The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is a world-leading consulting organisation with offices in London, New York, Singapore, Wellington and Sydney. We are a trusted advisor to governments and organisations around the world. We aim to achieve social impact through the application of behavioural insights to public policy and rigorous evaluation of those insights. We work in partnership with public servants and frontline professionals; spend time understanding the context in which people make decisions; source our ideas from the latest research in behavioural science; and apply a rigorous and evidence-based methodology by running randomised controlled trials to determine effectiveness of interventions before they are scaled.

BIT has a relaxed office culture. As well as demanding professional excellence, our passion for our values (social impact, empiricism and humility, fresh thinking, collaboration, and public service) has created a work environment that is fast paced, exciting and friendly.

In addition to our base salary (range $75,000 - $90,000), our standard package includes a range of benefits aimed at protecting and supporting the wellbeing of our team. Currently these include a health and wellbeing allowance, mobile phone allowance and the opportunity to apply for flexible working arrangements.

About You

The Behavioural Insights Team brings people together with different skills sets. We are looking for a balance of skills and experience across those areas listed below, however we do not expect you to have experience in all areas to apply.

Experience: 1 – 3 years

• Working in a technical analytical role in academia, government or industry

• Designing and implementing Randomised Controlled Trials, particularly in a policy context

• Using and analysing large data sets (such as administrative data) & modelling

• Designing and evaluating social programmes using rigorous qualitative techniques

Skills

• Intermediate level skills using quantitative analysis software packages for research (e.g. STATA or R), for example familiarity with common data cleaning tasks and conducting regression analysis

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (and will be able to translate academic work to non-academic audiences)

• The ability to work at pace in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities

Education

• A degree in a directly relevant subject area (including but not limited to behavioural economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, design thinking or evaluation methods) (minimum);

• A Masters or PhD in a relevant subject area (including, in particular economics, with a focus on applied econometrics) (desired but not essential)

About the role

Associate Advisors get exposure to a range of policy areas and experiences, supporting multiple projects at the same time.

This will be a demanding role and you will be responsible for delivering high quality work to tight deadlines. However, you will be supported to quickly develop the skills to work independently. You will also routinely attend meetings with more senior members of the team and senior client stakeholders to develop key business skills. We provide a nurturing environment to help you develop your skills and knowledge in the fast evolving field of Behavioural Science in public policy. You will be part of a team who provide support to our offices across Asia Pacific, so some travel may be required from time to time.

As an Associate Advisor (Research) you will:

• Assist in the design and delivery of projects across a broad range of policy areas.

• Develop expertise in BI-relevant policy knowledge and/or research methodology.

• Prepare content for and attend client meetings.

• Deliver training and presentations.

• Conduct background research.

• Prepare draft policy papers, trial checklists, ideas notes, and literature reviews.

Application Notes

• The application process has 3 stages:

  • an online application and test

  • a written analytical test (to be completed 27-28 October)

  • an assessment centre (Thursday 8 November)

• Only applicants successful at each stage will progress to the next stage.

• Applications can only be considered from Australian Citizens or those able to work freely within Australia, not requiring a visa.

• Due to the volume of applications we receive we unfortunately may not be able to provide feedback.

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.