Main area: Climate Health Assessment Team, Centre for Climate and Health Security
Grade: Civil Service: Senior Executive Officer (SEO)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 919-NE-60715033-EXT
Site: All UKHSA Sites-Canary Wharf, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Colindale, Chilton, Porton Down
Salary: £38,724 – £48,068 per Annum, pro rata
Closing: 21/06/2024 23:59
As an economist in The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA)’s Centre for Climate and Health Security you will be part of a team building the organisation’s economics capability, contributing specifically to development of capacity to protect UK health from the threats posed by climate change. The role provides a great opportunity to shape the organisation’s culture and tread new ground.
You will work with other experts (epidemiologists, data scientists, climate scientists and public health experts) to assess the economic costs and benefits of preparing for and responding to the health threats posed by climate change and to help build our understanding of how health security and climate change risks interact with the wider economy. As a new role, there will be some flexibility in the work undertaken but this also comes with the ability for the post-holder to shape the role towards their interests. UKHSA recognise that applicants will not necessarily have expertise in both environmental/climate and health economics. They encourage candidates to apply if they have relevant expertise in either health economics or climate/environmental economics and are willing to extend and build their economics expertise within the intersection of climate and health.
