Principal Economist

Requirements of the role

We have an opportunity for a Principal Economists to join our Chief Economists Team within the Office of the Chief Executive Directorate.

The Chief Economists Team (CET) is part of the Office of the Chief Executive Directorate, which is a group of cross cutting teams, including our legal, communications, corporate governance, secretariat, investor relations and information governance teams that work with and support teams across the whole of Ofwat. The CET’s goal is to ensure that the quality of Ofwat’s economic analysis is the best it can be.

The CET reports directly to the Chief Executive of Ofwat and plays an important role across all areas of Ofwat’s work. It leads on the economic input into a number of strategic work programmes, including the transition to the new regulatory framework for the sector.  It also leads on mergers and competition work, one-off research/analytical pieces as well as leading on our approach to impact assessments and evaluation. It supports other teams across Ofwat, for example by scrutinising proposals on price reviews, supporting teams focused on developing markets and supporting regulatory policy development across several areas such as the environment, customers and innovation.

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