Cross-Cutting Research Associate, Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Overall Responsibility:
This position will serve as a key member of AFPI’s Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis (OFRA) team. The Cross-Cutting Research Associate will work directly with senior members of OFRA to help with a wide range of fiscal and regulatory portfolios. This position would be a good fit for those pursuing a career in interdisciplinary public policy research.
Department: Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis
Reports to: Director of OFRA
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Develop quantitative and qualitative analysis to support OFRA's scorekeeping operations and enhance the understanding of cross-cutting policy issues—including using open source and other modeling resources to analyze policy proposal, as well as policy and academic research relating to methods and key assumptions;
- Identify and track executive actions, legislation and regulations, including relevant current law and policy proposals;
- Translate data, analyses and technical information into clear, professional reports and presentations that offer insightful interpretation for policy audiences;
- Support senior staff with cross-cutting research efforts;
- Mentor junior OFRA staff;
- Clearly champion AFPI’s servant leadership culture;
- Effectively advocate for AFPI’s principles and recommendations in public settings.
Consults with:
- The rest of the OFRA team
- Other economic teams at AFPI
- Support staff
- Interns
Type of Employment: Full-time
Qualifications:
- A doctoral degree in a quantitative field;
- A deep quantitative integrity and respect for the scientific process;
- Proficiency in programming (Python or R);
- A strong interest in pursuing interdisciplinary research;
- Prior experience in budgetary scorekeeping and open source data and modeling is a plus;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills (both oral and written);
- Ability to maintain productive, collaborative, and collegial relationships with staff and external stakeholders and uphold the public reputation of the organization;
- An entrepreneurial mindset that seeks out new opportunities to grow and advance the mission of AFPI.
Salaries for positions will be commensurate with the experience, expertise, and skills of the individual. Please send a cover letter, resume, salary requirement, writing samples, and references.
AFPI is a non-profit, non-partisan research institute offering competitive salaries and benefits to qualified candidates.