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About the Role

Lead value for money assessment for HS2 and major rail schemes in the North of England. Responsible for delivering robust economic appraisal to inform investment decisions, ensuring schemes are affordable, efficient, and aligned with strategic objectives. This includes assessing costs, benefits, and risks, and identifying opportunities to improve value through design and delivery optimisation. Translate complex analytical evidence into clear, authoritative advice for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Apply expertise in economic appraisal and value for money assessment to develop and maintain high-quality analytical approaches, models, and tools.
• Lead the delivery of a challenging analytical work programme, providing robust analysis and advice to the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd to agreed scope, quality, and deadlines.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues across HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport, agreeing analytical requirements for senior and Board-level decisions and ensuring these are supported by high-quality evidence.
• Communicate analytical findings clearly to a range of stakeholders, including non-analysts, adapting style to suit the audience, and responding constructively to challenge.
• Draw well-reasoned conclusions from analysis, presenting clear evidence on costs, benefits and risks, and providing balanced advice to inform high-profile investment decisions, including where evidence is uncertain or incomplete.
• Identify opportunities for analysis to influence decision-making and improve value for money across schemes.
• Manage external analytical contracts where required, including procurement, delivery oversight, and financial management.
• Manage and support junior analysts where applicable, including objective setting, performance management, and professional development.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

Requirements

• Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics or a closely related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of public sector appraisal and value for money frameworks (e.g. HM Treasury Green Book, Magenta Book, Transport Analysis Guidance).
• Knowledge of analytical methodologies relevant to economic and financial appraisal, including cost-benefit analysis and risk/uncertainty assessment.
• Proficiency in Excel and experience working with structured models and large datasets to identify trends and insights.
• Experience delivering economic or financial appraisal, ideally within a government, infrastructure, consultancy, or regulated environment.
• Experience working with complex datasets and appraisal models, particularly in the context of value for money or investment decisions.
• Experience building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships, presenting complex evidence clearly and influencing decision-making.
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary analytical teams and applying or supporting quality assurance processes.
• Must have the Right to Work in the UK.
• Satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks including Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

Skills

• Applies economic appraisal and value for money principles to develop and deliver high-quality analytical outputs, drawing on appropriate tools, models, and techniques.
• Analyses and interprets complex data from multiple sources, identifying key insights, risks, and implications to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Translates high-level requirements into structured analytical work programmes, prioritising resources and managing delivery to time and quality.
• Plans and oversees model development or analytical frameworks, working with internal teams and external suppliers to define requirements, coordinate delivery and ensure quality assurance.
• Builds effective working relationships with stakeholders, securing inputs and influencing decisions through clear, credible analysis.
• Communicates complex analytical information clearly and concisely for a range of audiences, including non-analysts, to support senior decision-making.

Location

• Podium - Euston, London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior Analyst

Education Level

• Degree in Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics or a closely related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Salary/Compensations

• c£44,380pa to £52,212pa depending on skills and experience.
• 15% flexible benefits fund paid on top base salary.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable.
• Range of competitive benefits available on company website.
• Positive and inclusive adjustments.
• Flexible working.
• Encouragement of staff networks.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.

About the Company

• HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high speed rail network.
• The new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
• HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent.
• Aims to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
• HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation.
• Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

Equal Opportunity

• HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential.
• Positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.