Job Description

Our firm is seeking an Administrative Associate who will support our work in the following ways:

• Primary administrative support for a fast-growing and well-respected economic consulting firm
• Responsible for invoicing all clients and following up as needed
• Provide administrative support to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) on all accounting and bookkeeping tasks (e.g. receivables, payables)
• Assist CAO with the processing of contract paperwork
• Manage office supplies inventory
• Perform administrative tasks in support of information technology function (ordering items, keeping inventory, running routine maintenance tasks)
• Standard secretarial tasks: Phone/receptionist, meeting/room scheduling, report/proposal/contract collation, mail, travel arrangements
• Provide administrative support on all staff and intern recruitment tasks (e.g. processing applications, scheduling interviews, checking references, correspondence with candidates)
• Provide administrative support on human resources tasks, as directed by CAO (e.g. keep staff contact info, track intern hours, schedule trainings, organize staff luncheons)
• Schedule meetings and maintain calendar for Lee Huang, President
• Schedule meetings and provide administrative support on some projects, as directed by Principals and Directors

Qualifications

• Strong administrative, clerical, and organizing skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Some previous experience in accounting and bookkeeping tasks is a plus
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Trustworthy in regards to handling company finances and confidential/sensitive information

Job Type/Compensation

• Full-time position with paid time off (PTO)
• Competitive base salary
• Generous benefits package, including health insurance, profit-sharing, and 401(k)

Benefits of Employment

• A team-oriented work culture
• Opportunity for advancement within the firm
• Professional development opportunities
• Exposure to the important economic issues faced by the Greater Philadelphia area
• Strong organizational connection to the Greater Philadelphia business community, Pennsylvania local governments, and the local universities and colleges

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to employment@econsultsolutions.com

Job Description

Our firm is seeking an Analyst who will support our work in the following ways:

Job Description

Our firm is seeking an Associate Director who will support the efforts of the firm in the following ways:

• Serve as Lead Director for one or more assigned Practice Areas (but be available to assist in or do project management for all Practice Areas), which entails:
  • Help track project opportunities, revenue levels, and staff allocation
  • Develop subject matter expertise
  • Cultivate relevant industry networks
  • Participate in business development and proposal writing
  • Participate in relevant efforts around knowledge management, research methodologies, data, and IT tools
• Manage a portfolio of projects, responsibilities for each including:
  • Serve as primary point of contact for clients (or co-lead with Principal or Director)
  • Help set the intellectual direction of the engagement (solo or with Principal/Director support)
  • Direct team to complete tasks and fulfill client needs (or co-direct with Principal or Director)
  • Manage budget and timeline (solo or with Principal/Director support)
• Collectively manage (with other Directors and Associate Directors) all Senior Analysts, Analysts, and Research Assistants, including:
  • Directly supervise one or more staff members, meeting with them regularly to provide support and guidance
  • Track and align staff allocations across projects
  • Participate in staff recruitment, hiring, and onboarding

 Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills and some experience in managing people, projects, and processes
• Strong writing skills, especially as it relates to conveying complex quantitative analyses and policy concepts in simple terms
• Strong communication skills in a variety of channels to a wide range of audiences
• Strong client management skills
• Competence in spreadsheet modeling, cost/benefit analysis, and regression analysis
• Basic working knowledge of R, STATA and/or SAS
• Competence in working with large datasets
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Competence in Geographic Information Systems (e.g., ArcView GIS, SAS) and in spatial analysis techniques (helpful)
• Ability to thrive in collaborative, project-oriented setting with small groups of professionals
• Bachelor or Master’s level degree and/or current enrollment in doctoral program in any of the following majors: Economics, Government/Public Policy Social Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics
• Some technical and policy research experience

Job Type/Compensation

• Full-time position with paid time off (PTO)
• Associate Directors historically earn in the $80,000s to $90,000s in annual base pay, plus are eligible for an end-of-year performance bonus that has typically been anywhere from 3-15% of base pay.
• Generous benefits package, including health insurance, profit-sharing, and 401(k)

Benefits of Employment

• A team-oriented work culture
• Opportunity for advancement within the firm
• Professional development opportunities
• Exposure to the important economic issues faced by the Greater Philadelphia area
• Strong organizational connection to the Greater Philadelphia business community, Pennsylvania local governments, and the local universities and colleges

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to employment@econsultsolutions.com

Company Overview

This internship is for undergraduate and graduate students interested in participating in cutting-edge research on the future of cities. Interns will be 100 percent assigned to ESI Center for the Future of Cities and will work on content generation, partnership-building, and promotional campaigns.

Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) is a Philadelphia-based economics consulting firm that serves clients in eight Practice Areas: Economic Development, Equity & Inclusion, Government & Public Policy, Litigation Support, Real Estate, Thought Leadership, Transportation & Infrastructure, and Universities & Hospitals. ESI prides itself on combining rigorous quantitative analysis, policy research, and strategic advice to provide effective solutions for its clients.

ESI is proud to be a charter member of the Civic 50, which recognizes the Philadelphia region’s most community-minded employers. ESI is located in Philadelphia and is a trusted advisor and civic participant in making Philadelphia a great urban place, and it also does work to advance cities and regions around the world. If you are interested in meaningful work in a dynamic and diverse setting, ESI and Philadelphia are great places to advance your career.

Job Description

• Conduct research on multiple topics related to the future of cities
• Generate original content in short- and long-form
• Participate in strategic planning sessions on research topics and partnership opportunities
• Support the identification, cultivation, and management of strategic partnerships
• Develop strategy, design, and content for promotional campaigns

Qualifications

• Self-starter, internally motivated
• Thrives in collaborative, project-oriented settings with small groups of professionals
• Familiarity with settings involving complex problem-solving
• Familiarity with managing professional social media campaigns
• Analytical perspective
• BA or BS in Economics, Public Policy, or other relevant degrees or equivalent experience
• Strong writing and proofing skills
• Technical research experience: identifying sources, collecting and interpreting data
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications
• Competence in the Adobe suite of creative applications (recommended)

Benefits of Employment

• A team-oriented work culture
• An active role in setting the research direction on future-oriented topics
• An active role in the marketing activities of a small growing business
• Opportunity for advancement within the firm
• Professional development opportunities
• Exposure to the important economic issues of the day
• The opportunity to learn from the experience and expertise of the Marketing/Business Development Department
• Strong organizational connection to the Greater Philadelphia business community, Pennsylvania local governments, and the local universities and colleges

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to employment@econsultsolutions.com

Job Description

Our firm is seeking a Director who will support the efforts of the firm in the following ways:

• Serve as Lead Director for one or more assigned Practice Areas (but be available to assist in or do project management for all Practice Areas), which entails:
  • Help track project opportunities, revenue levels, and staff allocation
  • Develop subject matter expertise
  • Cultivate relevant industry networks and convert relationships into business opportunities
  • Participate in business development and proposal writing
  • Participate in relevant efforts around knowledge management, research methodologies, data, and IT tools
• Manage a portfolio of projects, responsibilities for each including:
  • Serve as primary point of contact for clients
  • Help set the intellectual direction of the engagement
  • Direct team to complete tasks and fulfill client needs
  • Manage budget and timeline
• Collectively manage (with other Directors and Associate Directors) all Senior Analysts, Analysts, and Research Assistants, including:
  • Directly supervise one or more staff members, meeting with them regularly to provide support and guidance
  • Track and align staff allocations across projects
  • Participate in staff recruitment, hiring, and onboarding

 Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills and previous experience in managing people, projects, and processes
• Strong writing skills, especially as it relates to conveying complex quantitative analyses and policy concepts in simple terms
• Strong communication skills in a variety of channels to a wide range of audiences
• Strong client management skills
• Competence in spreadsheet modeling, cost/benefit analysis, and regression analysis
• Basic working knowledge of R, STATA and/or SAS
• Competence in working with large datasets
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Competence in Geographic Information Systems (e.g. ArcView GIS, SAS) and in spatial analysis techniques (helpful)
• Ability to thrive in collaborative, project-oriented setting with small groups of professionals
• Master’s level degree and/or current enrollment in doctoral program in any of the following majors: Economics, Government/Public Policy Social Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics
• Some technical and policy research experience

Job Type/Compensation

• Full-time position with paid time off (PTO)
• Directors historically earn in the $100,000s to $120,000s in annual base pay, plus are eligible for an end-of-year performance bonus that has typically been anywhere from 3-15% of base pay.
• Generous benefits package, including health insurance, profit-sharing, and 401(k)

Benefits of Employment

• A team-oriented work culture
• Opportunity for advancement within the firm
• Professional development opportunities
• Exposure to the important economic issues faced by the Greater Philadelphia area
• Strong organizational connection to the Greater Philadelphia business community, Pennsylvania local governments, and the local universities and colleges

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to employment@econsultsolutions.com

ESI seeks one (1) graduate or undergraduate geospatial research assistants for the summer semester to support a joint effort with the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania to construct a national dataset of local land use/zoning regulations.

