Senior Analyst, Economics and Policy Analysis

Remote US-Home or Hybrid (Boulder or Washington, D.C. preferred).

This is a 2-year fixed-term position with full benefits and the possibility of extension.

The Economics Team is the nexus of economics at EDF, ensuring that the economic thinking that is the backbone for all EDF policy positions is based on the best available research and information. To be most effective in this role, the Office of the Chief Economist provides support for other teams throughout EDF and fosters relationships with economists outside the organization.

The Senior Analyst, Economics & Policy Analysis will be a key member of the Economics Team through a two-year fixed-term contract. In the first year, this position will support research and analysis focused on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, with an emphasis on advancing EDF’s Global Methane Initiative priorities. In the second year, the role will transition to support the Economic Analysis Hub (Hub) team, contributing to analysis for other initiatives across EDF.

This position will report to the Director, Economics & Policy, or to the Director, Economic Analysis Hub.

In the first year, this Senior Analyst, Economics & Policy Analysis will support EDF’s cross-programmatic Global Methane Initiative by providing critical research and analysis to reduce methane emissions in North America and other major oil and gas producing regions. This Senior Analyst will support research to understand why wells become orphaned and critically assess policies designed to reduce the burden of orphan and idle wells.

In addition, the senior analyst will be involved in efforts to seek reforms in law, regulation, and/or business practice through a set of strategic corporate partnerships, direct engagement with policymakers, and mobilizing investors and public sentiment in favor of change. Finally, the senior analyst will also support efforts to inform EDF’s Global Methane advocacy goals through the lens of economic principles, and by coordinating our work with an external network of researchers and economists.

In the second year, the role will transition to serve as a member of the Economic Analysis Hub (Hub) team, a unit at EDF that conducts rapid analysis of climate economics questions to inform organizational priorities, decision makers, and policy needs. While the Senior Analyst will leverage their expertise on oil and gas methane in this role, their role on the Hub will expand their responsibilities to include work on other topics as needed.

This role offers exposure to other high-impact work, with contributions that can influence congressional testimony and international climate negotiations.

• Under general supervision, take a lead role in responding to rapid-turnaround analytical requests from the Economics, Global Methane, and Hub teams, translating technical findings into clear insights for policy and advocacy needs.
• Build and maintain knowledge on a variety of topics related to EDF’s Global Methane work, including oil and gas methane regulations and policy design, energy policy developments in key jurisdictions with a focus on North America, well-level oil and gas production trends, orphaned and idle wells, the social cost of methane.
• As the role transitions to the Economic Analysis Hub, conduct research on climate economics topics, including carbon pricing mechanisms, clean energy transitions, risk and resilience, and the economic impacts of environmental policies in response to requests from EDF program teams.
• Perform literature reviews on methane emissions, oil and gas policy design, economic modeling methodologies, climate policy evaluations, and emerging topics in environmental…