Careers

The e61 Institute is passionate about developing Australia’s talent pool in the field of econometrics. We welcome applications from candidates that are intellectually curious and have an outstanding track record, who want to work on the most interesting economic challenges in the private and public sectors.

Our core values

Practical

We pursue improved governance through tangible change. Our approach is pragmatic and business-like. We are optimistic and realistic.

Rigorous

Our work is robust. evidence-based and expert- driven. We test, evaluate, adapt and then partner to scale. We act on facts, not ideology.

Transparent

We believe transparency matters- for government and for us.

Non-partisan

We are politically neutral, bringing together people from all sides of politics to cooperate for improvement.

Entrepreneurial

We innovate, apply business skills and hold ourselves accountable.

Bold

We are unafraid to take on difficult subjects and challenge conventional wisdom.

Long-term

We play the long game while breaking down our work into feasible incremental steps.

We combine innovative data with state-of-the-art tools from economics, data science and statistics to answer the most important economic questions facing Australia.

e61 was born from a motivation to bring together problem-solvers from academia, industry and government to push the knowledge frontier so that we can tackle the big problems facing our society.

Objectives

  • Build a community of world-class researchers

  • Create the highest-quality policy evidence

  • Drive impact through public engagement

  • Build the next generation of policy leaders

  • Push the frontier of economic knowledge & analysis

Principles

  • Quality and rigour of outputs
  • Research that has an impact on policy
  • Politically neutral-no left or right bias
  • A focus on the biggest economic issues
  • Courage, no ‘no-go zones’

e61 harnesses the talents of the world's best economic thinkers to address the most important Australian policy questions

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Objectives

  • Build a community of world-class researchers
  • Create the highest-quality policy evidence
  • Drive impact through public engagement
  • Build the next generation of policy leaders
  • Push the frontier of economic knowledge & analysis

Principles

  • Quality and rigour of research
  • Research that has an impact on policy
  • Political neutrality 
  • A focus on the biggest economic issues
  • Courage, no ‘no-go zones’

We support our team to achieve these objectives through….

Learning & development

A learning and development program which includes a variety of internal workshop, skill specific training sessions and policy debates. We also have co-learning sessions with both the RBA & Federal Treasury.

Undergraduate pathways

The Institute provides structured graduate, pre-doctorate and internship programs for talented Australian economics to provide them with opportunity to advance their careers.

Research opportunities

Providing opportunity and a platform for staff to do their own research and explore areas of personal interest is an important part of how we support professional development at the Institute.

Academic fellowship engagement

Our research fellows are actively involved in the Institute through regular consultation sessions, lounge sessions and seminars. This creates ongoing informal and formal learning opportunities for staff and a way to maximise the rigour of our research output.

Postgraduate pathways

We work with our academic partners to develop Australia based post-graduate opportunities, including a post-doctorate internship program. We also have a post-graduate scholarship program for our staff who are ready to progress their career through further education.

Mentoring

We provide a network of support to our staff, through formal mentoring relationships, clear promotional pathways and ongoing opportunity for structured and unstructured feedback.

We support our team to achieve these objectives through….

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Learning & Development Curriculum

L&D program for staff which will offer a variety of internal workshop and policy sprints, as well as external learning sessions with patterns such as the RBA & treasury book club.

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Academic Fellowship Engagement

Encourage our senior research fellows to become actively involved through initiatives such as "residential fellowship' programs to create information learning opportunities for junior staff.

3

Undergraduate pathways

Provide structured internal graduate, pre-doctorate and internship programs for talented Australian economics to provide them with opportunity to advance their careers

4

Postgraduate pathways

Working with our academic institute partners to develop Australia based post graduate opportunities.

5

Research Opportunities

Providing opportunity and platform for staff to do their own research and explore areas of personal interest is an important part of their professional development

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Development Management

Internal development management through designated mentoring Oelationships, clear promotional pathways and opportunity for structured and unstructured feedback