Director, Policy & Economics
We are seeking a leader for our policy and economics teams. We have a strong base, and you will have the exciting opportunity to take the team to the next level.
You’ll be an experienced policy thinker with sharp commercial instincts and proven ability to sell this type of work to private sector clients. You’ll have real autonomy - and full support - to shape our offer and build a business within a business.
About Bradshaw
Bradshaw Advisory is a cross between a think tank, an economics and data consultancy, and a public affairs agency. We work on a variety of projects from leading high-impact policy commissions like the Inclusive Growth Commission, to supporting clients to access funding ranging from the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund to the Levelling Up Fund.
Our clients are often world leaders from a variety of industries, covering the built environment, tech and financial services. A diversity of work provides you and the team with plenty of development opportunities.
This is an exciting moment to join us as we continue to grow. We are a small firm with big ambitions, expanding year on year and creating new opportunities for our team along the way. We reject dull corporate structure, foster a startup mindset and run a flat structure - valuing ideas over hierarchy. We’re a true meritocracy: contributions are recognised and rewarded quickly, and progression is based on impact, not time served.
We all work a 4-day week to enjoy a 3-day weekend so our people can have a healthy work-life balance. All colleagues get a generous annual leave allowance and bank holidays can be flexed.
Our offer
£80,000 to £110,000 Full Time Equivalent (FTE). £64,000 to £88,000 for 4 days per week (we all work Mon-Thurs). The offer is dependent on experience and performance during the hiring process - a proven work winner with significant experience may be towards the top end. We are also open to hiring at the Associate Director level, where you are full of potential and have your eye on promotion to Director after joining us
Regular, timely pay reviews based on merit, with the first potential for a pay rise upon passing your six-month probationary period
Uncapped sales bonus of 10% above 125% of your pro-rated gross salary. £3,000 bonus if the company hits revenue target
Options allocated via our Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) scheme, giving you a stake in the company to benefit from our growth in the most tax-efficient manner
34 days FTE annual leave (27.2 pro-rated) plus (non-pro-rated) bank holidays
Generous learning and development budget (multiple thousands per year)
Your choice of a high-spec Apple or Samsung laptop
5% employer pension contribution
Very flexible work - choose the working pattern you prefer. Work from abroad when you like. Part-time options (e.g. 3 days per week, if you prefer)
London (the Strand) and Manchester (Ancoats) offices to use as you wish
Private health care for you and your family, and an employee assistance programme (EAP)
Four away days per year, including abroad and 5* hotels
Bonus week of holiday at 3 years and a paid 4-week mini-sabbatical at 5 years
Enhanced paternity and maternity leave and pay
Salary sacrifice electric vehicle and childcare options (other salary sacrifice options available upon request)
The role
As Director, Policy and Economics, you’ll:
Lead and grow our policy and economics practices
Win new work and build relationships with senior clients across different industries
Write and publish work that builds both the Bradshaw brand and your own - smart, shareable policy writing that gets noticed and makes you a go-to voice in the field.
Deliver client projects alongside a high-performing team. This will typically cover a wide range of quantitative and qualitative analyses.
Lead think-tank style report development and delivery
Lead from the front and be prepared to ‘muck in’ across the business
What we are looking for
Proven ability to win new business
An empathetic leader
Well networked and can build new relationships with a variety of people
A curious lifelong learner with a good sense of humour
An exceptional policy writer using economics and data to strengthen the argument
Skilled at the art of getting things done, quickly and a creative problem solver
Provides clear evidence-backed opinions and recommendations
Enjoys a diversity of work
Please note that we are only able to consider applicants who have the right to work in the UK.