National Audit Office

LOCATION: London, Newcastle  

NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS: 2

SALARY: London: £27,811 pro rata, Newcastle: £25,089 pro-rata

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The National Audit Office’s (NAO) position is unique, and our work is extraordinarily influential. Totally and distinctively independent, we scrutinise public spending for Parliament. This means we work for, and for the good of, everyone in the country. We help society work better – supporting and enabling improvements in the way services are delivered right across the public sector. The recommendations from our work result in financial savings and positive changes in government to improve services and ensure value for money for the taxpayer. For you, this means work that has a greater value, and offers a greater challenge. 

Each year we produce around 65 major Value for Money (VFM) reports examining various aspects of government programmes and projects, as well as certifying over 350 government accounts. You’ll tackle complex projects that inform debates and influence some of the biggest decisions that government makes.

GES interns are a valued part of the NAO analytical capability and have the chance to work on high profile areas. They will have the opportunity to work on prominent topics such as Net Zero, resilience and public sector productivity as well as on interesting policy areas like education, defence and health. They will also gain opportunities to build their network and present their work to the analytical community, which includes data scientists and statisticians.

We expect you will spend most of your time applying strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to an economics project to support our range of assurance work. Recent interns have performed regression analysis to understand the impact of heatwaves on public health, assessed applications of Monte Carlo in our clients' models and conducted research on alternative approaches to potentially support future sensitivity testing in models, unpicked Covid support models and reviewed the Crossrail business case. You will have the opportunity to work in R as well as gain invaluable insight into the work of wider government.

Eligibility Requirements:

• UK Nationals

• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

• Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with (or eligible for) status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)