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    Duration: 3 years 

    Starting salary:  £28k-£32k (£45k to £55k after successful completion of the scheme and promotion) 

    Get on the Fast Stream and you’ll be encouraged, enabled and empowered to become a Civil Service leader, tackling the issues that matter to you and UK life. Whatever you want to achieve, whatever your degree subject or background, there’s something here for you.  

    What could I be involved in as a Government Economics Service (GES) Fast Streamer?  

    On this scheme you’ll experience the application of economics in the real world. You’ll help to shape policies, inform the government’s response to essential current issues, and influence the country’s economic future. 

    Covering the full range of economic approaches, methods and applications, the work of GES Economists is diverse. As a GES Fast Streamer, your experiences on the scheme will be equally varied. You'll build your expertise through postings in areas like macro-economic modelling, competition policy, international financial issues, labour market trends, taxation, housing benefits, local government finance, public health and criminal justice.  

    With the opportunity of working in a wide range of government departments or agencies, and sometimes even overseas, you’ll learn how GES Economists use their knowledge to improve policy-making, delivery and socio-economic outcomes. You’ll develop as a leader for the profession, helping to maximise the influence and impact of analysis at the heart of government.  

    Growing your knowledge, skills and experience 

    In addition to on-the-job learning and coaching, development opportunities include economist-specific technical training, seminars and other courses. These can be tailored from our annual programmes to your specific learning needs. 

    As well as developing your professional economics knowledge, you’ll benefit from a specific Learning & Development curriculum designed to develop your leadership skills and wider understanding of the UK Civil Service.  

    To apply, you’ll need

    • Eligibility to work in the UK. 
    • A 2:1 degree, degree apprenticeship or higher, or a post-graduate degree(or be expecting to achieve any of these) in an economic subject.  
    • For mixed degrees, at least 50% should be in economics. Modules must have covered both micro and macroeconomics to qualify. 
    • If you graduated more than five years ago then you must have examples of how you’ve maintained your economic knowledge. 

    We support applicants with health conditions, learning difficulties and disabilities, with their applications and through their Civil Service careers. We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you have a disability and meet the minimum qualifying criteria for your chosen scheme, you may choose to skip part of the first stage of the assessment process. 

    More benefits of being on the Fast Stream  

    Join us and you’ll be a valued member of the wider Civil Service community, where people genuinely matter and where you can confidently bring your true self to work each day. As well as the reward that comes from work with a strong social purpose, you’ll enjoy a variety of benefits. These include membership of the Civil Service Pension scheme, season ticket loan, flexible working arrangements, childcare assistance and more.