Data Analyst Transportation, Economics, & Planning Focus

Boston, MA, United States

**Location:** Boston. The person filling this position will be i, MA United States Job Title: Data Analyst Transportation, Economics, & Planning Focus **Company Name:** EBP US **Position Type:** Full Time **Post Date:** 03/04/2022 **Expire Date:** 05/04/2022 **Job Categories:** Consulting Services, Finance/Economics, Transportation, Writing/Authoring Job Description **Data Analyst Transportation, Economics, & Planning Focus**

This is an early-career position designed for candidates who would like to grow with EBP. We work on strategic planning, policy research, and economic analysis for a broad range of clients, including research programs, the federal government, NGOs, state DOTs, MPOs, economic development organizations, transit agencies, ports, and airport authorities. Our analysts contribute to projects in areas such as:

Interactions between infrastructure, land use, and economic development

Scenario planning, especially for long range multimodal, freight, rail, and resiliency plans

Research on equity and differences in needs and impacts across subpopulations/communities

Financial and economic models leveraging inter-industry relationships and characteristics

Performance management, metrics, and reporting, including accessibility measures

This position is also part of EBP's global network with staff sharing best practices and expertise across EBPs offices in Brazil, Chile, China, Germany, India, and Switzerland. We are committed to building a diverse and welcoming team where we come together to share ideas and develop methods and products of the highest possible quality.

**Qualifications & Requirements**

We seek people with the following qualifications and characteristics:

A degree related to transportation, urban/regional planning, geography, data science, economics, or public policy

Skilled in programming/scripting, ideally in R

Experienced with statistical analysis, econometric modelling (especially discrete choice models), and forecasting

Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a part of a team

Ability to stay organized while balancing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously

Excellent English-language written and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to communicate

concisely and effectively

Interest in planning and policy research and the ability to blend qualitative and quantitative analyses

Curiosity and willingness to delve into unfamiliar topics and to learn new skills

Experience in one or more of the following areas is beneficial:

Spatial analysis using ArcGIS or QGIS

Data visualization

Benefit-cost analysis

Analyzing survey datasets with accurate weights and linkages to supporting data

Travel demand forecasting and modeling, and traffic simulation tools for various modes

| Contact Information **Company Name:** **Website:** **Company Description:**

For more than two decades, EBP has been at the forefront of assessing the impact of transportation on people and businesses thinking beyond traditional measures like roadway performance to capture the human element of how transportation systems provide access to jobs, commerce, and daily activities. Founded in 1996 in Boston as Economic Development Research Group (EDR Group), we changed our name to EBP in 2020 to reflect our membership in the EBP Global family of firms. We initially built a practice based on economic evaluation of projects, programs and investments around North America. We subsequently expanded to address broader policy and planning issues, and a wider base of clients in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. This broader focus created a perfect opportunity for us to join EBP and further enhance our capabilities for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. EBP has earned a national and international reputation for leadership and insight regarding economic development and its relationship to public and private investments, programs and policies. Our work has consistency centered on improving the state of the art in objective analysis to help empower public and private clients to better plan and implement actions that are efficient, sustainable and serve to grow jobs, increase incomes, reduce disparities and enhance quality of life. We work collaboratively to prepare clients for the future, dealing with uncertainty, changing technology, climate risk, and strategic and technical challenges. Our cutting-edge methods support better decisions about investing limited infrastructure dollars, and we work hard to make insights from our work accessible and applicable for a variety of audiences including policymakers, technical experts, and the public. Committed to applying principles of sustainability, resiliency, and state-of-the-art economic analysis, we seek to be the employer of choice for like-minded professionals. Our team is expanding in the United States to support strong growth as we serve our clients on these exciting topics. We strive to support one another in work and in life. Strong values, flexibility, and exceptional quality work are just a few of the characteristics we hold in high regard. We take time to connect through shared activities like Lunch and Learns, Wellness Wednesdays, Friday morning coffee hours, and retreats. Teamwork and collaboration are important components of our ability to deliver high quality work to clients and candidates. Our team is headquartered in Boston, just a few minutes walk from three T subway lines, Bostons South Station (commuter rail and Amtrak), and Bostons vibrant downtown, Chinatown, Seaport, and Public Garden areas. Our building includes bike parking and health club facilities. Our office is a creative space filled with talented people. We also have remote staff located across the county who stay connected through regular visits to our headquarters and our teams use of Microsoft Teams. We are operating in a hybrid environment of both in-office and remote collaboration. EBPs Boston-area staff generally work at least two days per week in the office.

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