L7 - Senior Professional Economist

1. Work-based project

This occupation involves the practical delivery of economic advice at senior levels within an organisation. Senior Professional Economists will draw on a range of complex analyses over time in order to deliver economic solutions for a range of business reasons. This would be difficult for an independent assessor to naturally observe in its entirety

The work-based project will offer flexibility to the apprentice to demonstrate the KSBs (as listed in Annex A) that would naturally occur in their organisation, where they will be working on challenging economic problems that could, for example, influence strategic decision-making within an organisation.

The work-based project will deliver a relevant output, such as a report plus any supporting materials that Senior Professional Economists will regularly demonstrate in their role, where they frequently need to present complex information to a range of audiences through various modes.

The work-based project is the best approach to assessment of competence. To try to replicate the working environment in a valid way would take too long to observe and would not be practicable or cost effective; a project is a reasonable substitute.