Economist – Tourism Economics, EMEA
Tourism Economics is a subsidiary of Oxford Economics dedicated to analytically-based consulting to the tourism sector. Oxford Economics is one of the world’s leading economics consultancies, providing advice to international institutions, governments and blue-chip companies.
We are looking to appoint a high-calibre economist to develop our expanding EMEA team. A key focus of this role will be to represent the consultancy arm of the business, working on tourism sector specific analysis for a wide range of clients. The role may entail frequent travel and on-site client engagement, ensuring a dynamic work environment that involves collaborating directly with clients.
Some support work on our expanding subscription services including the Global Travel Service (GTS) and Global City Travel (GCT) forecast databases and associated reporting will be required. The role will involve working with both the Oxford Economics sales team as well as the rest of the Tourism Economics team in producing analysis.
Key Responsibilities
- Take a supporting role in new consulting projects, in collaboration with the existing tourism consulting team for a range of existing and new clients.
- This will involve analysis, estimation and report writing.
- Produce detailed custom forecasts and scenarios based on the Global Tourism Service (GTS) database of country level tourism flows and the Global City Travel (GCT) database, as well as Oxford Economics macroeconomic and scenario modelling
- Understand and apply Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) methodological framework for destination clients.
- Apply economic impact methodology to understand the contribution of a diverse range of tourism sub-sectors.
- Understand other relevant research, and how this could be applied to other clients, or how the approach could be replicated.
- Present trends and forecasts to varied audiences, including webinars.
Key Skills
- Prior experience working as a professional economist with demonstrated abilities in managing increasingly complex research tasks.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Practical experience preparing and analyzing data, and developing econometric models, using software such as R, Python or Eviews, and experience with data visualization software such as Tableau, is desirable
- Ability to work effectively in teams across offices and within tight deadlines
- Ability to plan workload, ensuring sufficient time for quality assurance from senior colleagues
- Attention to detail and a commitment to going the extra mile to produce rigorous, accurate work, within the constraints of the time and resources available.
Oxford Economics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by governmental or local laws.
About Oxford Economics
Oxford Economics was founded in 1981 as a commercial venture with Oxford University’s business college to provide economic forecasting and modelling to UK companies and financial institutions expanding abroad. Since then, we have become one of the world’s foremost independent global advisory firms, providing reports, forecasts and analytical tools on more than 200 countries, 250 industrial sectors, and 7,000 cities and regions. Our best-of-class global economic and industry models and analytical tools give us an unparalleled ability to forecast external market trends and assess their economic, social and business impact.
Headquartered in Oxford, England, with regional centres in London, New York, and Singapore, Oxford Economics has offices across the globe in Belfast, Boston, Cape Town, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Paris, Philadelphia, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. We employ 500 full-time staff, including more than 300 professional economists, industry experts and business editors—one of the largest teams of macroeconomists and thought leadership specialists. Our global team is highly skilled in a full range of research techniques and thought leadership capabilities, from econometric modelling, scenario framing, and economic impact analysis to market surveys, case studies, expert panels, and web analytics.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Oxford Economics family.
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