Health and Safety Executive
London
The UK Health and Safety Executive Commission and the Health and Safety Executive are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain. Our mission is to ensure that risks to people’s health and safety from work activities are properly controlled.
What do our economists do?
Operating in a small team, they get involved in a wide range of issue including:
- Feeding directly into the policy process through the economic appraisal of
proposed health and safety measures;
- Evaluating the effectiveness of existing health and safety measures, and
identifying areas for improvement in future policy;
- Estimating and advising on the costs of accidents and ill health;
- Providing general advice on the wider economic context for health and safety issues.
Assistant Economist starting salary is £27,240 with additional salary for a relevant MSc or previous experience.