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The Center for Global Development, an independent, non-profit policy research organization in Washington, DC seeks a Research Assistant to provide research and organizational support to two senior researchers.
General Responsibilities:
- Conduct literature reviews and data compilation and analysis for ongoing and frequently-evolving research projects. Potential areas of focus include political economy of oil-dependent countries, electricity markets, multilateral development banks, private investment, Sub-Saharan Africa, G20, and US development policy.
- Perform analysis of complex datasets in Excel. This includes foreign assistance data from the OECD DAC, US 150 Account, USASpending.gov, among others.
- Provide other research, writing and editing support as needed. Perform duties requiring independent judgment and analysis related to data gathering, report preparation, and special projects.
- Collaborate with senior staff and members of the CGD communications team to draft blogs, policy briefs, notes, and reports.
- Organize and attend meetings/conferences related to research priorities.
- Perform other duties as necessary in support of senior research staff.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and skills:
- BA in economics, international affairs, or other development-related field. Familiarity with development economics, foreign policy, international finance, and related topics.
- 1-2 years relevant professional experience.
- Essential software skills: MS Excel to construct spreadsheet models and publication-quality graphics. MS Word competence including page formatting. MS PowerPoint.
- Basic knowledge of econometrics and familiarity with Stata a plus.
- Clear and concise writing
- Creativity
- Confidence and can-do attitude. Ability to advance projects with hands-off supervision.
- Healthy sense of humor!
Interested candidates should email their cover letter, CV and a short writing sample to [email protected]. Please indicate "Research Assistant - Policy" in the subject line of all e-mail correspondences. No phone calls please.
CGD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age or sexual orientation shall have equal access to positions, limited only by their ability to do the job. Finalist may be subject to a pre-employment background verification as a condition of employment.