Fiscal Student Review

Update and maintain economic and fiscal datasets on a monthly basis. Produce and format charts and tables for use in official publications. Lead on forecasting selected smaller tax lines and revenue streams. Contribute to written analysis and supporting material for reports. Assist with policy costings and liaise with external departments. Support model development and automation using Excel and coding tools. Keep documentation and handover materials up to date.

Improved Excel skills, particularly in handling large datasets and building structured models. Gained experience in economic forecasting and data analysis. Started learning R to support automation and model development. Developed clearer writing skills for technical and public-facing content. Strengthened time management by working to tight publication deadlines. Built confidence in communicating with different teams and external stakeholders. Enhanced attention to detail through quality assurance and documentation tasks.

Yeah, lots of responsibility. One of the key parts of the job as a placement student is communicating our latest economic data to other government departments, and it is the student's responsibility to pull all this data together, make sure the distribution list is correct, and make sure it gets sent out to government departments at an allotted time.

Lots of support and guidance. The organisation included lots of people who had previously done a placement there, so I've been lucky to have lots of support from people who were previously in my shoes. In addition to this, seniors in the organisation were very happy to chat regularly about the organisation and anything else.

Great atmosphere, especially due to the small department I was in. A very flat hierarchy and regular socials to get to know colleagues. Also opportunities to work from home half of the week which helped to create a positive work/life balance.

I thoroughly enjoyed my placement and was very lucky to have been placed in the department I was. I've had significant exposure to the internal working of government economics and been able to get a broad understanding of how the government's budget process works and how economic analysis and government interlink.

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Apply! Look at the Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours and pull together examples of how your previous experience links to each one, especially the specific ones that they tell you upon application that the job requires. Brush up on your A-Level and first year economics knowledge - this will often be pulled on in the interview.