The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is recruiting for an Advisor to join our growing team to work on a range of projects applying behavioural insights to consumer markets, with a particular focus on vulnerable consumers and inclusion.

The Behavioural Insights Team

The Prime Minister created BIT in 2010 to apply behavioural science to public policy in the UK. In February 2014 we became a social purpose company, owned by the Cabinet Office, Nesta (an innovation charity) and our employees.

BIT works with governments around the world in almost every area of policy. Whilst the subject and output of our projects varies considerably, there are common threads: we try to understand the contexts in which people make decisions; we notice small details; we find out what has and hasn’t worked before; we come up with innovative ideas for solving policy problems and we measure everything we do as robustly as we can.

As well as displaying professional excellence, BIT selects staff on the basis of our company values: always prioritising social impact; empiricism and humility; fresh thinking; collaboration; and public service.

Role and responsibilities

As an Advisor, you will work across a range of projects, providing expert advice and project management. You will likely lead aspects of projects, working to a Senior Advisor in the team. You will take responsibility for discrete pieces of work such as client management, project planning, evidence-based policy notes, and literature reviews.

The team works at the frontier of innovative and evidence-based policy - advising government departments, industry specialists and organisations on what works. As consumer markets affect everyone, the potential for social impact is enormous.

The team works on a broad range of cutting-edge projects which include: working with gambling operators to test ways to increase take-up of responsible gambling tools; advising government and regulators on how digital markets should be regulated; and helping vulnerable young people to build up rainy day savings.

You will get regular exposure to a range of senior stakeholders and be expected to actively contribute to company development.

Essential

• Excellent project management skills and ability to deliver projects independently;

• Excellent written and verbal communication (for example ability to write short, to-the-point policy papers for Government Ministers or senior officials);

• An understanding of the behavioural science literature and how it can be applied to help solve complex policy problems;

• Strong teamwork skills - as part of a small team you will need to be reliable, collaborative and willing to take responsibility for the small details of projects, meetings and daily routines; and

• Curiosity about, and real interest in, current challenges related to consumer policy and vulnerable consumers.

Desirable

• Masters in a relevant subject area (including, but not limited to behavioural economics, psychology, evaluation methods);

• Experience of working in one or more of the following areas: consumer policy, regulated markets, responsible gambling, financial inclusion, digital inclusion;

• Ability to support the design and implementation of rigorous evaluations, including but not limited to randomised controlled trials; and

• Experience applying concepts from the behavioural science or psychology literature to economic or business policy.

Please note:

• If you do not already hold the right to work in the UK and/or require sponsorship in order to continue working here, you should think carefully before applying. This is because we will be unable to sponsor you unless there is no other suitably qualified settled worker available to fill the role or your current immigration status means that the resident labour market test will not apply in your case.

• The Behavioural Insights Team is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

• Some of the personal data you provide to Applied when you apply for a role with The Behavioural Insights Team will be passed on to The Behavioural Insights Team for the purposes of (a) reviewing your application; (b) inviting you for interview; and/or (c) offering you a job and getting you set up as an employee/contractor. If your application is not successful, any personal data provided to us by Applied (including any personal data relating to equal opportunities monitoring as set out above) will be retained by The Behavioural Insights Team for no longer than 6 months after the application deadline has passed (other than in exceptional circumstances where we may need to retain your personal data for longer), at which point your personal data will be securely deleted. We only keep your information for that period in order to allow us to comply with relevant legal obligations.