| Location: Illinois: Chicago Job Description: - Manage research partnerships with government agencies and serve as project manager for research and technical assistance projects, leading communications and project deliverables.
- Meaningfully contribute to the research design, analysis and implementation of policy relevant research projects.
- Assist with setting the strategic direction of the E&E Lab by helping form new partnerships and building capacity.
- Closely collaborate with Lab leadership and faculty serving as principal investigators on projects to plan and execute research projects.
- Manage data collection, cleaning and econometric data analysis for a variety of projects.
- Build predictive analytics/machine learning models, in collaboration with other research staff.
- Prepare memos, presentations, and papers targeting both policymakers and academic audiences.
- Ensure compliance with institutional, state and federal regulatory policies and procedures as well as internal data privacy and security policies.
- Conduct thorough and critical reviews of relevant literature.
- Assist with writing grant proposals and managing grant reports.
- Prepare human subjects protocols and amendments for IRB.
- Uses subject matter and best practices knowledge to perform lab and/or research-related duties and tasks. Works independently to assist with project design.
- Solves complex problems relating to the administration of projects, including planning new procedures, adapting existing procedures to the needs of the project, and making significant contributions to methodology.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications Education: - Master's degree in economics, public policy, statistics or other relevant field.
- Coursework in econometrics and/or mathematical statistics.
Experience: - A minimum of four years of relevant research experience.
- Programming in Stata or R.
- Work on field experiments / randomized controlled trials.
- Designing predictive analytics/machine learning models.
- Work with large and complex datasets.
Preferred Competencies - Strong background in applied statistics & econometrics.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to present research concepts in a simple and straightforward way for non-technical audiences.
- Strong time management skills with a proven ability to multitask and prioritize activities to successfully complete projects on tight deadlines with little supervision.
- Strong project management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Work both independently, in a self-directed manner, and as a team member.
- Knowledge and understanding of energy and environmental policy topics strongly.
- Topical expertise in energy and environmental economics, including familiarity with the field literature.
Working Conditions - This position will perform tasks mostly indoors in an office setting.
- Work independently for periods of eight (8) hours or more.
Required Documents - Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
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