Job Description

About us:

Access Partnership is the frontier consultancy getting innovation into market faster across technology, AI, Space and Health. With over 150 experts across six continents, we help clients in government, private sector and industry navigate complex regulatory, policy and communications challenges for the benefit of society.

Complex problems don't sit in silos and neither do we. Delivering frontier innovation into market takes a team of specialists that get you from concept to diffusion. Our architects of innovation - from strategists, economists, engineers, physicians to lawyers - work as one team to deliver technology into market for the benefit of society.

Practice Summary

The Access Partnership Economics Strategy practice is a team of economists, econometricians, and public policy advisors.

We advise our clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors on the forces shaping their markets, and enable them to make better informed decisions by leveraging rigorous analysis supported by robust evidence, with the purpose to drive growth and improve well-being for themselves as well as the communities they are part of.

We combine the robustness of economic analysis with a practical appreciation of business and government, to support our clients in making and communicating their critical investment and public policy decisions.

The Role

As an Analyst with the Economics Strategy practice, you will play an important role in supporting the delivery of client projects and contribute to client pitches and proposals. As part of this role, you will have the following responsibilities.

• Client: You research client needs, policies, and trends to create targeted materials, proposals, and presentations. Your insights help the team offer relevant solutions, build client trust and win work
• Technical & Industry Expertise: You analyse issues using critical thinking and research, adding insight beyond the data to shape stronger recommendations. Your curiosity about the global economy, geopolitics, and technology policy deepens the team’s understanding of our clients and markets and improves our strategic advice
• Project Delivery: You deliver high-quality work backed by strong research, analysis, and writing. You flag potential issues early, helping the team stay on track and meet client expectations
• Collaboration & Leadership: You work effectively in a team and across practices and clients, clearly sharing ideas and updates. You proactively offer to support work across the business and learn from feedback and experience

You will have expertise or interest in economics or public policy, and a passion for working with clients to solve their real-world problems. You will also be intellectually curious and be keen to work on challenges at the intersection of economics, public policy, and technology.

Responsibilities

Research and Analysis

• Keeping abreast of tech policy trends, political trends, and industry developments.
• Keeping up-to-date with relevant academic and grey literature, particularly around novel applications of economics analysis to public policy issues and the technology sector.
• Undertaking desktop research, including structured literature reviews and meta-analysis.

Communications

• Drafting input into client proposals, research reports, presentation materials, and other products, to a client-ready level of quality following feedback and guidance from subject matter experts.
• Undertaking effective written and verbal communications with stakeholders of varying seniority, primarily internal stakeholders, but being able to constructively engage with external stakeholders together with senior team members.

Teamwork

• Maintaining a curious mindset and being unafraid to ask the right questions, particularly among internal stakeholders.
• Being a strong team player, by always proactively asking where you can support the team.
• Proactively driving your own professional development, as well as contributing to the development of technical expertise of your immediate team by readily sharing new experiences.

Operational Excellence

• Being adaptable to a constantly changing work environment, and actively seek to learn about new subject matter, new research approaches, and new analytical tools.
• Adhering to established workflows and processes to ensure efficiency of delivery, and help suggest areas for improvement.
• Adhering to regulatory and internal compliance requirements as required.
• Ensuring that the outputs you are involved with consistently achieve the required standards for quality, by adhering to quality assurance processes and maintaining a critical-thinking mindset.
• Being well organised, and self-sufficient in managing your own time to meet your responsibilities.

Requirements

• Good undergraduate degree from a reputable university, with a quantitative background, and a strong academic track record. An economics, public policy, or statistics degree is preferred but not essential to succeed in the role.
• Demonstrable subject matter exposure in economics and its relevance to the digital economy, international trade, economic and industry development, health, and labour and skills.
• Structured research and analysis skills and an understanding of various quantitative and qualitative analysis tools and techniques.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong self-organisation and time-management skills.
• Proficiency with productivity tools such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and experience with statistical packages such as R, Python, and Stata preferred.
• We are looking for candidate's who are based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

What We Offer:

Our diverse international client base of technology giants and start-ups will provide the opportunity to work on multiple international projects on behalf of some of the industry’s leading companies. Our firm boasts a collaborative working environment, social events and a robust support system. We are committed to providing training and professional development for all colleagues.