Junior Economist

Organization:

Global Financial Integrity

Location:

United States (Washington, DC)

Website:

www.gfip.org

Compensation:

$40-$45K per annum

Contact Information:

Sarah Bracht

Phone:

202.293.0740

Email:

sbracht@gfip.org

Description:

Global Financial Integrity (GFI) works to curtail illicit capital flows out of developing countries. In doing so, our efforts will positively impact development efforts worldwide by reducing capital flight from developing and transitional economies. Our mission stems from the estimate that some $500 billion or more leaves developing and transitional economies and is deposited into western accounts. Illicit capital flows undermine the goals of the World Bank and other lending institutions, strip developing nations of critical resources, and contribute to failed states. GFI's objective is to promote the curtailment of the flow of illicit money from developing and transitional economies into western economies in order to increase the amount of capital available for investment and job creation in poor countries.

Summary of Duties:

• Work with the Lead Economist to extract macroeconomic data from IMF, OECD, and World Bank databases and carry out calculations of illicit flows and indicators
• Maintain a database on illicit financial flows by country and run updates of these estimates as necessary
• Provide research assistance to Lead Economist with academic papers on illicit financial flows and other topics in international trade and finance
• Format and prepare GFI studies for publication in refereed economic journals.

Specific Duties include:

• Compiling statistics from online databases including the IMF, OECD, and World Bank
• Manipulation of data in Excel using advanced Excel functions, pivot tables, and macros to estimate illicit flows
• Creating publication quality charts and tables
• Drafting papers or sections of papers
• Use E-Views to perform regression analysis and other statistical testing of hypotheses
• Some interaction with the communications team will be required
• Prepare data on GFI's Economic research for outside briefings
• Prepare estimates of illicit flows and other economic indicators to provide briefs for GFI's Director to prepare for meetings and/or press interviews
• Prepare power point presentations related to conferences organized by GFI or other institutions.
• Acquire, train, and mentor economics interns (generally current or recent undergraduate and graduate students) on a semester basis.
• Copy edit all economic research reports and editorials written by Lead Economist.

Qualification:

• Intellectual curiosity; willingness to take initiative, create projects, and work independently, but also able to follow specific directions.
• Excellent communications skills and an ability to explain methodologies and findings to non-economists. Ability to work well with several departments
• Strong or expert skills in Excel and E-Views econometric package is required
• Close attention to detail
• Strong writing and editing skills preferred
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Economics with substantial coursework and interest in macroeconomics, econometrics, or international economics.

Candidates are asked to email a resume and cover letter to sbracht@gfip.org with "Junior Economist Position" in the subject line by close of business June 24, 2011. Only short-listed candidates will be interviewed at GFI's office in Washington DC; candidates will not be reimbursed for travel-related expenses to Washington DC for the interview. This is a full time position (40 hours per week) with a starting salary in the $40-$45K per annum range depending upon qualifications.