EDC Jobs in Ottawa – Impact Analyst

Job Description:

The Economic and Political Intelligence Centre (EPIC) hosts Canada’s foremost country risk team within the broader EDC Economics’ team. EPIC is responsible for analyzing and assessing economic and political risks including related country and industry data to inform EDC’s decision-makers and Canada’s exporters and investors. Internally, EPIC provides country and industry risk insights to help EDC make informed decisions regarding strategy and when offering financial and insurance solutions in support of Canadian exporters and investors. Externally, EPIC provides insight to Canadian companies through a variety of country and industry risk knowledge products, and through other interactions such as speaking engagements.

Job Responsibilities:

• The successful candidate would also be interested in expanding their capabilities in one or more of the following areas: industry forecasting, country risk, and/or development of models outside of the impact space
• Lead or contribute to the development and validation of economic impact models
• Collaborate effectively across EDC, Government of Canada departments, International organizations and thinktanks to build best practices in economic measurement
• Identify, compile and manage data required to measure economic impact
• Produce quantitative and qualitative analyses (reports, briefings and presentations) to inform senior management decisions

Job Requirements:

• Experience in using firm level (micro) data sets
• Demonstrated work-related experience in model building / econometrics
• Completed a Master’s Degree in Economics, Public Policy, Political Science, Statistics or in a related field
• Experience in employing data modelling / statistical software (notably SAS / R but also other softwares like STATA)
• Working knowledge of economic and/or political analysis principles and practices
• Minimum 5 years experience in economic and/or political analysis, or related experience

Job Details:

Company: EDC

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Ottawa, CA

Application Deadline: N/A

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