Assistant Policy Advisor and Economist (SURVEY CENTER)
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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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 VoxEU and the Atlanta Fed’s PolicyHub. Academic research leveraging our unique suite of survey data has been published in journals such as Econometrica, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Public Economics, International Journal of Forecasting, 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 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.