Responsibilities

• Clean, organize, and manipulate spatial data from local governments in R and GIS
• Perform spatial joins to combine spatial datasets
• Review spatial data for completeness and accuracy
• Ensure timely data collection
• Correspond with local government employees as needed

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated competence with R and GIS applications using geospatial functions and datasets
• Ability to understand and execute existing programming scripts and suggest modifications and necessary
• Self-starter, internally motivated
• Highly detail-oriented
• Thrives in collaborative, project-oriented settings with small groups of professionals, yet maintains ability to work independently
• Possess strong organizational and time management skills

Useful, but Not Necessary Qualifications (i.e., applicants lacking these qualifications are still encouraged to apply!)

• Familiarity with municipal legal codes, such as zoning ordinances
• Familiarity with online mapping tools is a plus, but not required
• Currently pursuing a degree in economics, real estate, urban planning, public policy, geospatial analytics, or other related field
• Interest in or experience with urban economics, land use regulations, or housing is a plus

Benefits of Internship

• A project-based and team-oriented work culture
• Exposure to many of the important urban economic and land-use related issues confronting the United States
• Experience working on a large, data-driven project
• The opportunity to learn from the experience and expertise of the partners and consultants
• Strong organizational connection to local universities and colleges

Particulars of Employment

• Internship dates: May/June through August 2023. We will work the selected candidate to set dates upon acceptance.
• Required work commitment: 20-35 hours per week. Applicants should make clear their expected weekly commitment in their cover letter.
• Dress: Business casual
• Interns are required to work most of their committed hours at our office at 1435 Walnut Street due to technical requirements of the work.

Compensation:

• $20 per hour (graduate)
• $15 per hour (undergraduate)

How to Apply:
Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter by e-mail to freddiejob@econsultsolutions.com, attn: David Stanek.

The subject line of the email should include: “Geospatial Research Assistant”

ESI seeks several graduate or undergraduate regulatory research assistants for the summer semester to support a joint effort with the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania to construct a national dataset of local land use/zoning regulations.

Responsibilities

• Collect, read, and manipulate spatial data from local governments
• Interpret zoning ordinances and record key metrics
• Research land use or zoning related topics as needed
• Ensure timely data collection
• Correspond with local government employees

Required Qualifications

• Demonstration of ability to read and interpret technical or legal documents quickly and efficiently
• Exhibit professionalism in email and phone correspondence
• Self-starter, internally motivated
• Highly detail-oriented
• Experience working with Excel
• Thrives in collaborative, project-oriented settings with small groups of professionals, yet maintains ability to work independently
• Possess strong organizational and time management skills

Useful, but Not Necessary Qualifications (i.e., applicants lacking these qualifications are still encouraged to apply!)

• Familiarity with municipal legal codes, such as zoning ordinances

• Basic working knowledge of GIS
• Basic working knowledge of R

• Currently pursuing a degree in economics, real estate, urban planning, public policy, or other related field
• Interest in or experience with urban economics, land use regulations, or housing is a plus

Benefits of Internship

• A project-based and team-oriented work culture
• Exposure to many of the important urban economic and land-use related issues confronting the United States
• Experience working on a large, data-driven project
• The opportunity to learn from the experience and expertise of the partners and consultants
• Strong organizational connection to local universities and colleges

Particulars of Employment

• Internship dates: May/June through August 2023. We will work the selected candidate to set dates upon acceptance.
• Required work commitment: 20-35 hours per week. Applicants should make clear their expected weekly commitment in their cover letter.
• Dress: Business casual
• Due to technical requirements, interns are required to work most of their committed hours at our office at 1435 Walnut Street.

Compensation:

• $20 per hour (graduate)
• $15 per hour (undergraduate)

How to Apply:
Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter by e-mail to freddiejob@econsultsolutions.com, attn: David Stanek.

