Asst. Policy Advisor and Economist

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Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaAs an employee of the Atlanta Fed, you will help support our mission of promoting the stability and efficiency of the U.S. economy and financial system. Your work will affect the economy of the Southeast, the United States, and the world. The work we do here is important, and how we do it is just as important as what we do. We live our values of integrity, excellence, and respect every day. We do the right thing, we do things right, and we treat people right. A career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta gives you the chance to do work that touches lives and helps communities prosper.



We are a dynamic hybrid workplace environment that requires at least 2 days a week in the office.

Position Summary: 

The Economic Survey Research Center in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is seeking to hire an economist who is eager to utilize our suite of business and payments surveys to contribute to the research environment and monetary policy advising. The successful candidate will have an established experience and an enthusiasm for conducting research and policy analysis. A demonstrated ability to translate research into policy advice is a strong differentiator, along with experience leveraging survey results. The successful candidate will interact with senior policymakers at the bank on topics related to monetary policy and will have exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Policy and economic analysis emanating from the Economic Survey Research Center at the Atlanta Fed provide unique and impactful insight in monetary policy deliberations at the Bank, are frequently cited in our Bank president’s public commentary, and are often published in short policy articles in outlets such as VOX.eu, Harvard Business Review, and the Atlanta Fed’s PolicyHub. Academic research leveraging our unique suite of survey data has been published in journals such as Econometrica, the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Public Economics, the International Journal of Forecasting, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, among many others. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to short policy-relevant articles and will have the opportunity to collaborate with top tier economists on academic journal articles.

We have a strong preference for newly minted PhD’s or candidates with a master’s degree in economics (or related field) and at least 5-years of experience at a policy institution, government agency, or private sector consultancy.

The Department maintains an excellent research environment and provides substantial support for research and travel. In addition to housing our survey center (https://www.atlantafed.org/research/surveys), the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is the site of the Atlanta Federal Statistical Research Data Center, which provides restricted access to non-publicly available Census data. For information about the Department, please visit: http://www.frbatlanta.org/research.

Key Responsibilities:

• Studies developments in theory and research methods, is depended on by other staff members for advice on these developments and applies developments as necessary. 

• Develops new methods/applications when appropriate, understands the systemic impact of policies.

• With supervision, contributes to policy-related briefings with the Bank President and Director of Research on relevant issues impacting policy.

• With supervision, contributes to the Bank’s economic forecast and associated policy-related projections.

• With supervision, contributes to the public’s understanding of relevant economic issues, including support of executive speeches, public presentations as needed, web-resources, and bank publications

Education: Master’s Degree; PhD in Economics preferred 

Experience: Five to Eight years preferred 

Functional Knowledge Preferences:

Knowledge Areas: 

• Economics/Econometric Modeling

• Economic Analysis

Technical Skills:

• Software and methods related to Economics/Social Sciences

• Written and verbal communication

Individual Competencies:

• Demonstrates Self-Awareness 

• Problem Solving

• Action-Oriented

• Collaborates

• Communicates Effectively

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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