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We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.
We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.
We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.
We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.
Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.
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We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
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Job description
The Role and Our Team
Building Digital UK (BDUK) is helping to bring fast and reliable broadband and mobile coverage to hard-to-reach places across the UK - transforming people's lives and driving economic growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join a large analytical team and play an important role within the organisation, helping to deliver a high-profile, £5bn infrastructure programme.
Person specification
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality operational and strategic analysis to support the rollout of gigabit broadband and wider programme objectives.
- Monitor and anticipate supplier behaviour in a dynamic market, developing metrics and analytical insight to inform subsidy allocation, investment decisions, and programme strategy.
- Work with large datasets and data pipelines to design, maintain, and refine areas for intervention.
- Assess proposed investment decisions in the context of programme affordability, expected benefits of connecting premises, and value-for-money considerations.
- Collaborate closely with analytical colleagues and delivery teams to provide clear, robust, and actionable intelligence to stakeholders.
Essential criteria
- Experience working with coding languages
- Strong ability to manage, analyse, and interpret large, complex datasets and data pipelines.
- Ability to communicate complex analysis and outputs effectively to a range of stakeholders.
Please specify the analytical profession that you are a member of/or are applying to be a member of: GES, GORS, GSR, or GSS. Please note, to apply for this role as an Economist, you already need to be GES badged at HEO level.
Qualifications: You must be a full member of one of the following analytical professions: Government Social Research Service (GSR), Government Statistician Group (GSG), Government Economics Service (GES) or Government Operational Research Service (GORS). |
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 11th May 2026
