Lead Investment Analyst

Available Locations

Liverpool, Newport, Norwich, Glasgow or Birmingham.

The following locations listed below are restricted to contracted GCA staff already based in one of these offices:

London, Bristol, Manchester or York.

External applicants are not eligible for these sites. If you select one of these locations as an external applicant your application will unfortunately be withdrawn.

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Every year, the Government Commercial Agency invests in strategic projects and change initiatives, but how do we ensure every pound delivers genuine, long-term value for the public? As the Lead Investment Analyst, you will step directly into this gap, transforming complex economic analysis and theory into robust business cases that withstand commercial and political pressures.

In this role, your value to the nation is direct and measurable. Through rigorous application of the Green, AQuA, and Magenta books, you won’t just be reviewing numbers; you will be safeguarding public funds and ensuring that high-level strategic decisions are backed by undeniable, high-quality evidence.

Job Summary

As a newly established function within the Government Commercial Agency (GCA), the Research, Evaluation and Analysis team is responsible for supporting GCA and our wider government customers in delivering against government strategy including the five missions and policy impact on customers and supplier behaviour.

The Lead Investment Analyst is a critical role focused on professionalising the use of economic and social research standards across the organisation. Working closely with the Transformation Directorate and Finance, Planning and Performance Directorate (FPP) you will lead on embedding Green Book and Magenta Book principles within GCA, ensuring our commercial decisions and project and programme initiatives are underpinned by robust, evidence-based business cases.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

Selection Process

Please note that should there be a tie at interview, the lead success profile is Leadership.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@gca.gov.uk.

Please note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.