If successful you will either be offered a position immediately or will remain on our database for 12 months, during which time vacancies may arise in our UK headquarters in London and East Kilbride (near Glasgow) or in our overseas offices. Assistant Economists work in teams spending aid in specific countries, commissioning cutting edge research and defining national and international policy, in regional departments, in teams who work with International Financial Institutions and in the corporate centre ofDFID.
As an Assistant Economist your first post is likely to be in the UK. Many ofDFID’s overseas postings are in post-conflict and conflict affected countries and, if offered a permanent position, you will be required to visit and work in such countries during your first few years of employment withDFID. Overseas postings for Assistant Economists are usually for periods of 1 or 2 years. If you are posted overseas you will be provided with accommodation and a travel package and may be entitled to tax free cost of living and hardship allowances in addition to your salary.
Closing date for applications: 3 October 2016
