Economist

Job Summary

Location of Position: Moscow, Idaho, remote eligible for candidates in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, Washington, or Montana)

Closing date: until position is filled

Type: Full-time Employee

Reports to: President of Points Consulting

Wages: $55,000 to $70,000 salary, dependent on education and experience Send Resume/CV with Cover Letter to: *****@*****.***

Job Description

Points Consulting (PC) is looking for an economist to assist with a variety of research tasks on our consulting projects for clients in the fields of economics, economic development, and real estate analytics. Tasks could include each of the following:

• Utilizing statistical tools, best practices, and organizational methodologies to generate estimates and forecasts of a variety of economic metrics
• In collaboration with firm President, research, recommend, and execute new methodologies for acquiring and utilizing economic data
• Assist project team in interpreting micro and macro economic statistics for inclusion in presentations and reports
• Occasionally participating in qualitative data gathering activities (i.e.: in-depth interviews, focus groups, etc.) by active listening, asking questions, and taking notes
• Developing and presenting slide decks for external audiences
• Interact directly with clients via phone calls, emails, and in-person meetings
• Work collaboratively with PC’s team of analysts and our prime and subcontractors
• Progressively work toward project manager skills and responsibilities with guidance of supervisor
• An interest and desire to take initiative when work needs to be completed
• Willingness to travel as needed both regionally and nationally, no more than 20 trips per year
  
  

Qualifications

PC is looking for somebody with demonstrable experience in economics. The perfect candidate would have an undergraduate or graduate degree (or higher) in economics, or 3+ years’ experience working as an economist, or both.

Relevant Qualifications Include

• Highly proficient with MS office products, particularly Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Functional proficiency with one or more statistical tools such as STATA, SAS, R, Python, etc.
• Experience developing economic models and estimates by merging data sets and applying econometric techniques
• Experience finding and analyzing socioeconomic data from government websites (e.g.: Census, BLS, BEA, etc.)
• Ability to write in a winsome and engaging fashion
• A pleasant disposition and comfort interacting with people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds
  
  

About The Organization

At Points Consulting we believe in the power of people’s interests, passions, and behaviors to shape the world around us. Now, more than ever, people are the primary factor in the success of businesses, organizations, and communities. For that reason, our work is focused not only on how people impact communities and organizations, but on how to align their potential to create more successful outcomes for individuals, communities, and businesses. We have worked in 35+ states and manage an ever-increasing and diverse portfolio of projects. Please visit the points-consulting.com website for more details.

More specifically, we work on research and analysis driven projects such as housing needs assessments, market studies, feasibility studies, strategic planning, and highest and best use studies.