadline: Sunday, 9th November 2025.

Job description

• Manage and deliver rigorous quantitative economic and policy research on UK cities according to the Centre's priorities.
• Contribute to the Centre's policy development and provide the team with expertise and thought leadership on a particular policy area (to be defined).
• Represent the Centre's interests and positions to external policy networks in Whitehall, cities, and business, and help disseminate key messages via presentations, social and traditional media.
• Maintain a network of contacts in cities, government, business and academic organisations.

Person specification:

• Good general knowledge of and interest in UK urban economies and the related policy environment, and a curiosity to understand how and why cities grow and what this means for the national economy.
• Strong research and analytical skills, including the ability to interrogate data and draw out the key issues and apply them to the Centre's research programme.
• Applied experience of using statistical packages, e.g. R, STATA, ArcGIS, to undertake quantitative analysis.
• Good first degree in economics or a closely related subject that provides the experience and skills to carry out thorough research and policy thinking on urban economic policy.
• Ability to express complex ideas in an accessible format to a generalist audience.
• At least 2 years of work experience with examples of delivery of research or related projects.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Commitment to the mission and values of Centre for Cities.
• Commitment to political independence and to shaping public policy through evidence-based comment.