Charles River Associates Charles River Associates (CRA) is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and governments around the world. Our experts bring a unique combination of cutting-edge research, state-of-the-art methods, and proven experience to bear on our clients’ most complex challenges.
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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.
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.
Responsibilities may include:
- Working closely with leading academics, managing the research process, and supervising, training and mentoring junior analysts
- Conducting research in a supportive, team-oriented environment
- Acting as a primary point of contact for clients and assisting in the development and presentation of client deliverables including expert reports summarizing our opinions, conclusions, and recommendations and third party financial, market and industry data
- Consulting with attorneys and other clients in industry and government on a wide variety of labor and employment issues
- Independently conceptualizing and identifying issues, designing complex economic models to analyze employment data
- Programming, model building and/or regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R or Python)
- Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
As most of our work is done in the office, minimal travel is required.
Qualifications
Successful candidates will have or be expected to complete a Ph.D. in economics by 2023 and will have specific expertise in the fields of labor, industrial organization, 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.
How 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 very short CRA online application at https://grnh.se/649f77701us. If you have a location or practice preference, please indicate that in the application.
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 16, 2022. 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.