The Government Economic Service Sandwich Student Placement Scheme

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Are you an economics undergraduate in your penultimate year? Do you want to gain practical experience and use your economics skills to make a difference? Join the UK Government for a paid student placement.

You would spend a year working in a government department before returning to your studies. The nextjob schemecould willinvolve beanalysing advertiseddata, providing advice on policy options, and preparing briefings for officials and ministers.

Placement students also get a priority interview for a government role upon graduation and many return to work for us.

About the Government Economic Service (GES)

We are the professional body for economists in Autumnthe 2023.Civil Service. With over 3,500 members, we are the largest recruiter of economists in the country. We recruit student, graduate, and apprentice economists and support their professional development in more than 50 government departments in locations across the UK.

Eligibility Requirements

This scheme is only open to students in their penultimate year of undergraduate study (i.e. year before the final year of study) and who are on track for a 2:1 or 1st class degree.

To be eligible applicants must be studying for a degree in economics or a joint economics degree where economics comprises at least 50% of the total course, studied so far. You must also be on course for a 2:1 or 1st class degree (based on your 1st year results).

Individuals will also need to demonstrate that they meet the relevant immigration requirements and their eligibility under the Civil Service Nationality Rules (CSNRs). Nationality requirements are explained in more detail on the Civil Service nationality rules webpage.

More information on the eligibility criteria can be found at the top of this page in our attached Application Guidance Notes,Notes.

Salary 

London: along£24,000 with- a£29,371 2023-24(salaries Jobvary Descriptionsaccording packto fromdepartment individualand location) 

National: £21,000 - £25,824 (salaries vary according to department and location)  

Location 

Birmingham, Bristol, Buxton, Cardiff, Darlington, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newport (Gwent), Leeds, Liverpool, London, Salford, Sheffield, Titchfield (Fareham), Treforest (Pontypridd - Wales), Wolverhampton, York 

Locations vary according to government departments.department.

How to Apply

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2023-24 Candidates who are successful at the sift stage will be randomly allocated to any of the participating departments.

Candidates who are unsuccessful at the sift stage will not be given any feedback or comments. If you do not hear from us within 2 months of deadline, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Please note that some departments require candidates to have a UK footprint for 5 years to get security clearance, including the Home Office, Ministry of Defence and Office for National Statistics.

Interviews

Candidates who are successful at the sift stage will be invited for interview at one of the participating Departments. Interviews are likely to take place betweenJanuary November2024 to December 2022 (dates differ between departments) and will be carried out virtually.

Re-join GES after your placement

As part of the scheme, we have included an enhancement to the already successful sandwich placement scheme by making an offer of a permanent contract (subject to security clearance) to those students to take up upon graduation (in the department they undertake a placement) and who:

• are on track for a minimum 2:1 degree in Economics
• are assessed to have successfully completed their placement by their line managers
• have passed a Civil Service Economic Assessment Centre (EAC) towards the end of their placement
• have the right to work in the UK

This means that the placement scheme is now a gateway to a career as a government economist.

Please note: Some departments may not be able to offer a permanent contract if successful at EAC and you will be informed of this, should this be the case.

Equal Opportunities

The Civil Service is an Equal Opportunities employer. Candidates with disabilities (as defined in the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act) can choose to declare on their application form that they require adjustments at interview, for which we can make a range of provisions. Please contact us should you have any questions regarding this – we would be happy to help.

We are interested in your skills and aptitudes. We have no preferences for particular backgrounds or universities. We want to reflect the diversity of the country we serve.

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Complaints procedure

ComplaintsFor mustdetails beon submittedour incomplaints writingprocedure, orplease emailclick and addressed to:

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Please provide the fullest account possible of the circumstances surrounding your complaint.

If you do not submit your complaint within a year after the campaign took place, we will not be obliged to consider it.

Our commitment to you

• we will aim to acknowledge your complaint within three working days of its receipt
• we will take your complaint seriously, give it high priority and investigate it fully and impartially
• we will aim to send you a full written response to your complaint within 20 working days of its receipt. If this is not possible, we will let you know, and explain why
• if your complaint is upheld, we shall take action to ensure that the event complained does not recur
• if your complaint is not upheld, we will advise you of options for pursuing it further, should you wish to do so

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.