Post-doctoral Associate; Project Manager; Assistant Director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service
Listed on 2025-12-30
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Research/Development
Economics, Data Scientist
Post-doctoral Associate (Project Manager; Assistant Director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service)
Recruitment/Posting
Title:
Post-doctoral Associate (Project Manager; Assistant Director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service)
Department: BSPPP - Dean's Office
Salary: Commensurate With Experience
Posting
Summary:
This is intended to be a renewable appointment with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy’s Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON). The successful candidate will work with a team of researchers from R/ECON in coordination with other groups within the Bloustein School and across Rutgers University campuses on various research projects in the area of regional economic impact analysis.
The position is being made possible through the funding of the Rutgers New Jersey State Policy Lab. R/ECON has promised to deliver weekly blogs, bi-weekly policy briefs, and bi-monthly policy reports as part of its contribution to the Lab. The candidate will be a key contributor to the Lab’s deliverables. The candidate will also be required to maintain client contact and communicate with excellence in English, in both written and oral formats.
Minimum
Education and Experience:
Completion of Ph.D. degree requirements in economics, public policy, planning, geography, agricultural economics, applied economics, or a related field prior to hiring.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Basic ability in MS Excel is required. A demonstrated ability to run/produce systems econometric time-series models and/or use input-output models. The ability to write extremely well in English with a sense of how regional economies operate and how public finance can be used to nudge such state and local economies. It will help if candidates know basics of Stata and EViews software.
It is even better if the candidate knows one of the following computer languages:
Matlab, R, Python, and/or Octave. Completion of Ph.D. requirements signals an ability to work independently. The universal dissertation/thesis requirement of this degree also displays the candidate’s ability to write cogently.
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