Privatization and Government Finance Policy Analyst

Responsibilities

• Produce policy research, commentaries, and other written products that address key issues in privatization
• Be entrepreneurial in identifying value-added policy projects with existing teams
• Research federal, state, and local government finance issues
• Support team members in working with elected officials, government managers, and interested stakeholders who are seeking to implement meaningful financial policy changes
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Strong analytical skills
• Working knowledge of or ability to rapidly learn data analysis and data visualization applications such as R, Shiny Apps, and Tableau is preferred
• Strong oral and written communication skills and an ability to effectively convey complex concepts to non-experts
• Working knowledge of state legislative processes and practices
• Curiosity and self-motivation to learn new things and tackle difficult technical problems you may have never dealt with before
• General alignment with Reason Foundation’s mission to advance a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles

Hard Skills

• data analysis
• data visualization
• R
• Shiny Apps
• Tableau

Soft Skills

• analytical skills
• oral communication
• written communication
• curiosity
• self-motivation

Industry Keywords

• privatization
• government finance
• state legislative processes
• financial policy
• libertarian principles