Principal Economist – Business Retail Market

Requirements of the role

We are seeking a Principal Economist join our Business Retail Market team. The team has a multi-faceted programme of work aimed at improving the Business Retail Market so that it delivers better outcomes for customers, society and the environment. The team aims to do this through initiatives on regulatory customer protections, improving company performance, and monitoring and enforcement work.  All our work here involves extensive engagement with external stakeholders.

This role has an important and valuable contribution to enable us to deliver on our goals and regulatory commitments. As a Principal Economist in the Business Retail Market team, you will lead and support a number of strategically important workstreams. These are likely to include leading Ofwat’s role in analysing and understanding market evolution and the development of competitive dynamics, understanding, monitoring and, where relevant, strengthening customer protections, improving trading parties’ support for the market, and working with industry and stakeholders – including Defra – to understand, prepare for and deliver change.  As you will be part of a small and dynamic team, you will also work flexibly across the team’s various functions relating to the Business Retail Market. You will also represent Ofwat on industry Committees and Working Groups as appropriate.

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