Scale D Agent role in Yorkshire and Humber

Location: Leeds

The Agencies are the 'eyes, ears and voice' of the Bank in their respective parts of the United Kingdom. Agents gather economic intelligence through their conversations with their network of UK businesses, and they analyse and summarise it to contribute to the Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) and the Financial Policy Committee's (FPC) assessment of the economic and financial environment.
Agents talk to senior contacts from a wide range of organisations - from small businesses to large global companies - across all sectors of the economy, to gain an insight into how businesses are operating and their future plans. This provides a unique perspective into how the real economy is evolving and the factors driving those developments.
The Agents also communicate policymakers' key messages supporting their decisions to business contacts and other local audiences across the UK. This includes regular presentations on the Monetary Policy Report and related interest rate decision and Financial Stability Report to support a widespread understanding and trust of the monetary and financial policy framework and process.
Agents also coordinate interactions and host meetings between policymakers and their local contacts, so that they can hear the views of businesses and communities first-hand.
Agents at the Bank of England lead on these activities in their regions. They also fulfil either a Technical or Managing Agent lead role:

• Technical Agents lead on an 'area of expertise' alongside a team of Agency experts. They are subject-matter experts, for example, driving the Agency Network's economic narrative in specific areas, how it squares with other data and staff views, and influencing and being fully integrated within the Monetary Analysis Directorate, other parts of the Bank, and ultimately our policy committees
• Managing Agents manage one of our four 3-Agency teams - in this case our North Team comprising of the Yorkshire and Humber, Northwest and North East Agencies. The Managing Agent for the North Team, which we currently have a vacancy for, directly line manages 3 Scale E Agents and the Team's Senior Administrator, and is responsible for the successful running of the Team.

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to become the Scale D Agent for Yorkshire and Humber.

The successful candidate will lead the Bank's external engagement with businesses within Yorkshire and Humber, gathering intelligence in contact visits and round tables and carrying out representational functions. This Agency covers all of Yorkshire and the Humber region: on the coast from Whitby in the north to Cleethorpes in the south and inland as far north as Richmond, south to Sheffield and west to Skipton.

The successful candidate will either be the Managing Agent of the North Team (comprising the North West, North East and Yorkshire and Humber Agencies) or a Technical Agent, with the responsibilities set out above.

In either case, the jobholder will play a key role in the senior management/governance of the Agency Network, by being part of the Agency Services Management Team, which focuses on intelligence collection, data strategy, policy impact and external engagement and communications or the Agency Operational Management team, which focuses on staffing matters and people strategy.

Role requirements

Location: Lives in Yorkshire and Humber or very close to it (within 10 miles of the border) as local presence, visibility, representation and local knowledge are core elements of the role. The Agency office is in Leeds.

For internal candidates interested in moving to the region for this role, we would be happy to discuss how the Bank would support that through our relocation policy.

Travel is an essential part of the role. This role requires a combination of in-person meetings and virtual meetings with Agency contacts across the region. It also requires regular in-person meetings with colleagues in the Yorkshire and Humber Agency and the broader Agencies' North Team in the Leeds office and the broader Network in Leeds or London, and potentially other locations in the UK.

Minimum criteria:

• Strong communication skills, comfortable interacting with senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Economics to degree level or equivalent work experience.
• Able to work collaboratively with colleagues within and/or outside the Bank.
• A good understanding of the Bank's approach to monetary policy and its policy frameworks, more generally.

Essential criteria:

• Experience of delivering presentations to technical and non-technical audiences and explaining complex messages clearly and concisely.
• Experience conducting analysis to answer economic and policy questions.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of conducting interviews to gather qualitative information and summarising a large range of qualitative information effectively.
• Experience managing diverse teams and of matrix management.
• A full driving licence.

The Bank values diversity and inclusion - we want to reflect the society we serve better; we want the best people to work for us and we want our workplace to be inclusive. We value all forms of diversity, including but not limited to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion and sexual orientation. One way we support diversity and inclusion is through our staff run networks.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive working environment and are open to considering how the role might be carried out with flexible working. This role is therefore open to job shares, flexible and part time working patterns.

We expect colleagues in the Agency Network to spend a minimum of 20% of their working time in the office per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them and their team.

We are also committed to making adjustments for candidates and employees where possible and have partnered with external expert organisations to support us in this. We are a member of the Disability Confident Scheme

Employer Description

We are the UK's central bank - and we are a bank like no other; known by our peers for our world-leading thinking on policy and strategy.

Our mission is to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. We seek to keep prices stable and people's money safe. We know our work matters to people, to families, up and down the UK. We are driven by curiosity and the desire to do important, challenging work.

It takes a great team to run the Bank of England. We rely on each other to play our part. We benefit from a collaborative culture and long-established flexible ways of working, supporting our colleagues balance their work and personal lives. We strive to be a place where people feel they belong and have equal access to opportunities, because different perspectives helps us make the best decisions for the public.

There's much to gain from working with us - from career defining work at the heart of the UK economy, being part of a fantastic team, and a rewarding compensation package.

Join us and find a bank like no other. Together, we can make a difference.

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The Bank values diversity and inclusion - we want to reflect the society we serve better; we want the best people to work for us and we want our workplace to be inclusive. We value all forms of diversity, including but not limited to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion and sexual orientation. One way we support diversity and inclusion is through our staff run networks.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive working environment and are open to considering how the role might be carried out with flexible working. This role is therefore open to job shares, flexible and part time working patterns.

We are also committed to making adjustments for candidates and employees where possible and have partnered with external expert organisations to support us in this. We are a member of the Disability Confident Scheme