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Office of Rail Regulation , Head of Econometrics & Benchmarking

If you have extensive and in-depth experience in econometrics and benchmarking, with strong technical skills and ideally an impressive track record, we can offer you the opportunity to help shape the way the rail industry is regulated in the future. Working alongside world-leading experts, you’ll analyse this highly complex industry, its potential transformation and the role of regulation in delivering this. You’ll also play a key role as a leader and manager inthe Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).

The challenge
The rail industry raises some of the most challenging questions in economics. You’ll help to answer these questions by contributing to the 2013 periodic review, leading thought on far-reaching industry reform and playing a lead role in significant economic determinations that will affect the UK travelling public and the wider economy. Ultimately, you’ll work on high profile projects, policies and a regulatory framework that will create the rail service of tomorrow and ensure that passenger and freight operators continually improve performance, safety, capacity and value for money.

Your role
As part of the Economics & Finance Team within the Railway Markets & Economics Directorate, you’ll develop and deliver a regulatory framework to respond to new and future changes in the rail industry. Working with a range of regulators and EU bodies, as well as experts in the fields of competition, regulation and transport economics, you’ll shape policy, provide advice in areas that could range from costs and charges to competition, incentives and benchmarking.

Your skills
As well as experience of formulating high level policy and providing economic analysis and advice within econometrics and benchmarking, you must be an excellent communicator and project manager with a degree or equivalent in maths, statistics or economics. Able to lead a team and make an immediate impact, you should also be innovative, proactive and understand the complexities of policy development and implementation.

Unparalleled development
You’ll be actively encouraged to maintain and broaden your knowledge through on-the-job training, conferences and internal and external seminars.

To apply
The Office of Rail Regulation is the independent safety and economic regulator of Britain’s railways. To help us shape new plans for the benefit of all and change the way the industry is regulated during a period of significant change, discover more and apply by visiting www.capitaras.co.uk/orr quoting reference ORR0004.

Closing date: 2nd March 2012.