The PBO is seeking dynamic and motivated individuals to help us enrich Australia's democracy through independent budget and fiscal analysis by: Undertaking research and analysis on budget and fiscal issues. Developing costings for policy proposals. Building and using models and data visualisation tools to underpin evidence-based advice, briefing material on fiscal issues, and supporting efficient internal processes. Writing reports and publications, such as the triennial election commitments report and educationally focused Budget Explainers. To deliver on our mandate, we rely on professionals with diverse skills and experience who are curious and rigorous in their approach. The PBO works in an agile and flexible way, and successful applicants can expect a mix of costings and analytical work along with contributing to model enhancement and capability building. All staff also contribute to effective external engagement activities such as seminars and briefings for parliamentarians and their staff. There are also regular opportunities to work on organisation-wide projects that allow staff to contribute to and lead organisational change and have significant exposure to the PBO's Executive and agency head. After each general election, the whole of the PBO works to deliver the Election Commitments Report. The key duties of the position include Analyst roles at the Parliamentary Budget Office generally involve quantitative analysis of the budget. During the lead up to and after each general election, analysts are primarily engaged in the costing of policy proposals as part of the PBO's report of election commitments. Duties may include: Undertaking costings of revenue, expenditure and financing proposals and drafting related explanatory material and evaluations. Contributing to the preparation of PBO reports and publications, including analysing budget and economic data to provide insights into budget and fiscal policy settings. Analysing large datasets utilising tools such as Excel, R or other statistical or programming packages and finding creative ways to visualise insights from data. Assisting in building and/or adapting models and frameworks to analyse the budget in effective and efficient ways. Applying strong written communication skills to ensure that all written products are accessible to a wide audience. Working across the PBO and with other organisations to obtain data, test the findings of our research and enhance our understanding of the budget. Contributing to organisation wide process and tool development and improvement. Contributing to implementing the PBO's annual work plan, including on organisational wide initiatives. Other duties as required.
