Lead Economist - Real Estate London, England
Job description
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
As Lead Economist you will manage Turner & Townsend's UK-based Economics, Research and Market Intelligence business unit (ERMI), which provides construction cost information and economic trends to business stakeholders. Working on a variety of Turner & Townsend projects and initiatives, you will be responsible for: producing and executing the organisation's UK market intelligence programme; monetising their economics service offering; and ensuring the delivery of clear, concise and scalable analytical solutions to support technical members of staff.
Key accountabilities
- Production of Turner & Townsends’s flagship UK market intelligence document. All aspects of delivery undertaken each quarter, including content creation, design development, and project management.
- Support the delivery of Turner & Townsend’s annual International Construction Market Survey - a market leading global collation of industry cost data. Management of all aspects of data collation, quality assurance, analysis, chart design and content review.
- Creation of monthly 400-word construction data insights articles, published in Construction Manager Magazine, online and in print.
- Delivery of fee earning work: (forecasting / benchmarking / sector and country market reports) - maintaining existing outputs and generate new fee earning opportunities to grow team and enhance service offering.
- Facilitate business support function - support the UK Cost Management division on the provision of construction economic information and research as required / requested.
- Responsible for the execution of our quarterly contractor survey - survey design, issuance, collation, quality assurance, analysis and dashboard outputs and drive continual improvements.
- Regular delivery of presentations and webinars to global key accounts and at external and internal events.
- Maintain a database of external and proprietary statistical data for the ERMI, using R, Python, STATA, Excel, Tableau and Microsoft Power BI to analyse and visualise data and produce regular dashboard reporting.
- Maintain an online library of construction intelligence reports and have good knowledge of where relevant analysis and data can be sourced.
- Team leadership / line management responsibilities
Desirable skills and experience
Previous experience or a sound and suitable understanding of the following will be a distinct advantage in applying for this role:
- Broad knowledge of the construction industry
- Knowledge of a programming language or willingness to learn (STATA, R, E-Views, SAS or similar statistical platforms)
- Understanding of visual analytics software or willingness to learn (Tableau and Microsoft Power BI are of particular interest)
- Knowledge of econometric techniques: economic impact assessment; cost benefit analysis; and forecasting models are desirable
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain economic concepts and quantitative results, as well as their implications, to non-specialists, in plain English for a business audience
- Proficiency in Excel
- Ability to work using own initiative and without close supervision
- Previous line management responsibility
- Undergraduate Degree (or equivalent) in a course that is Economics based entirely, or as part of a joint honours programme
- Masters in Economics, Finance, Statistics or Mathematics (or construction related subjects) is sought
- Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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