Research Economist (EA3)

Employment Security Department
Olympia - United States
S: $62,748 - 82,344 Annually

Here's your opportunity to be a key part of how we live our vision and BUILD the nation's best and most future ready workforce – starting right at ESD!

This position is non-permanent with an estimated and date of 6/30/2021.

Here at the Employment Security Department (ESD), we believe in the #PowertoHelp when people need it most. We provide our communities with inclusive workforce solutions that promote economic resilience and prosperity. We help people find jobs, bridge gaps in employment and now providing paid family and medical leave.

Please Note: This position offers course credit for students.

Why work with us?
The work we do matters. The Labor Market and Economic Analysis team supports the agency mission and the employment process by providing businesses, individuals and other customers with the labor market information they need to succeed in a changing economy. Our team is looking for a non-permanent Research Economist to conduct comprehensive evaluation and quantitative analysis of the policies and programs implemented in response to Covid-19. As a Research Economist, you will have the discretion and freedom to choose the methods of your research with little supervision. We won't micromanage your work. Our weekly meetings will consist of sharing ideas, learning from one another, valuable collaboration and teamwork.

If you are ready to make a measurable difference, we encourage you to read on!

In this role, you will be responsible to gather, input, prepare and clean raw data to use in the evaluations of processes and methods as well as peer review ongoing impact evaluations or related econometric projects. Using statistical software programming languages (for example R), mathematical models, descriptive and advanced inferential statistical techniques, and economic theory, principles, and techniques, you will analyze data and interpret results to produce estimates or projections or identify economic or employment trends.

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