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If you select one of these locations as an external applicant your application will unfortunately be withdrawn.\nContract Type: Permanent\nHours: Full Time\nClosing Date: 01-11-26\nInterview Date(s): W/C 16th November (subject to change)\nInsight into GCA - Webinar \nWatch our Webinar on the above link and gain valuable insight into GCA and our recruitment processes.\nEvery year, the Government Commercial Agency invests in strategic projects and change initiatives, but how do we ensure every pound delivers genuine, long-term value for the public? As the Lead Investment Analyst, you will step directly into this gap, transforming complex economic analysis and theory into robust business cases that withstand commercial and political pressures.\nIn this role, your value to the nation is direct and measurable. Through rigorous application of the Green, AQuA, and Magenta books, you won’t just be reviewing numbers; you will be safeguarding public funds and ensuring that high-level strategic decisions are backed by undeniable, high-quality evidence.\nJob Summary\nAs a newly established function within the Government Commercial Agency (GCA), the Research, Evaluation and Analysis team is responsible for supporting GCA and our wider government customers in delivering against government strategy including the five missions and policy impact on customers and supplier behaviour.\nThe Lead Investment Analyst is a critical role focused on professionalising the use of economic and social research standards across the organisation. Working closely with the Transformation Directorate and Finance, Planning and Performance Directorate (FPP) you will lead on embedding Green Book and Magenta Book principles within GCA, ensuring our commercial decisions and project and programme initiatives are underpinned by robust, evidence-based business cases.\nKey Accountabilities:\nYou will act as the lead economic advisor for the Investment Analysis team, defining the analytical strategy and ensuring all outputs meet rigorous professional standards.\nProvide direct management and talent development for a multidisciplinary team, including Government Economic Service (GES) and Government Social Research (GSR) Fast Streamers.\nServe as the GCA custodian on the Green and Magenta books, reviewing and supporting the development of Economic Business Cases and evaluation strategies.\nAct as the professional client during economic business case design and appraisal, and evaluation design (Process, Impact & Value for Money), for complex projects and programmes. Providing thought leadership and assuring adherence to the Green and Magenta Book standards.\nCo-design proportionate evaluation frameworks (Process, Impact & Value for Money), providing analysis and metrics, to ensure GCA delivers value for the nation.\nAct as the professional lead for economic business case design and appraisal, supervising the application of techniques such as monetisation, discounting and sensitivity analysis to produce high-quality Cost-Benefit Analysis.\nProactively partner with Senior Responsible Owners, Transformation, FPP, and other internal directorates to identify information needs and translate unfocussed requests into effective designs.\nEvaluate and integrate information from diverse sources to present clear, logical conclusions to senior non-specialists, assisting them in discerning trends and drawing actionable implications.\nWork with the Head of Research, Evaluation & Analysis to develop and own the Investment Analysis Team strategy. Ensuring the strategies are aligned to the broader government missions and organisational objectives. \nLead quality-assurance processes, for business case design and appraisal, in line with the AQuA Book, ensuring modelling stands up to external scrutiny.\nAct as one of the final technical signatories for economic inputs into business cases, ensuring they are 'Treasury-ready' and can withstand National Audit Office (NAO) level scrutiny.\nEssential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):\nMust be a badged member of the Government Economic Service (or eligible to pass the board) with an established track record delivering economic evidence to Green, AQuA, and Magenta Book standards\nDeep knowledge of micro/macroeconomic theory, including expert-level Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), applied industrial organisation, market framework analysis and complex Theory of Change evaluation models\nSkilled in (or able to lead teams using) statistical programming (R, Python, SQL, SPSS, Stata) and data visualisation tools (PowerBI, Tableau, R-Shiny) to translate complex data into clear dashboards\nProven ability to lead, coach and maintain a cohesive culture across a geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary analytical team while supporting career development and the wider GES network\nAbility to synthesise complex analysis, anticipate future evidence needs, and effectively influence senior stakeholders to ensure analytical evidence carries weight against commercial or political pressures.\nSuccess Profiles (to be assessed at interview):\nBehaviours:\nLeadership - Lead success profile\nSeeing the Bigger Picture\nCommunicating and Influencing\nMaking Effective Decisions\nTechnical (To be assessed via presentation at interview):\nAnalysis & Application\nQuantitative & Data Skills\nEconomic Appraisal & Evaluation\n(A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below)\nSuccess Profiles Framework\nValuing our people:\nCompetitive salary \nGenerous pension scheme\nA discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus \nWorking remotely in addition to working in advertised office location\nFlexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)\nMinimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays\nWant to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in ourcandidate pack.\nThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan and theCivil Service D&I Strategy.\nWe want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact \nWorking flexibly, delivering outcomes\nGCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.\nArtificial Intelligence\nArtificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see ourcandidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.\nSelection Process\nA reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact .\nPlease note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.\n#GCAIND\nWorking for the Civil Service\nThe Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.\nComplaints Procedure\nOur recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles details of which can be found athttps://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/\nIf you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact  in the first instance.\nIf you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at \nInternal candidates should apply using their Workday account. 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