Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. For nearly 60 years, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.
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Our Labor and Employment practice hiring locations are College Station, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Washington, DC.
CRA's Labor & Employment practice provides expertise and support in a wide range of litigation disputes involving employment processes such as compensation, hiring, promotion, termination, and the role of gender, race, ethnicity and age in employment practices. Our clients, which include preeminent law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies, come to us for our technical skills, rigorous analysis, and expert insight they need to understand all aspects of their employment data. We also assist employers by conducting proactive studies of employment and contracting practices, monitoring consent decrees and settlement agreements, and designing systems to track employment practices.
Senior Associate responsibilities may include:
- Conducting research in a team-oriented environment alongside some of the most respected academics, industry experts, and regulators in the world;
- Identifying and conceptualizing issues, designing complex economic models to analyze data, and managing the research process;
- Supervising, training and mentoring junior analysts;
- Assisting in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarizing opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using market, industry or client-proprietary data;
- Acting as primary contact for attorneys and other industry or government clients on a variety of practice-relevant issues;
- Programming, building models and/or performing regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, Python, or R)
- Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions;
- Participating in practice-building activities (training, recruiting, publication, expertise sharing, etc.).
As most of our work is done in the office, minimal travel is required.
Desired Qualifications
Successful candidates will have or be expected to complete a Ph.D. in economics by 2025 and will have specific expertise in the fields of labor, applied microeconomics, econometrics, or other quantitative areas.
CRA provides immigration assistance to eligible foreign nationals in accordance with the firm’s immigration policy and applicable law.
To Apply
To be considered for all interview opportunities, candidates must:
- Submit your curriculum vitae, cover letter, a copy of a research/job market paper or dissertation, and 3 letters of recommendation to this posting
- Submit the CRA online application on our website. If you have a geographic office preference, please indicate that in the application.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Charles River Associates is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our focus on equity and inclusion, we work to ensure a fair and consistent hiring process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.
Deadline
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, with first round interviews occurring virtually. To be considered, please submit your application no later than November 1, 2024. NOTE: this posting will close at midnight UTC 1 Nov 2024. Candidates who are focusing their search on industry and consulting and would like to be considered early should indicate that in the CRA online application and submit all materials as early as possible.
- Curriculum vitae
- Cover letter
- Job market paper
- Additional paper (optional)
- Contact information for references (optional)
- Video presentation of job market paper (optional)
- Letters of reference: 3