The subject line of the email must include: “Regulatory Research Assistant”

Job Description

Our firm is seeking a Senior Analyst who will support our work in the following ways:

• Conduct econometric and statistical analyses of economic, financial and demographic data
• Create and manipulate spreadsheets for economic and fiscal modeling
• Draft and edit reports and prepare materials for presentations
• Conduct technical research on economic and fiscal issues
• Conduct spatial analyses of data and produce maps and other visuals (helpful)
• Contribute to the intellectual and analytical direction of work engagements
• When assigned, work closely with Principals and Directors to supervise Research Assistant work
• When assigned, interface directly with clients in presentations, status meetings, and working conversations

Qualifications

• Ability to thrive in collaborative, project-oriented setting with small groups of professionals
• Competence in spreadsheet modeling, cost/benefit analysis, and regression analysis
• Basic working knowledge of R (preferred) or STATA
• Competence in working with large datasets
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Competence in Geographic Information Systems (e.g. ArcView GIS) and in spatial analysis techniques (helpful)
• Applied econometric experience (helpful)
• Experience with economic impact modeling and related software programs (e.g. IMPLAN) (helpful)
• Strong writing and report production skills (data visualization programs like Shiny or Tableau helpful)
• Technical and policy research experience
• Familiarity with how local and regional economies function
• BA/BS (Master’s level degree helpful); common majors are Economics, City Planning, Urban Studies, Statistics, Mathematics, Political Science, Social Policy, Spatial Analytics, Geography, Business/Finance

Job Type/Compensation

• Full-time position with paid time off (PTO)
• Senior Analysts historically earn in the $60,000s to $70,000s in annual base pay.
• Generous benefits package, including health insurance, profit-sharing, and 401(k)

Benefits of Employment

• Team-oriented and intellectually stimulating work culture
• Exposure to and participation in important economic and policy issues at the local, regional, and national level
• Opportunity to learn from the experience and expertise of the firm’s principals, all of whom have direct affiliations at local academic institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University
• Opportunity for advancement within the firm
• Professional development opportunities
• Opportunity to participate in a wide range of topics and industries and interact with a wide range of clients, including those of high prominence in and importance to Philadelphia

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to employment@econsultsolutions.com

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a passion for transportation, particularly rail and bus infrastructure, to join our team as a Transportation Analyst supporting public sector clients. In this role, the analyst will conduct research, perform statistical and spatial analysis, and draft supporting documents on a variety of transportation-related projects. The analyst may support other practice areas of the firm on an as-needed basis.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct technical and policy research on transportation planning and impact, particularly rail and bus infrastructure, and related strategic, political, economic, and fiscal issues
• Collect, process, visualize, and analyze publicly available and privately collected data
• Contribute to the intellectual and analytical direction of transportation planning, impact, and strategy
• Assist in drafting and editing reports and preparing materials for presentations
• Work closely with Directors and Principals to supervise Research Assistant work
• Interface with clients in presentations, status meetings, and working conversations when required

Requirements

• 2-3 years of transportation-related experience in the public, private, or non-profit/advocacy space.
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Urban Studies, Statistics, Mathematics, Political Science, Social Policy, Spatial Analytics, Geography, Business/Finance, or other related field. Exceptions may be made for candidates who hold a degree outside of these fields but have 1-2 years of demonstrated transportation-related work experience.

• Professional experience collecting, wrangling, and visualizing public and/or private sector transportation data
• Strong writing and editing skills. The analyst should be able to translate data and information into compelling and supporting narrative.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt tools and techniques to solve transportation-related research questions

• Ability to thrive in collaborative, project-oriented setting with small teams

• Experience with a geographic information systems platform (ArcMap or QGIS) and accompanying transportation-related spatial analysis techniques
• Facility with R, STATA, Python or other statistical software

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated technical and policy research experience in transportation, particularly rail and bus infrastructure
• Familiarity with how local and regional politics, policy, and economics interact with transportation-related planning and decision making
• Demonstrated interested in and familiarity with federal and state transportation policy, processes, and funding mechanisms
• Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning, Economics, Mathematics, Political Science, Public Policy, Spatial Analytics, Business or other related field.
• Intellectually curious and demonstrated solutions-oriented problem solver.

Compensation

• Analysts historically earn in the $40,000s to $60,000s in annual base pay.
• Generous benefits package, including health, dental and vision insurance, generous time off, potential profit-sharing, and 401(k) match.

Benefits of Employment

• Team-oriented and intellectually stimulating work culture.
• Exposure to and participation in important transportation-related planning and policy issues at the local, regional, and national level
• Opportunity for advancement within the firm
• Funded professional development opportunities
• Opportunity to participate in a wide range of transportation topics, particularly rail and bus infrastructure, and interact with a wide range of clients

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to employment@econsultsolutions.com