Analyst, Inclusive

ABOUT US

HR&A Advisors, Inc. (HR&A) is an employee‑owned company advising public, private, non‑profit, and philanthropic clients on how to increase opportunity and advance quality of life in cities. We believe in creating vital places, building equitable and resilient communities, and improving people’s lives. From Brooklyn to London, Medellin to Hong Kong, we have guided hundreds of clients in transforming real estate and economic development concepts and public infrastructure, first into actionable plans and then into job‑producing, community‑strengthening assets.

Our clients include real estate owners and investors, hospitals and universities, cultural institutions and philanthropies, community development organizations, and governments. HR&A has offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh, and Washington D.C. We come from diverse backgrounds, have a breadth of lived experience, and share a passion for cities. We are former city officials, executive directors, planners, lawyers, architects, and economists.

Hear more about the HR&A experience from our staff. Learn more about careers at HR&A on our website here.

HR&A’s Inclusive Cities practice leverages our deep understanding of government, knowledge of local and private economic forces, and analytical rigor to promote social and economic justice. Our practice area centers racial equity and economic justice in economic development, policy, and planning. We help our clients identify who will benefit from economic development initiatives and show them how to design and execute more equitable projects, neighborhoods, and cities.

By engaging communities and grassroots organizations in meaningful, non‑extractive ways, we build new trust and durable partnerships. We launch new programs and community‑driven projects to increase awareness and participation in our civic discourse, which is essential to shifting traditional economic development paradigms. Our team emboldens visionary public servants with the tools they need to embed equity into their policy and practice.

We serve as a bridge between ideas and implementation, truly changing systems from workforce development to criminal‑legal system reform, so that lives are changed for the better.

HR&A’s Inclusive Cities Practice is seeking a full‑time Analyst to be based in an HR&A office in New York, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Dallas, Raleigh, Atlanta, or Washington D.C. Analysts are early‑career professionals with 2‑4 years of professional experience and draft the substance of our client work products. Depending on the project, Analysts may expect their work to include:

• Substantial public policy research and analysis
• Strategic communications, including developing press releases, memos, talking points, and messaging frameworks for policy initiatives
• Organizational and governance strategy development for local government agencies
• Power mapping and political landscape analysis, identifying key decision‑makers, interest groups, and influencers who shape policy and program implementation inside and outside of government
• Municipal budget analysis and evaluation
• Community and stakeholder engagement; including designing and facilitating engagement events
• Case study research

Analysts also help prepare written reports, presentations in PowerPoint, and Excel models for clients, as well as firm marketing materials and proposals for new projects.

We are looking for candidates with strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, a passion for urban policy and governance, and a deep curiosity about the challenges and opportunities facing cities today. Ideal Analysts will bring a demonstrated capacity for active project team participation, leadership, critical thinking, creativity, and other capabilities aligned with the roles and responsibilities described above, including:

• 2‑4 years of professional experience in public policy research and analysis, economic development, governance, community engagement, or a related field—ideally in a government, nonprofit, or advocacy setting
• Commitment to advancing equity, with an understanding of how policy, governance, and…